Visitors may be tempted to bring in large quantities of alcoholic beverages bought in the United States, which can sell for about half the price of such drinks in Canada. But if this is done, well-trained officers of the Canada Border Services Agency will find such goods, and the offender will be assessed duties for the entire amount, not the just excess. If you have questions or need more information about bringing alcohol into Canada, contact the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Issues Canadian Government The U. Government U. For example, beer coolers are considered to be beer and wine coolers are considered to be wine. The quantities of alcoholic beverages you can import must be within the limit set by provincial and territorial liquor control authorities that apply where you will enter Canada.
If the amount of alcohol you want to import exceeds your personal exemption, you will be required to pay the duty and taxes as well as any provincial or territorial levies that apply. Contact the appropriate provincial or territorial liquor control authority for more information before you return to Canada.
You can speed up your clearance by having your tobacco products available for inspection when you arrive. It is also your responsibility to pay any additional storage charges, processing fees or other related service charges incurred due to incomplete or inaccurate documentation. As noted, beverage alcohol can be imported into Ontario by residents for personal use by following the procedures noted above.
It is very important to remember that beverage alcohol brought in either on your person accompanied or via direct shipment unaccompanied may not, in any circumstance, be used at a licensed establishment, or a Private, Public or Industry Promotional Special Occasion Permit SOP event.
However, the holder of an Industry Promotional permit may use accompanied and direct shipment imported beverage alcohol if they applied for a permit for the purpose of conducting market research. Should you have any questions regarding the importation of beverage alcohol into Ontario for your own personal use or for other LCBO services, please refer to the contacts listed below. If you have a general inquiry, please contact us at:. TTY Users dial toll-free at Import Duty Rates vary according to product type and alcohol content.
Beer is not charged import duty. Excise duty relief for beer with greater than 2. Effective Feb. Same Day Pick Up. You're seeing what's in store at. Added to Your List. These pages have links to some calculators which will give you a decent estimate of duties on many items. We have separate pages with more detailed discussions on duty free shopping , importing an auto , and bringing jewelry across the border ,.
Before you try to compute how much you will owe you need to determine whether you are going over the personal exemptions each country allows. If you are within the exemption limits, you will pay nothing. If you go over your personal exemption, or one of the thresholds, you will pay duty on the full amount, not just the excess. Customs agents are supposed to arrange things to your best advantage, by grouping higher duty items under your personal exemption and charging the excess on lower-duty ones.
The duties will be calculated by Customs officials in the currency of the country you are entering. You will need to convert the amount you paid for goods in one country into the currency of the country you are entering at the applicable rate of exchange. Below we describe the allowances and personal exemptions allowed by each country.
The rules change so confirm this information at the time of your travel if you are trying to be precise about landing within the exemption levels. You are not allowed to combine your personal exemptions with someone else or transfer them to another person.
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