US-Canada border travel restrictions extended to March 21, 2021
Restrictions at border in place for nearly a year amid COVID pandemic
Dave Bartkowiak Jr., Digital Managing Editor
The Ambassador Bridge connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
DETROIT – The travel restrictions across the U.S.-Canada border will remain in place through March 21, 2021, at least.
Canada announced last week discretionary, or non-essential, travel between the U.S. and Canada will remain in place another month. The restrictions would have expired Sunday, Feb. 21.
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Discretionary (non-essential) travel restrictions between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 have been extended to March 21, 2021.
The same rules will still apply: Essential travel, including certain workers and transportation of goods, is still allowed to cross the border between the neighboring countries. Nonessential travel is prohibited across the U.S.-Canada border.
Canada and the U.S. have limited border crossings since March 2020, extending the restrictions each month.