Freight in Toronto,
run from North York.
Two Class-1 rail ramps, three US crossings inside a day’s drive, and the deepest carrier pool in Canada — worked from a North York desk minutes off the 400 and 401.
Every mode this market runs on.
LTL freight
The GTA warehouse density makes consolidation genuinely economical here.
Read more →Full truckload
Deep carrier availability on 401-corridor and cross-border lanes.
Read more →Cross-border
Three crossings within a day’s drive gives real routing flexibility.
Read more →Customs brokerage
PARS and PAPS filing coordinated with the truck so the box does not sit.
Read more →Container drayage
Daily pulls from the CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan ramps.
Read more →Warehousing
Partner space across Peel and York for overflow and cross-dock.
Read more →Temperature controlled
The Ontario Food Terminal and the GTA grocery DCs move serious reefer volume.
Read more →Flatbed
Steel, building products and machinery out of southwestern Ontario.
Read more →What actually shapes Toronto.
Ports, ramps and clusters
- CN Brampton Intermodal Terminal
- The main inland destination for containers railed east from Vancouver and Prince Rupert, and west from Montréal and Halifax.
- CPKC Vaughan Intermodal Facility
- CPKC’s GTA ramp, and since the Kansas City Southern merger a single-railroad option through to Mexico.
- Toronto Pearson (YYZ)
- Canada’s largest air cargo gateway — the practical option when a truck is too slow and the freight justifies the rate.
- Peel, Vaughan and Brampton warehouse belt
- One of North America’s densest distribution clusters, which is why LTL consolidation works well out of the GTA.
Border crossings
- Windsor–Detroit
- The Ambassador Bridge and now the Gordie Howe International Bridge. The busiest commercial crossing on the Canada–US border and the default routing for Michigan, Ohio and Chicago.
- Fort Erie–Buffalo
- The Peace Bridge — the natural crossing for New York, New England and the I-90 corridor.
- Sarnia–Port Huron
- The Blue Water Bridge. Often quieter than Windsor and worth routing through when the Detroit queue is long.
Corridors
Highway 401 · Highway 400 · Highway 407 ETR · QEW · I-75 south from Windsor · I-90 east from Buffalo
The Ontario details that move dates.
Ontario carriers must hold a CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration). Qeep checks CVOR standing alongside insurance and safety rating before a carrier moves anything.
Oversize and overweight moves in Ontario need MTO permits, and permitted dimensions vary by route and season — worth allowing for in transit time rather than discovering late.
The 401 through Toronto is effectively a rush-hour constraint on appointment times. Booking a 07:00 dock slot from Mississauga to Scarborough is a different proposition from booking 10:00.
Out of Toronto, and how they route.
| Lane | Routing | Typical drive |
|---|---|---|
| Toronto → Chicago | Windsor–Detroit, then I-94 | About a day |
| Toronto → Detroit | Ambassador or Gordie Howe | Same day |
| Toronto → New York / New Jersey | Fort Erie–Buffalo, then I-90/I-87 | About a day |
| Toronto → Montréal | Highway 401 east | Same day |
| Toronto → Laredo | Windsor–Detroit, then I-69/I-35 | Three to four days |
| Toronto → Vancouver | Trans-Canada, or rail from Brampton | Four to five days by truck |
Drive times assume a legal single driver with hours available and no border delay. Cross-border lanes move with the queue, not the mileage — which is why we check wait times before committing to a delivery appointment rather than after.
What actually runs in this market.
53' dry van
The default for palletised freight on 401 and cross-border lanes.
53' reefer
Ontario Food Terminal, grocery DCs and food manufacturing.
Flatbed and step-deck
Steel, building products and machinery out of southwestern Ontario.
Chassis and tri-axle
Container work off the CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan ramps.
Four steps. No surprises.
You send the details
Origin, destination, commodity, weight and dimensions. Real numbers, because a quote built on guesses becomes a reweigh charge later.
We price it and vet the carrier
Insurance in force, safety rating checked, and the right equipment for the freight — not whatever happens to be nearest Toronto.
It moves, and you can see it
Dispatch, tracking and any border filing handled from one desk. If something slips you hear it from us first, not from your customer.
POD and one invoice
Proof of delivery, and a single invoice covering the move — including customs where we handled it. No line items you were not told about.
Toronto, asked and answered.
- Do you have an office in Toronto?
- Yes. Qeep Logistics is headquartered at 7-111 Martin Ross Avenue, North York, Ontario M3J 2M1. Toronto is where the company was founded and where the desks that book and track your freight sit.
- How quickly can you get a truck in the GTA?
- On established Toronto lanes with standard dry van or reefer equipment, same-day and next-day pickups are usually achievable, because carrier density in the GTA is high. Specialised equipment — flatbed with tarps, oversize, or anything requiring permits — needs more notice. The honest answer for any specific load comes from checking live capacity rather than quoting a blanket promise.
- Which border crossing will my load use?
- It depends on the destination and the queue on the day. Michigan, Ohio and Chicago freight normally runs through Windsor–Detroit; New York and New England through Fort Erie–Buffalo. When Windsor backs up, Sarnia–Port Huron is often faster despite the extra distance. We route on the day rather than by default.
- Can you handle customs as well as the truck?
- Yes. Qeep coordinates customs brokerage as part of the move, with entries filed by licensed customs brokers — CBSA-licensed for shipments into Canada and CBP-licensed for shipments into the United States. Keeping the filing and the truck on one desk is what stops a box sitting at the border waiting for paperwork nobody chased.
- What does it cost to move a truckload out of Toronto?
- It depends on the lane, the equipment, the season and how much notice you give us. Cross-border adds customs and border-wait risk; reefer costs more than dry van; a flatbed needing tarps costs more again. We would rather quote your actual load than publish a per-mile number that turns out to be wrong for you. Send the origin, destination, commodity, weight and dimensions and you will have a real number back quickly.
- Do you handle the Ontario Food Terminal?
- Yes. It runs on early and unforgiving delivery windows, and it rewards carriers who know the site. Produce freight is time-critical in a way most freight is not, so we match it to carriers who genuinely run food lanes rather than treating it as ordinary reefer capacity.
- What happens if my load is damaged or late?
- You get told, early, by the person handling it — not after you chase us. Then we work the claim with the carrier's insurer and keep you updated. Damage claims live or die on documentation: clean bills of lading, photos at pickup and delivery, and temperature data where it applies. We push for that up front precisely because it decides the outcome later.
Have a shipment? Get rates in 10 min.
Tell us the origin, destination and mode. A Qeep specialist replies within 10 minutes with live capacity, lane price, and a transit window you can actually plan around.