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Say I take the bus to go from the US to Canada, as a US citizen. If I am refused entry into Canada at the Canadian border, what happens next ?

The bus is going to leave without me, I have no way of going back home, no one to pick me up, what does one do ?

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    Wait for a bus going the other way?
    – user105640
    Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 18:46
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    Welcome to Travel! This question is essentially asking "how to I get from [remote point] to [somewhere else]", where [remote point] just happens to be a border crossing. As such, it is probably too broad to be effectively answered here.
    – Michael Seifert
    Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 18:46
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    My point is that you're still inside the US at this point, and so your problem is really how to get between two points inside the US where one of them has limited transit options; I doubt that there's anything particularly special about a border crossing. And exactly what options are available at each border crossing is going to vary depending on the border crossing; your options in Detroit/Windsor, Boisevain, MB, and Blaine, WA are going to be different.
    – Michael Seifert
    Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 18:49
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    @Frazic Why would you have no means to get home? Closing the border doesn’t necessarily mean there won’t be a bus going back the other way to your departure point.
    – Traveller
    Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 20:02
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    @phoog They announced today closing the border to all "non-essential" traval, there is just no official date announced
    – Frazic
    Commented Mar 18, 2020 at 20:09

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The general answer to what happens to you when you are refused entry at a land border is that you are left at the border on the side you are coming from. In your case on the US side of the border. The bus will definitely leave without you (it will leave without you if you are taken off for secondary screening unless it is quite short.)

After that you are free to do what you want. You are in a normal part of the US, so you can call a taxi or an Uber to take you somewhere (such as a transport hub), or you can walk, or you can call someone to pick you up. Theoretically you might hitch a ride.

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  • Is it normal or possible for people to wait for a similar bus on the same or similar route that might be coming at some point from Canada to go back home?
    – kiradotee
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 23:56
  • I was thinking more of a buying a new ticket situation of course. 🙂 It's technically a new/different journey.
    – kiradotee
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 0:55
  • Definitely not normal. The bus has no obligation to take you back. They probably don't pick up at the border.
    – DJClayworth
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 1:38

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