Alcohol and tobacco products
Canadian customs allows alcohol, in limited quanitites, to be brought in if you meet the minimum age requirements of the province or territory where you enter Canada (see below). These items
must accompany you on your arrival.
Minimum ages for the importation of alcoholic beverages are 18 years for Alberta, Manitoba and Québec and 19 years for Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland & Labrador.
You can import only one of the following amounts of alcohol, free of duty and taxes:
53 oz of wine; 40 oz of liquor; a total of 40 oz of wine and liquor; or 24 x 12 oz cans or bottles of beer or ale.
You are allowed to bring into Canada duty free: 200 cigarettes; 50 cigars or cigarillos; 7 oz of manufactured tobacco; or 200 tobacco sticks.
For more information on bringing in alcohol and tobacco to Canada, please visit the
Canada Border Services Agency website