Originally Posted by
champignon
I've never much enjoyed the YVR airport and especially the way you get treated when you arrive, although this might be unique to American visitors, and might represent tit for tat in how Canadians view that they are being treated when they visit the USA; can't know that.
I'm Canadian living in US. In all my experiences, entering US is way easier than Canada, by way of land and air. This is during pre-pandemic time. I was always asked with a barrage of questions from Canadian border officers for about 5 mins, with headscratcher like "Why are you coming to Canada?", while US CBP would take a look at my passport and wave me through.