Toronto to Portland via Calgary - where to go through border security?
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I just booked an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Portland via Calgary. My layover in Calgary is 2 hours. I wonder if I'll be going through Customs and Border security in Toronto or in Calgary? It can be a very time consuming process and I don't know if I'll have enough time if this will happen in Calgary.
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I just booked an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Portland via Calgary. My layover in Calgary is 2 hours. I wonder if I'll be going through Customs and Border security in Toronto or in Calgary? It can be a very time consuming process and I don't know if I'll have enough time if this will happen in Calgary.
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You will be going Customs and Border security in the first place in the country or in the last when you are leaving.
– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58
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I just booked an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Portland via Calgary. My layover in Calgary is 2 hours. I wonder if I'll be going through Customs and Border security in Toronto or in Calgary? It can be a very time consuming process and I don't know if I'll have enough time if this will happen in Calgary.
usa customs-and-immigration air-canada pre-clearance
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
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I just booked an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Portland via Calgary. My layover in Calgary is 2 hours. I wonder if I'll be going through Customs and Border security in Toronto or in Calgary? It can be a very time consuming process and I don't know if I'll have enough time if this will happen in Calgary.
usa customs-and-immigration air-canada pre-clearance
usa customs-and-immigration air-canada pre-clearance
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
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asked May 19 '17 at 15:07
Elena Losseva
61
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
20.9k676102
asked May 19 '17 at 15:07
Elena Losseva
61
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
20.9k676102
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
20.9k676102
edited May 19 '17 at 15:14
Nate Eldredge
20.9k676102
20.9k676102
asked May 19 '17 at 15:07
Elena Losseva
61
asked May 19 '17 at 15:07
Elena Losseva
61
asked May 19 '17 at 15:07
Elena Losseva
61
61
You will be going Customs and Border security in the first place in the country or in the last when you are leaving.
– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58
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You will be going Customs and Border security in the first place in the country or in the last when you are leaving.
– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58
You will be going Customs and Border security in the first place in the country or in the last when you are leaving.
– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
You will be going Customs and Border security in the first place in the country or in the last when you are leaving.
– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58
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US preclearance always happens at the last airport before you enter the US. So you'll do it in Calgary.
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– Marcel P.
May 19 '17 at 15:40
If you're worried that pre-clearance in Calgary will be as time-consuming as it normally is in Toronto, don't be: in my experience, every US pre-clearance facility in Canada takes less time than the one at Toronto Pearson. I regularly fly out of Winnipeg (admittedly a smaller airport than Calgary) and it never takes more than about 15–20 minutes from the time that I get in line.
– Michael Seifert
May 19 '17 at 18:58