North Portal Border Wait Time

Best & worst times to cross

Typical wait times by day of week + hour, averaged from the last four weeks of data. Times are approximate local at the crossing.

Nearby crossings

• Pembina–Emerson388 km away
• International Falls671 km away
• Sweetgrass–Coutts686 km away

Guides for this crossing

• Best Time to Cross the US-Canada Border (And When to Avoid It)
• Driving in Canada for US Visitors (Rules, Insurance, Speed Limits)
• What Documents Do I Need to Cross the US-Canada or US-Mexico Border?

• All North Dakota crossings

About this crossing

North Portal, SK is a Canada Border Services Agency port of entry. Wait times shown are for travelers and commercial traffic entering Canada from the United States. Numbers come from CBSA's live feed; NEXUS/FAST data, where shown, comes from DriveBC.

Don't Wait is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or acting for CBP, CBSA or any other government agency.

Typical waits at North Portal

Computed from the waits we recorded at this crossing (standard passenger lane, whenever a wait was reported). Past patterns are not a prediction.

Over the last 90 days (25,596 readings), the standard passenger-vehicle lane at North Portal averaged 0 min. Weekdays averaged 0 min and weekends 0 min.

Waits stayed under 30 minutes in every reading.

CBSA publishes combined traveller and commercial-flow wait times for vehicles entering Canada here.

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