U.S.–Canada border · New York
Rainbow Bridge border wait times
Niagara Falls, NY / Niagara Falls, ON. Live wait into the United States (CBP) and into Canada (CBSA) by lane type, with the time the border agency last reported each figure.
Into the United States
| Lane | Wait time | Lanes open | Source reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | No delay | 4 |
| Lane | Wait time | Lanes open | Source reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Lanes closed | – | – |
U.S. CBP last reported (2026-10-20 22:27 UTC).
Into Canada
| Lane | Wait time | Lanes open | Source reported |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travellers | No delay | – |
CBSA last reported (2026-10-20 22:20 UTC).
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About this crossing
| Item | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Niagara Falls, NY / Niagara Falls, ON | Port names from the feeds below |
| Posted hours | 24 hrs/day | U.S. CBP, read 2026-10-20 |
| CBP port | 090102, Buffalo/Niagara Falls – Rainbow Bridge | U.S. CBP Border Wait Times |
| CBSA office | Niagara Falls Rainbow Bridge(Travellers only) | CBSA Border Wait Times |
| Lane types reporting | Passenger vehicles, standard; Pedestrians, standard | CBP, 2026-10-20 |
| Canada-bound lanes | Travellers and commercial (the CBSA feed does not split lane types) | CBSA feed |
Typical wait by day and hour
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 to read these numbers
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.
U.S. CBP publishes Rainbow Bridge as port 090102 with posted hours of 24 hrs/day. Hours can change for construction or staffing; confirm on the official page before you go.
Nearby crossings
| Crossings | Into the United States | Into Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Lewiston-Queenston Bridge Lewiston, NY / Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON | … | … |
| Whirlpool Bridge Niagara Falls, NY / Niagara Falls, ON | … | – |
| Thousand Islands Bridge Alexandria Bay, NY / Lansdowne, ON | … | … |
| Peace Bridge Buffalo, NY / Fort Erie, ON | … | … |
| Champlain (Highway 15) Champlain, NY / Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, QC | … | … |
| Massena Massena, NY / Cornwall, ON | … | … |
Official sources
- U.S. CBP Border Wait Times
- CBSA Border Wait Times
- CBP · CBSA
- Duty-free and ID tools built from official figures.