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Border Quick Facts (2009)

  • Length of border: 8,891 km / 5,525 miles (land and water)
  • Vehicular land ports of entry: 119 U.S. and 120 Cdn. ports*
  • Road crossings: 24 bridges and 1 tunnel
  • Rail crossings: 6 bridges and 3 tunnels
  • Trucks crossing the border each day: 26,767
  • Trusted traveller and shipper locations: 17 NEXUS and 19 FAST locations
  • Cars and other vehicles crossing the border each day: 129,151
  • Travellers per year by road: 52 million
  • Total Canada-U.S. trade: $456 billion CDN / $441 billion USD
  • Daily road trade: $740 million CDN / $716 million USD
  • Daily rail trade: $238 million CDN / $230 million USD

*Some Canadian and U.S. port-of-entry locations are only one-way and result in an unequal number of road crossings.