Border wait times explained

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Border Services Officer on-screen.

Aerial view of Ambassador Bridge.

Border Services Officer: I'm here at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Canada's busiest land border port of entry.

It sees roughly 5.4 million travellers enter Canada every year.

Video of a line-up of cars.

As you can imagine, sometimes there will be delays.

Video of a border services officer processing a traveller at a land border.

Whether you're entering Canada here or at another port of entry, you may have to wait.

Timelapse of vehicles passing through a land border.

Video of a vehicle driving into a garage.

Photo of drugs.

Photo of firearms.

Timelapse of traffic in a city.

And that's because there could be a lot going on behind the scenes, like seizures of drugs, firearms or other items, heavy traffic due to events, holidays or weekend visitors, construction at nearby border crossings or highways and much more.

Video of cars stopped at a land border.

Video of a border services officer handing back a traveller's passport.

Video of a car driving away from the land border.

We're always monitoring traffic patterns and allocating resources to help you get where you're going faster without compromising your safety and security. Plan ahead by checking border wait times here.

Border wait times can be checked on the CanBorder application or cbsa.gc.ca. The CanBorder application can be downloaded on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.

Safe travels.