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Champlain–Lacolle border wait times

How long the line is to enter the United States at Champlain–Lacolle, from Lacolle, Quebec into Champlain, New York, by car, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection posts it, and the hours it’s usually shortest.

Cars, standard lanes
15 min
Cars, NEXUS
No wait
Posted by CBP
Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time. With JavaScript on, the waits above refresh from CBP when the page opens.

Open 24 hours. Up to 10 car lanes. CBP port number 071201.

Best and worst times to cross

By car (standard lanes), usually quickest on Monday at 12 AM (no wait); usually slowest on Saturday at 11 AM (30 min on average).

Every lane Now and usually

LaneNowOpenUsualReadings, 30 days
Cars, standard lanes15 min33 min358
Cars, NEXUSNo wait10 min239

“Usual” is the average over the last 30 days; where it says CBP, it’s CBP’s own published average for October, from the year before, because there aren’t enough readings here yet. NEXUS is CBP’s trusted-traveler lane; the Ready Lane is for travelers carrying an RFID-enabled document (a passport card, a border crossing card, an enhanced driver’s license). First reading on record: Sep 14, 2026.

By car: usual wait by day and hour Cars, standard lanes, last 30 days, minutes

HourMonTueWedThuFriSatSun
12 AM000000·
1 AM00·0000
2 AM0·00·0·
3 AM0·0000·
4 AM000000·
5 AM002080·
6 AM0012120·
7 AM023018185
8 AM0100215252
9 AM00008201
10 AM4·627225
11 AM210697302
12 PM100500285
1 PM2213235
2 PM105133412
3 PM·201025
4 PM0003508
5 PM002215012
6 PM000010·2
7 PM0000650
8 PM00005·0
9 PM·000000
10 PM00000·2
11 PM0000005
  • Under 10 min
  • 10–29 min
  • 30–59 min
  • 60–89 min
  • 90 min or more

A dot is an hour with no readings: the lane was closed or CBP posted no wait. A closed lane counts as unknown, not as zero, so it never makes a crossing look faster than it is. Average over the last 30 days: 3 min, from 358 readings.

Nearby crossings right now If this one is backed up

CrossingBy carOn footPosted
Alexandria Bay – Thousand Islands Bridge No wait — Oct 29, 11:00 PM EDT old
Massena No wait — Oct 30, 7:00 AM EDT
Ogdensburg No wait — Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT

By car and on foot: each crossing’s main lane, nearly always the standard lanes.

By car, by hour of day All days, last 30 days

HourAverageBar
12 AM0 min
1 AM0 min
2 AM0 min
3 AM0 min
4 AM0 min
5 AM2 min
6 AM3 min
7 AM6 min
8 AM8 min
9 AM5 min
10 AM7 min
11 AM8 min
12 PM7 min
1 PM3 min
2 PM5 min
3 PM2 min
4 PM2 min
5 PM4 min
6 PM2 min
7 PM2 min
8 PM1 min
9 PM0 min
10 PM1 min
11 PM1 min

The last 7 days Cars, standard lanes · Fri, Oct 23 to Fri, Oct 30

30 min0

Gaps are hours the lane was closed or posted nothing.

Common questions Champlain–Lacolle

How long is the wait at Champlain–Lacolle right now?

At CBP’s last reading (Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT), the line by car (standard lanes) was 15 min. The box at the top refreshes from CBP when you open this page.

What’s the best time to cross?

Over the last 30 days, the car line has usually been shortest on Monday at 12 AM and longest on Saturday at 11 AM. The heat map above shows every hour.

How much time does NEXUS save?

Over the last 30 days the NEXUS line averaged 0 min, against 3 min in the standard lanes.

When is it open?

24 hours a day.

For trucks, the commercial lane waits have a board of their own.

About these numbers

Copied Oct 30, 2026, 7:48 AM Michigan time

Officers at each port of entry post every lane’s wait about once an hour to CBP’s Border Wait Times system. A small Cloudflare Worker reads it every half hour and keeps each reading once; the last-30-days averages come from that record. The averages from the year before are CBP’s own.

Times are the crossing’s local time. A closed lane or a pending reading counts as unknown, never as zero. The board has every crossing right now and how it all works, and the data is a CSV download.

Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; readings from September 13 to October 20, 2026 as saved by gptcbp/border-crossing-data. The numbers are public; any mistakes in presenting them are mine.

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