Anticipation Builds for US-Canada Border to Reopen

VANCOUVER, CANADA - A formal announcement on the reopening of the 8,891-kilometer U.S.-Canada border could come any day. The border has been closed to all nonessential travel since March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The closure of the world's longest undefended boundary has been renewed every month since, with current restrictions expiring Monday. According to the U.S. State Department, before the pandemic, an average of 400,000 people crossed the border daily. About $2 billion a day in trade made the same journey. The government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signaled the reopening will be gradual and subject to restrictions.