Traffic Is Awful At The Ontario-Quebec Border Because Of New Police Checkpoints

Police are now stopping drivers 24/7 at Ontario's borders.
Traffic Is Awful At The Ontario-Quebec Border Because Of New Police Checkpoints
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge | Quebec 511
Contributor

The provincial government's new Ontario border checkpoints are causing significant delays at the Ottawa-Gatineau crossing. 

The restriction on interprovincial travel went into effect on Monday, April 19 and drivers are already dealing with serious backup approaching the police-run checkpoints.

Editor's Choice: Golfers Are Protesting & Petitioning To Get Ford To Reopen Ontario's Courses (PHOTO)

One Twitter user wrote that his usual commute into work took over two hours at 6 a.m. because of the Ontario-Quebec border traffic.

According to CBC Ottawa, Ottawa police officers are stationed 24/7 at five bridges and two interprovincial ferries that travel between Ottawa and Quebec, alongside OPP officers who are monitoring highway entry and exit points along the provincial border — CTV reports that Ontario-bound pedestrians and cyclists will also be stopped.

Police are only allowing people to cross for work, medical care, transporting goods, and exercising Indigenous treaty rights as part of the province's enhanced stay-at-home measures.

From Your Site Articles
OttawaNewsCanadaNews
  • Abby Neufeld
    Abby Neufeld was a writer at Narcity Canada. She received her Bachelor of Arts in English and Professional Communications at the University of Victoria. Her past work has been published in The Toronto Star, Bitch Media, Canadian Dimension, This Magazine, and more. In 2019, Abby co-founded The New Twenties, an environmentally-focused literary and arts magazine.

I left Toronto for small-town Prince Edward Island and here's what nobody warned me about

Island life wasn't for me — here's why.

Trump just launched a trade investigation into Canada and it could lead to even more tariffs

They're looking for "unreasonable or discriminatory" trading practices.

A storm is forecast to drop up to 20 cm of snow in southern Ontario by this weekend

"Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions."

Canada lost 84,000 jobs in February — Here's which industries are getting hit hardest

An expert calls February's report "very bad."

This riverside Ontario town with beautiful streets is one of Canada's 'best' places to live

Thinking about a move?

Unemployment rates in Canada very so much by city — Here's where they stand in February 2026

Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for February, by Canadian city.

A Canadian man was found dead on a drifting boat near Belize and the case is a mystery

Police are treating the boat as a potential crime scene.

This $41 train ride from Toronto takes you to an Ontario town that's like a slice of Europe

No plane ticket needed!