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Sweetgrass border wait times

Sweetgrass is a Canada land crossing, open 24 hrs/day. CBP is reporting on 2 lane groups here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Sweetgrass on the Canada border, live from CBP. 2 lane groups reporting now.

Live from CBP · checked 16:45 UTC on 09 October 2026

Sweetgrass wait right now, southbound into the U.S.Sweetgrass wait right now

10 min Standard lane, southbound into the U.S.

Only 1 of 4 car lanes are open right now.

Trucks · General

5 min

1 of 2 open

Best time to cross

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Southbound is lightest from 4 PM to 7 AM and worst around 12 PM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.

Which lane should you use?

General 10 min

Open to anyone, no sign-up.

1 of 4 open

The nearest crossing

This crossing 10 min, cars · here

Sumas 5 min, cars · 467 mi west

Sumas is about 5 minutes faster right now, 467 mi west. Worth the drive if you are not crossing on foot.

Documents you will need

U.S. citizens Passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license.

Permanent residents Green card (Form I-551).

Visitors Passport plus a visa or ESTA where required.

Children under 16 A birth certificate is accepted by land.

Sweetgrass crossing, common questions

How long is the wait at Sweetgrass right now?

The figure at the top of this page is the delay CBP itself reports for passenger vehicles in the general lanes, refreshed every few minutes while the page is open. CBP measures each lane group separately, so cars, pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from one another.

Do NEXUS, SENTRI and Ready lanes actually save time here?

Where CBP staffs them, yes, and this page shows their delay side by side with the general lanes so you can see the gap today rather than in general. When a trusted traveler lane shows no reading it is closed, and the general lane is the only option.

Why does the wait jump around so much?

CBP recalculates from vehicles actually processed, and opens or closes booths through the day. A crossing can go from ten minutes to forty in one update when a lane closes, which is why a number from an hour ago is not worth much.

Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.