Dallas, TX to Toronto, ON freight

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The Dallas to Toronto corridor runs across the U.S.–Canada border.

Direction

U.S. – Canada cross-border

Equipment on this lane

Dry van-led, with reefer demand

Carrier availability

Vetted carriers cover this corridor

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Dallas market (Dallas, Garland, Lancaster, Grand Prairie, Carrollton, Irving) with the Toronto market (Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Cambridge, Hamilton), running across the U.S.–Canada border. Over the past 12 months brokers posted this corridor to the Cargado marketplace.

What ships from Dallas

Freight out of the Dallas market leans toward automotive parts, machinery and industrial equipment and metals and building materials based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more about moving these goods on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Dry van-led, with reefer demand. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Customs on the U.S.–Canada leg

Entries are pre-filed electronically and cleared before arrival, and drivers need documentation in order at the booth.

Cargado is where brokers post corridors like this one to verified carriers. Every carrier is checked before it can bid, and banded market-rate context from real bids is built into the product.

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Every lane guide for Toronto, ON is listed on its lane hub, by direction and destination country.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Dallas, TX

Dallas is an inland freight hub with no seaport, built around a large rail inland port in southern Dallas County, two more intermodal terminals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and two major cargo airports. I-35 links the region to Mexico and Canada.

Industries: Distribution and e-commerce, transportation and logistics, vehicles and auto parts, electronics and semiconductors, aerospace and defense

Intermodal rail terminal: Union Pacific Dallas Intermodal Terminal, container-on-flatcar lifts, open 24 hours, 7 days (operating). Source
Intermodal terminal: CPKC Wylie Intermodal Terminal and its 500-acre distribution park. 342,000 TEU annual lift capacity (opened July 2015). Source
Intermodal rail terminal: BNSF intermodal facility at AllianceTexas. More than 500 acres, more than 1.1 million lifts in 2024 (operating). Source
Inland port and logistics park: Southern Dallas County inland port. 7,500 acres in five cities (operating). Source
Air cargo airports: DFW International Airport and Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. 3.70 billion lb and 1.90 billion lb of 2025 all-cargo landed weight (operating). Source
Vehicle assembly: Transportation equipment manufacturing cluster, including vehicle assembly, in the Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine area. 2.9 percent of area employment. Source
Foreign-trade zone: Five foreign-trade zones in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including FTZ No. 39 granted to DFW Airport, which spans a seven-county area. 5 zones (operating). Source

Distribution: Regional distribution centers, e-commerce fulfillment buildings, and contract-logistics 3PL warehouses and cross-docks.

Destination market

Toronto, ON

The Toronto area is a major manufacturing and distribution market in Canada, with vehicle assembly, food and beverage plants and an airport that processes over 45 percent of Canada's air cargo. The Detroit-Windsor and Port Huron-Sarnia crossings were the top two U.S.-Canada truck ports in 2025.

Industries: Auto and parts, food and beverage, aerospace and pharma, retail and grocery distribution, air cargo and parcels

Vehicle assembly: Automotive assembly plants in Ontario. Five automakers with assembly plants in Ontario. Source
Plant: Food and beverage processing cluster in Brampton. About 8,500 jobs across 300 companies; more than $1.3 billion a year to Canada's GDP. Source
Rail: CN Milton Logistics Hub, an intermodal facility in Milton; expected to be operational by 2027. Up to four intermodal trains per day (under construction). Source
Airport: Toronto Pearson cargo complex. Over 45% of Canada's air cargo (operating). Source

Distribution: Parcel sorting hubs, grocery and foodservice distribution centers, and e-commerce fulfillment centers in the Greater Toronto Area.

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Dallas to Toronto?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Dallas to Toronto corridor?

Postings here are mostly dry van, with some reefer. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Do carriers on this corridor handle customs paperwork?

Carriers handle the transport side and customs brokers clear the freight. Have your customs broker's entry filed before the truck reaches the border, and look for carriers with the right border credentials.

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