U.S.–Canada border · North Dakota
North Portal border wait times
Portal, ND / North Portal, SK. Live wait into Canada (CBSA) by lane type, with the time the border agency last reported each figure.
North Portal wait time right now
Into Canada
| Lane | Wait time | Lanes open | Source reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travellers | No recent data | – | |
| Commercial | No recent data | – |
CBSA last reported (2026-10-20 21:15 UTC). No recent data: check the official source before you travel.
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North Portal hours and lanes
| Item | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Portal, ND / North Portal, SK | Port names from the feeds below |
| Posted hours | Not in the feed | CBSA |
| CBSA office | North Portal | CBSA Border Wait Times |
| Canada-bound lanes | Travellers and commercial (the CBSA feed does not split lane types) | CBSA feed |
Typical wait by hour and day of the week
Collecting data. We record this crossing's wait every 30 minutes. A weekday-by-hour chart and a best-time sentence appear here once at least 28 days of readings exist. Where the CBSA published an hourly pattern for 2010–2020 it is shown too, labelled pre-2020 (a pattern, not today’s level).
How this wait time is measured and how often it updates
The wait shown is what the border agency reported for that lane type at the time shown in the Source reported column, not a prediction. A lane marked No delay is reported as having no meaningful queue. Lanes closed means the lane type exists at this crossing but is not operating at the moment. Not available rows are hidden because the crossing does not offer that lane type.
When a figure is more than 30 minutes old the stamp turns amber; after 90 minutes we stop showing the number and say so, because a stale figure is worse than none. We never smooth or extrapolate a live reading. How the agencies produce the numbers is on how waits are measured.
This crossing is in the Canada Border Services Agency’s list but has no matching port in the U.S. CBP feed, so only Canada-bound waits are shown.
Nearby crossings right now
| Crossings | Into the United States | Into Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Pembina-Emerson Pembina, ND / Emerson, MB | … | … |
| Whirlpool Bridge (NEXUS only) Niagara Falls, NY / Niagara Falls, ON | … | – |
| Norton Norton, VT / Stanhope area, QC | … | – |
| Jackman Jackman, ME / Armstrong, QC | … | – |
Before you cross: ID and what to declare
Check the posted hours and documents before you leave: travel documents for entering Canada and what to declare entering Canada. The ID checklist and the duty-free calculators use only official figures.