Toronto is Canada's largest metropolitan freight market, spanning the Peel logistics cluster, the country's biggest intermodal terminal and the manufacturing belt of southern Ontario. Pick an origin or destination in the directory to open its lane guide, and read how customs, carrier authority and Mexico moves work on Toronto freight. Cargado is a marketplace where brokers post Mexico and Canada truck freight and vetted carriers bid on it.
CN Brampton
500,000 tonnes
70
Dry van
The Greater Toronto Area combines inland rail terminals, airport cargo, manufacturing and the distribution warehouses that serve much of the country. CN's Brampton terminal, the largest intermodal yard in the country, serves more than 2,000 trucks a day (Invest Brampton), Toronto Pearson handled about 500,000 tonnes of air cargo in 2024 (GTAA), and the warehouses of Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan and Milton distribute consumer goods for the whole country. Around them, southern Ontario builds vehicles, automotive parts, food and beverage, plastics and pharma. Southbound, expect automotive parts, food, plastics and machinery for the Midwest, Texas and both coasts; northbound, produce, consumer goods, chemicals and components from the U.S. and Mexico.
U.S. guides run from Toronto to Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis, Texas markets, Laredo, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Ontario, California, and Stockton; inbound guides cover the same markets except Ontario, California, and Stockton, plus Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver, El Paso, Greenville, Harrisburg, Lakeland, Milwaukee, Nogales and San Francisco. Mexico guides run from Toronto to Nuevo Laredo, Tijuana, Mexicali, Chihuahua, Hermosillo, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, León, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Toluca, Cuernavaca and Puebla, and back from Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, León, Mexico City, Cuernavaca, Hermosillo and Mexicali. Canada guides run to Montreal, London, Windsor, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, and back from Montreal, London, Calgary, Saskatoon and Vancouver. Confirm whether you need a domestic leg, the U.S. move or a two-border move into Mexico.
For a U.S. lane, the carrier needs an ACE eManifest southbound or an ACI eManifest northbound, filed before arrival, and the importer or its customs broker arranges release, with a PARS or PAPS reference when one is used. Provide the invoice information the importing country requires and any USMCA certification of origin needed to claim preferential treatment, and put the broker and release arrangement on the posting so the carrier can file. Missing paperwork holds the truck at the border, so agree on free time and detention up front.
A Canadian or U.S. carrier with cross-border authority can run a lane between the two countries. Cross-border authority does not by itself allow domestic hauling in the other country, so before booking a domestic Canadian leg confirm the carrier's domestic operating authority, driver eligibility and cabotage compliance. Post the leg you need covered so the carriers authorized for it bid, and check what each bid includes: fuel, border wait, and any drop or reload at a terminal.
A lane between this market and Mexico clears two borders in either direction: export reporting and entry or in-transit arrangements at the northern border, and Mexican import or export at the southern crossing the lane guide names, often Laredo, where a transfer carrier usually moves the trailer and a carrier with Mexican operating authority runs the Mexico leg. Confirm the crossing, whether the cargo stays in its trailer or transloads, who issues the CFDI, Mexico's electronic tax document, with Carta Porte details when required, and who covers the transfer, before you post.
A lane between Canada and the U.S. can run on a Canadian or a U.S. carrier with cross-border authority, and the carrier files the ACE or ACI manifest before arrival. A lane that stays inside Canada, such as Toronto to another Canadian city, is domestic work: cross-border authority does not by itself allow it, so confirm the carrier's domestic operating authority, driver eligibility and cabotage compliance before booking. State the leg you need covered when you post on Cargado.
It clears two borders. Canadian export reporting and U.S. entry or in-transit arrangements are handled at the northern border, and Mexican import clears at the southern crossing the lane guide names, often Laredo, where a transfer carrier usually moves the trailer to a carrier with Mexican operating authority. Confirm the crossing, any transload and the customs broker for each border before dispatch, and post which legs you are covering.
Post the pickup and delivery, the date, the equipment and the leg you need covered. For a U.S. lane, include the customs broker and the PARS or PAPS arrangement; for a Mexico lane, the legs and the transfer plan. Vetted carriers that run the corridor bid, and you compare what each bid covers before you book. Where a corridor has enough bid history, Cargado Market Rates gives you a reference built from carrier bids before you quote.
Dry van leads, carrying consumer goods, automotive parts, plastics and packaged food. Reefer carries food and beverage and pharma, and open deck carries steel and machinery. Post the trailer type with the weight, dimensions and loading requirements so carriers can price the load.
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