Some Canada-U.S. border crossing times will change in 2025. Here's what you need to know

A traveller hands documents to a border officer. (Cole Burston / The Canadian Press)

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says it will adjust the opening hours for dozens of crossing points across the country as of 12:01 local time on Jan. 6.

The changes, which were determined “in collaboration” with the U.S., “will enhance overall security for both countries.”

“It will allow the CBSA to use its resources more efficiently by deploying officers at busier ports of entry,” the agency wrote in a news release.

“Almost all of these ports of entry are processing an average of two or less cars or commercial trucks per hour during the hours that will no longer be in operation, and travellers have an alternative border crossing option within a 100 km radius.”

Updated crossing times

All times are local. All hours will be in place for seven days a week, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Alberta

• Del Bonita: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

 

British Columbia

• Cascade: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Nelway: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

Manitoba

• Cartwright: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Coulter: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for travellers. Commercial crossing hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except weekends and holidays
• Crystal City: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Goodlands: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Gretna: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Lena: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for travellers. Commercial crossing hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. except weekends and holidays
• Piney: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Snowflake: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• South Junction: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Tolstoi: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Windygates: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Winkle: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

 

Quebec

• Chartierville: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Clarenceville: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Frelighsburg: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Herdman: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Hereford Road: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Highwater: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Lacolle Route 221: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Lacolle Route 223: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Noyan: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Trout River: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

New Brunswick

• Bloomfield: For travellers: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday (except Canadian and U.S. holidays); for commercial: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday (except Canadian and U.S. holidays)
• Gillespie Portage: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
• Fosterville: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the last Monday of May to first Monday of September; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the remainder of the year.
• St. Croix: For travellers: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Commercial crossing hours are, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except weekends.

 

Saskatchewan

• Carievale: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the remainder of the year.
• Estevan Highway: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the remainder of the year.
• Monchy: For travellers: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the remainder of the year. Commercial hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the remainder of the year
• Northgate: For travellers: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., for the remainder of the year. Commercial crossing hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the remainder of the year
• Oungre: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the remainder of the year
• West Poplar River: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the remainder of the year. Commercial crossing hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, from the second Sunday of March to first Saturday of November; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the remainder of the year