Cross-Border
CBSA spells out container reporting rules for highway carriers, with a separate cargo control document for each container
A customs notice issued October 30 spells out how carriers must report full, empty and imported containers through ACI/eManifest, on top of the one-hour rule that already governs every truck crossing into Canada.
Canada's goods trade surplus widens to $5.4 billion in September as exports edge up 0.2%
Statistics Canada says exports to the United States rose 0.7% and imports of motor vehicles and parts fell 9.1%. Adjusted for prices, total exports were down 4.0%.
New federal task force aims to cut trade paperwork with a "Tell Us Once" approach
Transport Canada says the Trade Digitalization Task Force held its first meeting on Oct. 29 and is meant to make moving goods across the border faster and simpler.
B.C., Alberta and Manitoba didn't fall back. Here's what that means for cross-border runs this winter
The three provinces are now an hour ahead of their U.S. neighbours until March 14. CBSA has moved hours at 26 land crossings to keep them lined up with the U.S. side.
CARM at two: CBSA says 263,000 businesses use it and 99.65% of imports are processed electronically
The border agency says duty and tax collection rose to $41.7 billion in the system's first full year. Core development came in at $498.6 million, under a $526.8 million budget.
U.S. 50% duty on Canadian waste starts October 30 as Ontario moves to cut reliance on U.S. landfills
Ontario's Building Ontario Faster Act, tabled October 27, answers the new Section 338 list. Other Canadian goods come off the list the same day.
U.S. moves to recognize Canada's 2024 TDG amendments for cross-border dangerous goods
A PHMSA proposal published October 27 would update the edition of Canada's TDG Regulations the U.S. accepts. Comments close December 28.
Recurring CBSA system outages left trucks waiting hours to enter Canada
In April 2026, the CTA asked federal Cabinet to fund a permanent fix, estimating the delays cost the supply chain millions of dollars a day.
U.S. English proficiency rule became an out-of-service violation for drivers
In June 2025, Canadian drivers running into the U.S. faced being parked if they could not meet the rule, and a CTA survey put the exposure at about 15% of drivers.
A 30-day pause held off U.S. tariffs, but truckers warned of the damage they could do
In February 2025, Canadian trucking groups said 25% across-the-board tariffs could finish off many fleets already struggling through a freight recession.
Ottawa released a $1.3-billion border plan, and CTA pushed for road enforcement
In December 2024, the federal plan added drug detection, aerial surveillance and export inspection powers that reach carriers and warehouses.
A tentative deal with border workers averted a CBSA strike
In June 2024, more than 9,000 unionized border staff reached an agreement with Ottawa days before job action was set to begin.
The U.S. said it would end its border vaccine requirement on May 12
In May 2023, Washington set an end date for the rule that had kept unvaccinated Canadian truck drivers out of cross-border work.
Canada announced the end of its border vaccine requirement, including for truckers
In September 2022, Ottawa said all COVID-19 entry rules would end Oct. 1, but the U.S. requirement for Canadian drivers stayed in place.
Ottawa reversed itself twice in a day before the trucker vaccine rule took effect
In January 2022, days before the Jan. 15 start date, a CBSA message seemed to ease the rule for Canadian drivers, and ministers then said it had been sent in error.
Canada set a Jan. 15 vaccine requirement for cross-border truck drivers
In November 2021, Ottawa said essential workers including truckers would need to be fully vaccinated to enter, and CTA warned thousands of drivers could leave cross-border work.
CBSA work-to-rule action backed up trucks for hours before a quick deal
In August 2021, customs officers' job action led to waits of up to five hours at the Ambassador Bridge, until a tentative agreement ended it that night.
Truck drivers were exempted from Canada's new land-border COVID-19 test rule
In February 2021, Ottawa required most land travellers to show a negative test, but commercial drivers stayed exempt and trucking groups pushed back on talk of testing them.
Canada-U.S. border closed to non-essential travel, but trucks kept rolling
In March 2020, Ottawa and Washington restricted discretionary crossings while exempting truck drivers from the new 14-day isolation rule.