Best time to cross · Washington
Best time to cross the Sumas-Abbotsford border
The lowest-wait and busiest windows at Sumas-Abbotsford, 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 Abbotsford-Huntingdon. 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.
- Tuesday 08:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (574 readings)
- Wednesday 08:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (551 readings)
- Sunday 07:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (545 readings)
- Monday 01:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (540 readings)
- Thursday 04:00: median 0 min, 90th percentile 0 min (540 readings)
Busiest windows
- Sunday 18:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 30 min (516 readings)
- Monday 16:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 30 min (517 readings)
- Sunday 17:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 30 min (520 readings)
- Sunday 16:00: median 10 min, 90th percentile 30 min (553 readings)
- Sunday 19:00: median 5 min, 90th percentile 30 min (482 readings)
Over April 2010 to March 2020, Sunday 00:00 had the lowest median passenger-vehicle wait (0 min, 513 readings); Sunday 16:00 the highest (10 min, 553 readings).
Weekday by hour
| Day | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
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| Sun | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 10 |
| Mon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Tue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Wed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Thu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| Fri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Sat | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 |
| Day | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.