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Returning Home - Canada Customs and Import Controls
You must declare everything you have purchased and acquired outside
Canada, as well as goods bought at a Canadian or foreign duty-free
store for importation into Canada, whether the items are for yourself
or intended as gifts. Keep your original receipts for possible
inspection.
You are entitled to certain duty-free personal exemptions:
If you have been away from Canada for 24 hours or more, you may bring
back goods worth up to C$50 without paying duties or taxes. You cannot
include alcohol and tobacco in this exemption.
If you have been away from Canada for 48 hours or more, you may bring
back goods worth up to C$200 without paying duties or taxes. These
goods can include alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, as follows:
- up to 1.14 litres (40 imperial oz.) of liquor or 1.5 litres (53 oz.)
of wine, or a case of 24 bottles or cans of beer or ale, each
containing 355 ml (12 oz.); and
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up to 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or cigarillos, 200 tobacco sticks and 200 grams (7 oz.) of manufactured tobacco.
Provincial age restrictions apply to alcohol and tobacco products.
If you have been away from Canada for seven days or more, you may bring
back goods worth up to C$750 without paying duties or taxes. These
goods can include tobacco products and alcoholic beverages as described
above. When calculating the number of days you are absent, do not
include the date you leave Canada, but do include the date you return.
Note: If you include cigarettes, tobacco sticks or loose tobacco in
your personal exemption allowance, only a partial exemption will apply.
You will have to pay a minimum duty on these products unless they are
marked "CANADA-DUTY PAID - DROIT ACQUITTÉ." Canadian-made products sold
at a duty-free shop are marked in this way. You can speed up your
clearance by having your tobacco products available for inspection when
you arrive.
Certain goods are restricted from entering Canada unless you have a
permit, certificate, licence or other specific document. Even with a
permit, the imported goods have to meet certain safety standards. If
you are considering importing meat or dairy products, plants or plant
products, firewood, firearms, vehicles, exotic animals or products made
from their skins or feathers, contact the Canada Border Services Agency
or the Canadian Firearms Centre beforehand for guidance.
Obscene printed material, child pornography, hate propaganda,
narcotics, counterfeit money, automatic firearms and goods harmful to
the environment are prohibited from entering Canada.
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