Some waiting time will be expected for travellers crossing the Canada-U.S. border on Sunday, as the weekend marks the end of vacation for nearly 200,000 construction workers in Quebec.
As of 10 a.m. Sunday, the border service posts at Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Saint-Armand and Stanstead were still not reporting any delays, according to the latest updates from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), provided on its website.
“Travellers crossing the border by land are encouraged to do so outside of peak hours, i.e. early in the morning,” the CBSA had also advised in a press release issued before the construction holiday even began.
To track border wait times in real time, the Agency suggests consulting its web page on wait times at the Canada-U.S. border, which covers 28 of the busiest land points of entry between Canada and the United States.
The CBSA assures that it devotes significant efforts to planning for periods such as construction holidays, it also mentioned at the outset in the press release.
“Expect delays,” she warned, even for the day following the construction holiday. The agency said that “the Monday of a long holiday weekend is usually the busiest day, with longer wait times at the border.”
The start of the construction holidays was marked by waits of 30 to 45 minutes at customs in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Saint-Armand and Stanstead on the morning of July 20.