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Entering Canada
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Entering Canada

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

Travelling with non-NEXUS members: If you are travelling into Canada or the United States with persons who are not NEXUS members, you must use the regular lanes.

Declaring Goods

Canadian residents returning to Canada by land who purchase, receive or acquire goods while outside Canada MUST declare all goods, including those within their personal exemption.

Canadian residents
If you are a NEXUS member and a Canadian resident and you are using a Traveller Declaration Card (TDC) to import goods for your own personal use, complete it prior to your arrival in Canada and deposit it in the designated box in the NEXUS lane to facilitate and expedite your passage.

More information: I Declare
Crossing the border with $10,000 or more?

U.S. residents
If you are a NEXUS member and a U.S. resident entering Canada with goods that are part of your personal entitlement, you must use the designated NEXUS lane. If you have goods that exceed your personal entitlement, you must use the regular lanes to declare your goods.

More information: Information for Visitors to Canada and Seasonal Residents (BSF5082)

If you have any commercial goods in your possession, baggage or on board the vehicle/recreational boat upon arrival in Canada, you may not use NEXUS in the air, land or marine modes of transportation. Commercial goods are defined as goods brought into Canada for sale or for any commercial, industrial, occupational, institutional or other similar use and include samples, tools and warranty repair parts. Please note that personal computers and similar items carried by NEXUS members for their own personal use while on business trips are not considered commercial goods.

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

Entering the United States

Use the designated 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 directed to an inspection area, you may proceed into the United States.

Declaring goods

If you are a Canadian or U.S. resident and you are importing goods for your own personal use, and you are within your personal exemption or entitlement, you may use the NEXUS lane and make an oral declaration to the U.S. CBP officer. If you are over your personal exemption or entitlement, you must use a regular traffic lane to report your goods.

More information: U.S. residents, Know Before You Go
More information: Canadian residents, Canadian & Mexican Citizens/Residents

NEXUS members who present themselves for NEXUS passage when arriving in the United States must not have any commercial goods in their possession or in their baggage. Please note that personal computers and similar items carried by NEXUS members for their own personal use while on business trips are not considered commercial goods.

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?

British Columbia/Washington
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
Pacific Highway/Blaine	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to midnight	Seven days a week 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Douglas/Peace Arch	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to midnight	Seven days a week 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Boundary Bay/Point Roberts	Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Seven days a week 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. (May 18- Sept. 8)	Seven days a week 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Abbotsford-Huntingdon/Sumas	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.	Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11 a.m Monday to Friday Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)- ready including NEXUS 11 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Weekends Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)- ready including NEXUS 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Alberta
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
Coutts/Sweetgrass	Monday to Friday 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., except holidays	Seven days a week Until further notice, NEXUS is accepted in all lanes

Manitoba
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
Emerson/Pembina	Monday to Friday 3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., except holidays	Seven days a week 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., except holidays

Northern Ontario/Michigan
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
Lansdowne/Alexandria Bay	Monday to Friday: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.	Monday to Friday: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekends: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie/Sault Ste. Marie	Monday to Friday 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Fort Frances/International Falls	Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.	Seven days a week NEXUS is accepted in all lanes

Southern Ontario/Michigan/New York
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
Sarnia/Port Huron Blue Water Bridge	Seven days a week including holidays 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weekends 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Holidays 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Second NEXUS Lane	Monday to Thursday 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Weekends and holidays 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Windsor/Detroit Ambassador Bridge	Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Weekends and holidays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.	Monday to Friday 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Weekends and holidays 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m
Second NEXUS Lane	Monday to Friday 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fort Erie/Buffalo Peace Bridge	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., including holidays 6 a.m. to 9 p. m. (May 24-Sept. 3) The NEXUS lane will remain open until 10:00 pm when there is a Buffalo Sabres home game	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Weekends and holidays 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Second NEXUS Lane	Monday to Friday 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Windsor-Detroit Tunnel	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Weekends and holidays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.	Monday to Friday 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Weekends and holidays 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Second NEXUS Lane	Monday to Friday 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Queenston/Lewiston, Queenston/Lewiston Bridge	Seven days a week 8 a.m. to 8 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.
Rainbow Bridge	N/A	Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Weekends and Holidays 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

*Note: You must have a prepaid NEXUS / Toll card to cross at the Whirlpool-Rapids Bridge, between Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls, New York. Cash or tokens are not accepted at this location. For more information on enrolling in the NEXUS / Toll program please refer to the U.S. Niagara Falls Bridge Commission Web site.

Quebec/New York/Vermont
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
St. Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec Champlain, New York	Seven days a week 6 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 24 hours a day	Seven days a week 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. Friday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

New Brunswick/Maine
Location	Hours of service into Canada	Hours of service into the U.S.
St.Stephen/Calais	Seven days a week 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.	Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (EST)
Woodstock/Houlton	Monday to Friday 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. except holidays	Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (EST)

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