We move households both ways between Tampa and Canada: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and the rest of the country, with the customs paperwork prepared. Written, flat quotes after a quick video call.
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A move from Tampa to Canada is a customs process as much as a trucking job. You declare your goods to the Canada Border Services Agency, file the correct forms at the port of entry, and your status decides how the goods are treated. Motion prepares the paperwork and runs the load on one carrier.
Household goods entering Canada are declared on the BSF186 for goods to follow and the BSF186A for the accompanying list. Both are filed with the Canada Border Services Agency at the port of entry. Motion prepares them from your inventory so the declaration matches what is on the truck.
Used personal and household effects are generally duty-free when relocating to Canada. Returning residents must have owned and used the goods abroad for at least six months under tariff item 9805.00.00. Settlers bringing goods to Canada for the first time are assessed under different conditions.
Motion moves your goods on one carrier from Tampa to the Canadian destination, with no transfer to a second carrier at the border. A single carrier means one inventory and one point of contact, which keeps the customs filing consistent.
Loads from Tampa head north on I-75. Toronto moves usually cross at the Ambassador Bridge or Blue Water Bridge, Montreal moves at Lacolle-Champlain, and Vancouver moves at Pacific Highway. The crossing used depends on routing and the day.
Use the quote form at the top of this page to book a video call and get your Tampa move quoted.
Get my free quoteRoad distances from Tampa
2,136 km
Tampa ↔ Toronto
2,390 km
Tampa ↔ Montreal
5,202 km
Tampa ↔ Vancouver
2,172 km
St. Petersburg ↔ Toronto
Moving between the Tampa area and Toronto? We pick up across the Tampa area and the rest of Florida and deliver to Toronto, the GTA, Ottawa, Hamilton, London and the rest of Ontario, or the other way round. Your move is assessed on a video call, the rate is locked in writing, and we help you prepare the customs paperwork before the truck reaches the border.
Moving between the Tampa area and Montreal? We pick up across the Tampa area and the rest of Florida and deliver to Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and the rest of Quebec, or the other way round. Your move is assessed on a video call, the rate is locked in writing, and we help you prepare the customs paperwork before the truck reaches the border.
Moving between the Tampa area and Vancouver? We pick up across the Tampa area and the rest of Florida and deliver to Vancouver, Burnaby, Surrey, Richmond and the rest of British Columbia, or the other way round. Your move is assessed on a video call, the rate is locked in writing, and we help you prepare the customs paperwork before the truck reaches the border.
Moving from Tampa to Canada means one truck, one carrier and one customs filing, from a Tampa Bay driveway to a front door in Ontario, Quebec or British Columbia. Your goods are not handed to a second carrier at the border. The truck runs north on I-75, crosses at a major port such as the Ambassador Bridge, and Motion prepares the CBSA paperwork for you.
Hurricane season runs from June to November, so keep some flexibility in your dates. Motion runs these corridors in both directions and fills trucks on the return leg, so a Tampa shipment is not priced as an empty run. The reverse move, Canada to Tampa, works the same way and uses the same crossings.
Dry everything first. Tampa humidity gets into upholstery, books and cardboard. Check for mildew and let items dry before packing, so nothing arrives musty after days sealed in a truck heading into a Canadian winter.
Leave plants and fresh food behind. Citrus, potted plants, soil and fresh food are restricted at the Canadian border and are best left in Florida. Clear garage and lanai shelves of anything organic before the crew arrives.
Itemise before the truck arrives. Prepare a detailed list of what is going, with the goods you travel with kept separate from those following. Motion builds this into the BSF186 and BSF186A filings so the load clears cleanly.
Check your landing province. Driver’s licence exchange, health card registration and vehicle rules differ between Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. Look up your province’s steps before you land so the first week is not lost to paperwork.
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Origin, destination, rough timeline. A specialist texts you back within five minutes, Mon-Sun, 9am-7pm ET.
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We assess your move accurately over a video call, no in-person visit needed, then lock your rate in writing. Klarna available on deposits $500+.
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Picked up at your door and delivered to your new one, in Florida or in Canada. Cargo-liability insured. Balance due after delivery, before offloading.
Sources: Canada Border Services Agency (Form BSF186, Memorandum D2-2-1) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP Form 3299). Rules depend on your situation; confirm yours with the border agency.
The same carrier moves your household from Tampa to the Canadian door, with no transfer at the border.
We prepare the CBSA paperwork, including BSF186 and BSF186A, so your load clears at the port of entry.
Tampa to Canada and Canada to Tampa run on the same corridors, with return legs filled.
Your quote follows a video call that walks through the home, so the estimate matches the actual load.
Your item list is built to match the customs forms, so the declaration and the load agree.
“I was helping my daughter to relocate from New Jersey to Toronto and we worried so much about the cross border move. … The pick up in New Jersey was made so smooth that we didn't need to worry about even the packing. The shipment arrived Toronto in 3 days, without needing us to clear the customs!”
ada choungNew Jersey → Toronto · July 2026
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André LavoieMontréal → Texas · December 2025
Read the full review on Google →“We are moving to the United States and so far Charles and Brent have made our movement swift and smooth. I am sure just as the stuff was picked up on time, it will be delivered on time . Thank you for promptly answering our calls always… wishing your company the very best.”
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Read all reviews on GoogleToronto is about 2,140 km and Montreal about 2,390 km; Vancouver is about 5,200 km. Timing is a ballpark, not a promise, and your quote confirms a window after the video call.
Generally not on used personal and household effects when relocating. Returning residents must have owned and used the goods abroad for at least six months under tariff item 9805.00.00. Settlers bringing goods to Canada for the first time are assessed under different conditions, so confirm your status with CBSA.
It depends on the destination. Toronto loads usually use the Ambassador Bridge or Blue Water Bridge, Montreal loads Lacolle-Champlain, and Vancouver loads Pacific Highway. The final choice depends on routing and the day.
You need a BSF186 for goods to follow and a BSF186A listing goods that travel with you, both filed with the Canada Border Services Agency at the port of entry. Motion prepares these with you, using an itemised inventory that matches the load.
Yes. Motion runs Canada to Tampa as well as Tampa to Canada, using the same crossings and one carrier end to end. Trucks that bring Canadian households south fill the return leg north, so space is not wasted in either direction.
Book a video call and we will price your Tampa move once we have seen the load.
