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Important
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Residents of the USA can operate a boat in Canada
for 45 days without a boater's license |
You can bring into Canada two weeks worth of food
If you plan to bring night crawlers (dew worms) make sure that they are packed in artificial bedding, not in natural earth.
Alcoholic Beverages
Alcoholic beverages are products that exceed 0.5% alcohol by volume. Each person of legal age is allowed to import only one of the following amounts of alcohol and alcoholic beverages free of duty and taxes:
| Product | Metric | Imperial | *Estimates |
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| Wine | Up to 1.5 litres | Up to 53 fluid ounces | Two 750 ml bottles of wine |
| Alcoholic Beverages | Up to 1.14 litres | Up to 40 fluid ounces | One large standard bottle of liquor |
| Beer or Ale | Up to 8.5 litres | Up to 287 fluid ounces | Approximately 24, 355 ml cans or bottles of beer or ale |
While bottle sizes vary, the amounts listed are firm.
You must be of legal age in the province of importation. You are permitted to import alcoholic beverages in excess of those listed above but you will be responsible for paying duty and taxes on the additional alcoholic beverages and tobacco products that you are importing.
Tobacco products
As a visitor or a temporary resident, you may import, free of duty and taxes, all of the following amounts of tobacco products, as long as these items are in your possession when you arrive in Canada:
- 200 cigarettes;
- 50 cigars or cigarillos;
- 200 grams (7 ounces) of manufactured tobacco; and
- 200 tobacco sticks.
You are permitted to import alcoholic beverages in excess of those listed above but you will be responsible for paying duty and taxes on the additional alcoholic beverages and tobacco products that you are importing.
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If your passport has not arrived in time for your trip, you can take along your copy of your passport application and two pieces of I.D. (e.g. driver's license and birth certificate). That will suffice to get you through the border.
U.S. citizens need either a
Passport or a Passport-Card or an Enhanced Driver License CHILDREN UNDER 16 U.S. citizen children under the age of 16 will be able to present the original or copy of their birth certificate, or other proof of citizenship such as a naturalization certificate or citizenship card. GROUPS WITH 16 - 18 YEAR OLDS Groups of U.S. citizen children ages 16 through 18, when traveling with a school or religious group, social organization, scouts or sports team, will be able to enter under adult supervision with originals or copies of their birth certificates or other proof of citizenship. You can get the application form for a passport card or for a full fledged passport at your post office The Passport Card has the same period of validity as the U.S. Passport Book: 10 years for an adult and 5 years for minors under age 16. The card costs $45 for a first-time adult passport applicant and $35 for all minor applicants under age 16, regardless of whether they are previous Passport book or Card holders. Adults who already have a fully valid Passport book may apply for the Card as a Passport renewal by mail and pay only $20.The U.S. Passport Card provides U.S. citizens with the convenience of traveling to Canada or Mexico by land, or taking a cruise to the Caribbean with a small and less expensive option than a regular U.S. Passport. The Passport Card also serves as a valid proof of identification for traveling by air within the United States, and may be used as proof of legal age for alcohol and tobacco purchases. |
You can get the application form for a Passport at many post offices, clerks of court, public libraries and other state, county, township, and municipal offices.
The US Passport Card is also available now. Click here for more information If you had a DWI charge Please have a look at this page for more information about crossing into Canada with a DWI charge. |
