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Best time to cross the Point Roberts border

The lowest-wait and busiest windows at Point Roberts, by weekday and hour, from ten years of CBSA readings (pre-2020).

Pre-2020 pattern. Based on the CBSA’s 2010–2020 hourly readings for Canada-bound passenger vehicles at Boundary Bay. Use it to compare days and hours, not to expect a specific wait today. Check the live wait before you leave.

Lowest-wait windows

Ranked by the 90th percentile (one reading in ten was this long or longer), then the median. Hours are local time at the crossing.

  1. Thursday 02:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (568 readings)
  2. Monday 01:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (565 readings)
  3. Friday 02:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (562 readings)
  4. Wednesday 02:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (561 readings)
  5. Monday 02:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (560 readings)

Busiest windows

  1. Saturday 16:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 20 min (518 readings)
  2. Saturday 13:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 20 min (524 readings)
  3. Friday 15:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 20 min (530 readings)
  4. Saturday 15:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 20 min (537 readings)
  5. Friday 14:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 20 min (541 readings)

Over April 2010 to March 2020, Sunday 00:00 had the lowest median passenger-vehicle wait (0 min, 512 readings); Friday 14:00 the highest (10 min, 541 readings).

Weekday by hour

Point Roberts: 90th-percentile passenger-vehicle wait into Canada by weekday and hour (minutes), 2010–2020. Hours are local time at the crossing. Cells need at least 5 readings.
Day01234567891011121314151617181920212223
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Mon1000000000051010102020202020201010100
Tue000000000051010151015101010101010100
Wed1000000000051010101515201010101010100
Thu0000000000510101520202020101010101010
Fri100000000005101520202020202020101000
Sat00000000051515202020202020202010101010
Point Roberts: median passenger-vehicle wait into Canada by weekday and hour (minutes), 2010–2020. Hours are local time at the crossing. Cells need at least 5 readings.
Day01234567891011121314151617181920212223
Sun000000000000000000000000
Mon000000000000555555000000
Tue000000000000555500000000
Wed000000000000555550000000
Thu000000000000555550000000
Fri00000000000055101055000000
Sat00000000000510101010105000000

Darker cells are longer waits; a dot means too few readings. See the history page for the weekday summary and the period covered.

Holidays and events

This series is not broken out by holiday, so we do not state holiday waits. Long weekends and summer Fridays are the periods when the busiest windows above typically last longer; compare against the live figure on the day.