Pleasure Craft Tolls
Canadian Locks
Pleasure Craft Tolls per lock: $30
- Cash is no longer accepted as payment for tolls at Canadian locks
- Users may purchase tickets using the automatic ticket dispensers that are installed at both ends of each lock in the Montreal/Lake Ontario section and at either end of the Welland Canal (at Lock 1 and at Lock 8). The dispensers accept only credit cards.
- Pleasure craft operators who pre-pay the toll using tickets purchased either on PayPal or e-tickets purchased using a cell phone with the Secunik mobile app (via the links provided below) will benefit from a $5 discount on the toll charged per lock.
Note: We are experiencing an issue with PayPal's service. In the interim, we encourage you to use Secunik to pay.
- If you are using PayPal, a separate ticket needs to be printed and presented to lock personnel for each transit, as described below.
- If you are using Secunik, lock staff will validate your “ticket” from a mobile device by identifying your pleasure craft.
For locks in the Montreal/Lake Ontario section, you will require one ticket per lock transit, with the exception of the Beauharnois locks, where a single ticket (at a price equivalent to two locks) is valid for transit of both the lower and upper Beauharnois locks. Present your ticket to the officer in charge at each lock, with the exception of the two Beauharnois locks, where the ticket (valid for both locks) is collected at the lower lock.
For the Welland Canal, a single ticket (at a price equivalent to eight locks) is applicable to the transit of the eight locks, and this ticket will be presented to the lock personnel at Lock 8.
American Locks
Pleasure Craft Toll per Lock: $30 (cash, U.S. or Canadian funds)
At the American locks in the Montreal/Lake Ontario section, tolls for upbound craft will be collected by the officer in charge at the Bertrand H. Snell lock. Tolls for downbound craft will be collected by the officer in charge at the Dwight D. Eisenhower lock. Every effort should be made to have the exact toll (cash) available. No premium will be allowed for currency exchange rates.
American locks do not accept credit cards nor sell tickets at the locks; however, tickets can be purchased in advance at the www.pay.gov website (via the link below).
