Ports of entry in Manitoba will see their hours of operation extended back to pre-pandemic times, beginning Friday.

Canada's Minister of Public Safety, Marco Mendicino announced Monday morning that starting Friday at 12:01 am, 39 land and three air ports of entry across Canada will return to the operational hours of service they had in early 2020.

Thirteen of those 39 land ports of entry are in Manitoba.

Currently, the hours of many ports have been reduced, some closing as early as 4 p.m.

"Border communities across Canada rely on small crossings every day," says Mendicino. "The expansion of hours at ports of entry all along the Canada-US border will make it easier for local residents to do everything from getting goods to market to seeing friends and family. The dedicated employees of the Canada Border Services Agency are our country's front line, and I want to thank them for their partnership in extending hours."

The ports at Emerson and just south of Boissevain at the International Peace Gardens remained open 24 hours a day through the pandemic. Here are the new crossing hours that will go into effect Friday.

Cartwright: 8 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week

Coulter: 8 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week

Crystal City: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Goodlands: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Gretna: 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Lena: 8 am to 9 pm, 7 days a week

Lyleton: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Piney: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Snowflake: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

South Junction: 8 am to midnight, 7 days a week

Tolstoi: 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Windygates: 9 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week

Winkler: 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week