Navigating Canada

My Gen3 Nav has always worked in Canada, and also indicates it should work in Mexico. It would be a nasty regression for Gen4 to not do the same.

Google Maps should work too. And if she lacks Canadian cell service, then have it download the desired area ahead of time for off-line use.

Before moving to a smartphone, I used MapFactor GPS Navigation Maps on an Android wifi tablet, pre-loaded with relevant countries around the world. But after joining the smartphone world (even without foreign cell service), I've mostly stuck with Google Maps for the phone, and OpenStreetMaps on a handheld Garmin GPS built for hiking and other outdoor recreation, not driving. The later came with a U.S. topographic map but still works with searchable OSM street maps, including turn-by-turn directions. It just isn't as nice for driving as is a dedicated automotive GPS.

 

Your maps will work just fine as you have all the north America maps, stuff that will not work is probably the traffic and weather infos because up here in Canada this feature is removed ... with don't have Entune at all ... well .. all the Apps are removed.

So if you are driving Montreal .. no big surprise except the Turcot interchange ..this is zone is a major reconstruction and will probably not show up correctly on your map.

check out this Link :

Turcot Interchange

 

We were there last year. We used Waze to supplement the Prius Nav system. Consider using a small town border crossing as opposed the the major route. Going up we had two cars in front of us. Took about 10 minutes. Coming back one car ahead of us took about 5 minutes. Customs people were very friendly. You will enjoy the trip.

 

You mean apart from driving on the other side of the road? Kidding...

 

Yes it will work fine but if you are still unsure type in an address in Montreal and see if it navigates to it.

 

They've been keeping track of all border crossers for decades, more so since 9/11.

Have you heard of anything extra in the past year or two?

 

Rather than randomly choose, hoping for short waits, look up the current actual wait times:

Washington State / British Columbia crossings:
WSDOT - Canadian Border Area Traffic
Government of British Columbia - Border Crossing Advanced Traveller
Information System

National pages:
Canada: Border Wait Times
US: Border Wait Times
Mobile app: [sorry, PriusChat host blows up on URL. Search for "CBP Border Wait Time App a One-Stop Shop for Cross Border Travel"]

This varies by location and personnel. We have had repeat problems at a certain low volume crossing back into the U.S. Very low traffic creates boredom, giving them time to be extra inquisitive, causing a bit of mess or even damage as they paw through everything. One agent even demanded two forms of ID, actual U.S. passports (back before they were required) were insufficient.

 

I thought the real threat was the possibility that they might copy their British ancestors and burn the White House again.

Various Canadian border rumors and conspiracy theories have been floating around years. For more than a quarter century that I've been aware of, and probably well before that. Black helicopters. Blue-helmeted UN troops across the border preparing for an invasion. Mass detention centers being built just inside our side of the line. And more that I can't remember now.

The blue-helmet rumors faded away when 1990s UN interventions in the Baltics (Yugoslav Wars) appeared ineffective (I.e so what if they tried to invade?). Black helicopter fears faded after a bunch of them were found within the Shomonish County Sheriff's Office, doing good work for the community, including mountain rescues.

Mass detention center rumors never amounted to much. Until very recently, that is, when we learned that a somewhat different form of them really do exist, and are being filled with brown-skinned people with Spanish-sounding names or accents.

Some of our border crossing experiences suggested some real tracking efforts. E.g. when my partner occasionally bought small quantities of fexofenadine across the border for her own use, an extremely inquisitive customs agent was highly persistent after she made a credit card purchase of it in Canada. Cash purchases never produced such official curiosity. Fexofenadine was finally legalized over-the-counter in the U.S. in 2011, ending her Canadian purchases.

With that background, it isn't always clear which comments are just humor, and which are new rumors.

 

Never cross in Canada at St-Bernard-de-Lacolle in the 2 last weeks of July and first of August .. huge wait time

last time i went to Boston :

https://goo.gl/maps/TyofjKuMweD2 Open 8AM to 4 PM

and also this one

https://goo.gl/maps/DwZJmZRVMH42 open 24 hours


or use this tool and pick one
Border Wait Times

 

Or just come to MN...International falls and Grand Portage have very little wait time.

 

Also see page 273 of your NAV manual. Select Home, Options, Map Data, Map Coverage. This will show you actual maps on your screen of the locations that have "detailed" coverage. This has been around for all Toyota NAV's since 2014. It's also where you check your map version.

 

Hello I live in Ottawa the neighbouring city to Montreal kinda... anyways it works perfectly here

 

Hi No problems in North América.

I travel a lot from Montréal to Florida; no problems.

If you travel in Montréal, don't forget, :nous parlons français

No problems to speak one hundred and mor language here include english.

 

Old Bear im happy that all went well .. yeah our Primes have no cellular communication capabilities. Nice to know that your entune worked and hoping that the roaming charges is low ... in fact i have no idea how exactly it work in details lol ... To get Entune 3.0 in Canada you need a new Camry 2018 .. Also , i think the new 2019 Corolla will get it too .. unsure about the 2019 Prime *sigh*