• Entering Canada
  • Declaring Goods
• Entering the U.S.
  • Declaring Goods
• Transporting Non-NEXUS Members
• Where is it offered?

Entering Canada

• Use the dedicated NEXUS lane and stop and hold your membership card in front of the card reader.
• Proceed to the inspection booth for a visual inspection. The CBSA officer will indicate whether you are to enter the inspection area or proceed into Canada.

Declaring Goods

Canadian resident
If you are a Canadian resident entering Canada and you are importing goods for your own personal use, you must complete a CBSA Traveller Declaration Card (TDC) before you arrive and deposit it in the designated box in the NEXUS lane. If you do not have TDC privileges, you must use the regular lane to declare your goods.

• More information: I Declare

United States resident
If you are a U.S. resident entering Canada with goods that are part of your personal entitlement, you may use the dedicated NEXUS lane. If you have goods that exceed your personal entitlement, you must use the regular lanes.

• More information: Information for Visitors to Canada (RC4161)

When the NEXUS lane is closed, you must use the regular lanes and declare your goods to a border services officer.

Entering the United States

• Use the dedicated NEXUS lane and stop and hold your membership card in front of the card reader.
• Proceed to the inspection booth for a visual inspection. Unless you are otherwise directed to an inspection area, you may proceed into the United States.

Declaring Goods

If you are a Canadian or U.S. resident entering the United States and you are importing goods for your own personal use, you may use the NEXUS lane and make an oral declaration to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.

• More information: U.S. Residents, Know Before You Go
• More information: Canadian residents, Visiting the United States

Transporting Non-NEXUS Members

If you are transporting persons into Canada or the United States that are not NEXUS members, you must use the regular lanes.

Where is it offered?

NEXUS is now offered at the following border crossings:

British Columbia/Washington

• Pacific Highway/Blaine
• Douglas/Peace Arch
• Boundary Bay/Point Roberts

Southern Ontario/Michigan/New York

• The Bluewater Bridge in Sarnia/Port Huron
• The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor/Detroit
• The Peace Bridge in Fort Erie/Buffalo
• The International Tunnel in Windsor/Detroit
• The Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario/Niagara Falls, New York
• The Whirlpool Bridge in Niagara Falls, Ontario/Niagara Falls, New York

Quebec/New York/Vermont

• Lacolle, Quebec/Champlain, New York
• St. Armand-Philipsburg, Quebec/Highgate Springs, Vermont

 

Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
British Columbia/Washington
Pacific Highway/Blaine	Seven days a week 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.	Seven days a week 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Douglas/Peace Arch	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Boundary Bay/Point Roberts	Seven days a week 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.	Seven days a week 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Southern Ontario/Michigan/New York
Sarnia/Port Huron Blue Water Bridge	Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. From June 2 to September 3, 2007 Weekends and holidays 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Weekends and holidays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Windsor/Detroit Ambassador Bridge	Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. (an additional lane will be open 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday) and Weekends 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.	Monday to Friday 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. (an additional lane will open between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. Monday to Friday) and Weekends 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m
Fort Erie/Buffalo Peace Bridge	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Windsor/Detroit International Tunnel	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. (an additional lane will be open 4 p.m. - 7 p.m Monday to Thursday and 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Friday) and Weekends 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.	Monday to Friday 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. (an additional lane will open between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. Monday to Friday) and Weekends 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Rainbow Bridge Niagara Falls	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Whirlpool Bridge Niagara Falls	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Quebec/New York/Vermont
St. Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec Champlain, New York	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to midnight	Seven days a week 6:00 a.m. to 8 p.m.
St. Armand-Philipsburg, Quebec Highgate Springs, Vermont	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to midnight	Seven days a week 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.