North Portal–Portal
Passenger
Stale report min
Reported 1 hr 33 min ago by CBSA · Stale
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Earlier agency wait reports
North Portal–Portal · Cars · Standard · Into Canada · CBSA
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Sources: CBSA
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Crossing facts
- Open, travellers
- 24 hours a day, every day · Central Standard Time year-round — Saskatchewan does not observe daylight saving
- Open, commercial
- 24 hours a day, every day · no separate commercial window
- Road toll
- No toll listed · confirm with the route owner before you travel
- On foot or by bike
- Not published · call CBSA’s Border Information Service, 1-800-461-9999
- Allowed and restricted
- Passenger vehicles and commercial trucks · CBSA runs a Designated Commercial Office and a rail depot here · neither agency publishes a vehicle-restriction list for this office
- NEXUS / trusted-traveller lane
- None — CBSA’s office record lists no NEXUS lane at North Portal
- U.S.-bound reading
- Unavailable — CBP publishes no wait figure at all for Portal, North Dakota, though the port operates
- Also here
- Duty-Free Shop · Railway Depot · Electronic Data Interchange · Export Reporting · Courier Low Value Shipments · Electronic Longroom
Quick answers
What are the North Portal–Portal hours?
North Portal–Portal is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for both travellers and commercial traffic on the Canadian side, CBSA’s North Portal office record shows. There is no separate commercial window here, unlike many highway crossings. Trucks clear customs around the clock alongside passenger vehicles, and CBSA runs a Designated Commercial Office and a rail depot to handle the traffic. There is no NEXUS lane at this office.
Why does North Portal–Portal show no U.S.-bound wait time?
CBP does not publish a wait for Portal, North Dakota, so the U.S.-bound wait is unavailable. The port operates; the missing number is a reporting gap and does not mean the crossing is closed.
Can you walk across North Portal–Portal?
Walking and cycling access has not been confirmed from the official sources reviewed. Call CBSA’s Border Information Service at 1-800-461-9999 before planning to cross on foot or by bike.
Hours, services and commercial clearance
Both directions of Canadian-side traffic run around the clock: CBSA lists North Portal as open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for regular travellers and for commercial trucks alike, with no separate business-hours window for freight the way some highway crossings have. Alongside the Highway/Land Border Office, CBSA’s record lists Electronic Data Interchange, a Duty-Free Shop, a Railway Depot, a Designated Commercial Office, Export Reporting, Courier Low Value Shipments and Electronic Longroom service.
There is no NEXUS lane at this office, so trusted-traveller members use the regular lanes the same as everyone else. No toll was found in the reviewed route and state inventories, but no route-owner statement confirms the crossing’s toll status, so treat it as unconfirmed. Fees for a specific commercial shipment are separate from a road toll. For anything not covered here, call CBSA’s Border Information Service on 1-800-461-9999.
About this corridor
North Portal uses Central Standard Time (UTC−6) year-round. All times shown for this crossing use that time zone.
Saskatchewan Highway 39 meets US Route 52 at this crossing, the main Saskatchewan–North Dakota road link. CBSA calls its office simply “North Portal” (office 604); the U.S. side is Portal, North Dakota. North Portal–Portal is the only crossing on this corridor, so there is no sibling crossing to compare it against.
CBSA runs a Designated Commercial Office and a rail depot at North Portal. Trucks clear customs 24 hours a day.