Direct cross-border moves from Canada to the United States — one truck, one crew, no transfer at the border. We prepare the US customs paperwork so your household goods clear cleanly to any state.
Moving from Canada to the United States means your shipment must clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection before it can be delivered. Motion operates as a licensed cross-border carrier, managing the customs paperwork and hauling your load on one truck from your Canadian origin to your U.S. destination.
A detailed room-by-room inventory is prepared before your load leaves Canada. That same list travels with the shipment as the basis for your U.S. customs declaration, and your crew reads against it again at delivery to confirm every item that crossed the border has arrived. Accuracy at packing directly protects you at both stages.
Canada spans six time zones and the U.S. destination could be anywhere from Vermont to Hawaii, so transit is quoted as a window rather than a fixed date. Border wait times, routing through the applicable port of entry, and driving regulations governing hours of service all shift the actual arrival. A ballpark gives you a realistic planning range.
Firearms, ammunition, plants, soil, fresh or cured meats, dairy, and alcohol each carry distinct restrictions at the U.S. port of entry, separate from ordinary household goods rules. Some require permits issued before the move date; others are prohibited outright regardless of paperwork. Confirming the status of these items early prevents delays or seizure at the border.
Your belongings are loaded onto one Motion truck in Canada and stay on that truck until they reach your U.S. address. The crew does not hand the load to a second carrier at the border crossing. This matters because every transfer point is a point of risk for damage, delays, and inventory discrepancies. One carrier, one crew, one chain of responsibility.
Get a quote using the form and a Motion coordinator will follow up to walk through your inventory, your crossing point, and the customs documentation required for your specific Canada-to-U.S. move.
Canadians move to the US for work, family and study, and the busiest corridors run from Ontario and Quebec into the Northeast, and from BC down the coast into Washington, Oregon and California. Every move runs as one direct trip, the same crew from your Canadian pickup to your US door.
The border is the part we handle. We prepare US Customs and Border Protection’s Form 3299 and a valued inventory, coordinate the crossing, and keep your shipment on one truck so it clears without a transfer or a bonded-warehouse wait.
Distances and day-windows below, every lane runs direct, one truck. Open a route for the corridor detail, or get a quote for your exact addresses.
Moving to the United States from the US? We run cross-border moves too, see cross-border moving.
Walk a specialist through your home on your phone. We build an accurate inventory, no in-person visit, no guesswork on volume.
A flat, written quote for your exact move to the United States, what you’re told is what you pay. No transload fees, no surprise charges on arrival.
Pick a date that works. We confirm the dispatch window and, for condos or apartments, help you line up the elevator or loading dock at both ends.
One truck, one driver, all the way. We call you with an ETA once we’re rolling, and we route around weather, not through it.
We unload into your new place and set the big items where you want them. Balance is due on delivery, before offloading, nothing hidden.
We prepare the Declaration for Free Entry of Unaccompanied Articles (Form 3299) and a valued inventory of your goods.
Have your visa, TN, green card or study documents ready — CBP ties your household goods to your status.
Plan to switch to your new state’s driver’s licence and set up auto and home insurance.
Vehicle import (EPA/DOT) is separate from a household move — ask us and we’ll point you the right way.
Line up your Social Security number and US banking early; you’ll need them for housing and utilities.
Some Canadian goods are restricted at the US border — we’ll flag anything on your inventory.
Customs is the heart of a Canada-to-US move, and we own it. CBP wants Form 3299 and a valued inventory that matches the truck, tied to your immigration status. We prepare the documents, coordinate the crossing, and keep your goods on one truck so the border is a formality, not a delay.
The corridor drives the timeline. Toronto and Montreal into the Northeast are quick, often one-to-two days; Vancouver to Seattle is a same-day Pacific run; longer hauls to California, Texas or Florida are multi-day but still direct, one crew the whole way.
We deliver to any of the lower-48 states. Tell us the destination at quote time and we handle the last-mile details — a Manhattan walk-up, a gated community, or a suburban driveway.
Yes — we prepare US Form 3299 and a valued inventory, and coordinate the CBP crossing as one carrier, with your goods on a single truck.
Toronto to New York is a one-to-two day direct transit. Your belongings stay on one truck the whole way.
There is no flat rate — it depends on volume, access and the corridor. We send a written quote after a video-call assessment, with border fees included.
Form 3299, a valued inventory, and your US immigration documents (visa, TN, green card or study papers). We prepare the customs paperwork for you.
Yes — the Vancouver-to-Seattle Pacific corridor is one of our regular same-day cross-border runs.
All of the lower-48 — from the Northeast and the Eastern seaboard to the West Coast and the Sun Belt.
Vehicle import (EPA/DOT) is separate from a household move — we move your household goods and point you to the right vehicle path.
No — we assess by video call and build your inventory from there.
A specialist texts you back in 5 minutes. Assessment by video call, no in-person visit.
