Freight forwarding across Ontario.
Setara Logistics is a freight forwarder in Vaughan that books ocean, air, rail and road freight for importers and exporters across Ontario. Most Ontario freight runs through the Greater Toronto Area, along the Highway 401 corridor, and out through the Windsor, Sarnia and Niagara crossings.
Six cities carry most of it.
Ontario import and export freight concentrates in a short list of places: two intermodal ramps, the Pearson air cargo apron, the Port of Hamilton, and the warehouse belt strung between them along the 400-series highways.
TorontoDeliveries into the core and the inner suburbs, booked around dock appointments and receiver windows.
MississaugaAir freight recovered at Toronto Pearson and delivered to the warehouses in Heartland and around the airport.
BramptonImport boxes lifted at the CN intermodal terminal and run to the distribution centres built around it.
VaughanWhere our desk sits, beside the CPKC intermodal terminal and CN MacMillan Yard.
HamiltonBulk and breakbulk through the port, and truck moves down the QEW to the Niagara crossings.
MontrealOcean through the Port of Montreal with customs arranged through a licensed customs broker partner, and full truckloads from Ontario into Quebec.
City photos: Mississauga by K2HWY (CC BY 4.0), Vaughan by Dillan Payne (CC BY-SA 2.0) and Montreal by Raskuly (CC BY 4.0, edited), cropped.
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The lanes that reach the rest of the province.
Highway 401 west to Kitchener, London and Windsor, east through Kingston to Ottawa, and the QEW south to the Niagara crossings are lanes, not offices. Setara buys capacity on each of them from carriers that already run the route, including Setara Transport, our group’s carrier, for full loads on Ontario and Ontario to Quebec lanes.
Which lane a load takes changes the customs picture as much as the cost. Windsor and Sarnia carry most of the truck traffic into Michigan, Fort Erie and Queenston carry the Niagara side into New York, and clearance on any of them is arranged through a licensed customs broker partner and filed before the truck reaches the bridge. Freight for Ottawa and eastern Ontario sometimes routes better with Montreal traffic than out of Toronto, and it gets quoted that way when it does.
- Highway 401 corridor
- Windsor
- London
- Kitchener and Waterloo
- Ottawa
- Niagara
- Ontario to Quebec
- Windsor and Detroit
- Sarnia and Port Huron
- Fort Erie and Buffalo
- Queenston and Lewiston
What actually moves.
- Ocean FCL and LCL through Montreal, Halifax, Vancouver and Prince Rupert, moved inland to Ontario
- Air freight through Toronto Pearson and Hamilton, airport to airport or through to the door
- Intermodal across Canada on CN and CPKC, with a truck at each end
- Truckload across Ontario, into Quebec and across the United States border
- Multi-stop distribution centre runs, booked as one full trailer
- Book LTL or partial loads. Every road move is a full trailer; a 4 or 5 skid shipment needs an LTL carrier
- File the customs entry. Classification, valuation and release go through a licensed customs broker partner, coordinated on the same file as the freight
- Own the warehouse. Storage, cross-docking and transloading are arranged with partner facilities near the lane the freight is already on
- Publish a rate card. Every lane is priced against the shipment in front of us
- Run the ramp. Lift and gate times at the CN and CPKC terminals are set by the railway, and the drayage is planned around them
Who handles which part.
Setara Group owns two operating companies.
Setara Logistics
Books and manages the shipment, with customs arranged through a licensed customs broker partner. Based in Vaughan.
See the servicesSetara Transport
An Ontario CVOR-registered motor carrier. Container drayage at the CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan ramps, GTA pickup and delivery of full loads, and dry van and reefer truckload on Ontario and Ontario to Quebec lanes.
setaratransport.caStraight answers.
Do you have an office outside the Greater Toronto Area?
No. Setara works from one location, in Vaughan, Ontario. Freight in London, Windsor, Kitchener, Ottawa or Niagara is handled as a lane out of that desk, using carriers that already run the route.
Can you handle an import that lands in Montreal and delivers in Ontario?
Yes, and it is a common routing. The container discharges in Montreal, moves inland by rail or by truck, and the Ontario delivery sits on the same file, with the entry arranged through a licensed customs broker partner.
Who moves the container off the rail ramp?
Setara Transport, an Ontario CVOR-registered motor carrier, handles drayage at the CN Brampton and CPKC Vaughan ramps and delivery across the GTA. At ramps outside that area the drayage is booked with a partner carrier and stays on the same file.
Do you cover the Ontario to Quebec lane?
Yes. Ontario to Quebec runs in both directions as full truckloads, dry van and reefer, on Setara Transport, our group’s carrier.
Ship into or out of Ontario.
Tell us what is moving and where it needs to be. One desk plans the rest.
Or call (647) 360-8620, Monday to Friday.