All about beer
You must have the goods with you when you enter Canada . You can bring back up to 1.5 litres of wine or 1.14 litres of alcoholic beverages or up to 8.5 litres of beer. Some tobacco products*and alcoholic beverages may be included in your personal exemption.
Alcohol & Tobacco Rules for Crossing the Border If the value of the tobacco and alcohol exceeds the $800 duty-free limit, you must pay tax on your purchases. U.S. residents can bring back 1 liter of alcohol duty-free on their return from Canada . To bring alcohol into the U.S., you must be 21 years or older.
You can claim goods worth up to CAN $800. You must have tobacco products and alcoholic beverages in your possession when you enter Canada , but other goods may follow you by other means (such as courier or by post). However, all of the goods you are bringing back must be reported to the CBSA when you arrive.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection allows you to bring up to one liter of alcohol into the country duty-free as long as you ‘re 21 years or older. The amount goes up to 5 liters duty free when you ‘re bringing alcohol from a U.S. insular possession such as Guam, Samoa or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Items You Cannot Bring Into Canada Food: Fresh fruits and vegetables and animal and fish products. Live bait: Don’t bring minnows, leeches, smelts, or leeches on your fishing trips. Weapons: Guns and firearms, ammunition, fireworks, and mace and pepper spray are not allowed.
Travellers are required, by law, to declare all plant, animal, and food items they bring into Canada . This includes items related to plants, animals and food , or their by-products. If you are importing for personal purposes, remember that the product(s) you are importing into Canada must be accompanied by you.
However, there is a way to avoid those extra charges by self- clearing the package and dealing directly with CBSA. To self-clear. UPS Brokerage fee s. FedEx Brokerage fee . DHL Brokerage fees . Duty and Taxes Estimator.
Use the Customs Declaration Card to declare what you’re bringing into Canada , including any: items you must pay duty on, such as: gifts. alcohol. tobacco. amount of money more than CDN $10,000. business goods, plants, food, animals, firearms or other weapons.
U.S. citizens crossing the border into Canada to visit are allowed to bring the following item quantities into Canada duty free: 1.5 liters of wine, or 1.14 liters (40 ounces) of liquor , or 24 cans or bottles of beer.
Alcoholic beverages
Product | Metric | *Estimates |
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Wine | Up to 1.5 litres | Two 750-ml bottles of wine |
Alcoholic beverages | Up to 1.14 litres | One large standard bottle of liquor |
Beer or ale | Up to 8.5 litres | Approximately 24, 355-ml cans or bottles of beer or ale |
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 .
Alcohol . You can pack any amount of alcoholic beverages with 24% alcohol by volume or less, or five litres per person of alcoholic beverages with 24% and 70% alcohol by volume, in your checked baggage if you are flying within Canada . Duty-free alcohol : See Duty-free purchases as carry-on baggage .
No. The cargo hold is pressurized just like the cabin. Your beer cans won’t explode because of air pressure. For this reason, you still need to pack beer carefully in your checked luggage when flying.
Let’s start with some general rules from U.S. Customs and Border Protection: You have to be 21 to travel with or import alcohol . You must declare alcohol brought from a foreign country on a Customs and Border Protection form (6059B)
How Many Bottles of Beer Fit in a Boot Glass?
VESSEL | OUNCE AND BEER BOTTLE EQUIVALENT |
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Das Boot (3 Liter ) | 101 1/2 ounces — just shy of 8 1/2 (12-ounce) bottles of beer |
1 Liter Mug | 34 ounces — slightly less than 3 (12-ounce) bottles of beer |
1/2 Liter Mug | 17 ounces — just under 1 1/2 (12-ounce) bottles of beer |