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Tips
on packing your carry-on It is important to remember that certain items |
- Consult the Permitted and Prohibited Items list to ensure you have not packed items that are not allowed to be transported by air;
- Efficiently packing your carry-on baggage will help facilitate and speed up the process at the pre-board screening checkpoint;
- Place personal items (i.e. toothbrush) in clear plastic bags;
- It is recommended that medication be placed in your carry-on baggage. Please ensure that it is properly labelled (professionally printed label identifying the medication or a manufacturers name or pharmaceutical label);
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Passengers are advised to pack their film in their carry-on baggage. The equipment used at pre-board screening (PBS) areas will not damage film under 800 ISO/ASA. However, multiple exposures (more than 5 times) of the same roll of film to PBS x-ray inspection may cause damage. Most amateur photographers use film in the 100-400 ISO/ASA range. Specialty film is defined as film with an ASA/ISO 800 or higher and typically used by professionals. If passengers are concerned about their film, once they have placed it in their carry-on baggage, they may request a hand search at the PBS area. Please note that physical search of films will be carried when circumstances permit;
- Do not wrap gifts. Their contents may need to be inspected.
Items permitted in carry-on baggage include:
- Electronic equipment, such as cellular phones, portable computers, portable music players;
- Electrical equipment, such as hair dryers, portable radios;
- Nail clippers, nail files (metal or otherwise);
- Disposable razors, razor blade cartridges;
- Syringes and hypodermic needles as well as needles for personal medical use with the needle guards in place and accompanied by labelled medication;
- Food (packing food in checked baggage may result in additional screening
procedures which could cause delays. If you are travelling outside the
country, you should check with your airline or Canada Border Services Agency’s website at www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca regarding bringing foreign products into Canada as some restrictions
may apply. If you plan to pack your food in dry ice, we recommend that
you consult Transport Canada's section on Dangerous
Goods);
- Walking canes;
- Umbrellas.
Items NOT allowed in your carry-on baggage include:
- All knives;
- Any sharp and/or pointed objects (can include some types of tweezers);
- Scissors;
- Replica or toy weapons;
- Strike-anywhere matches;
- Fireworks;
- Sports equipment such as: golf clubs, hockey sticks, ski poles, baseball bats, pool cues;
- Alcoholic beverages must be in their original container sealed with the provincial liquor control seal. Home-made wine will not be accepted as carry-on, nor will alcohol products exceeding 70% alcohol (150 proof);
- Unidentified liquids are NOT allowed in carry-on baggage. To avoid delays, do not carry any open bottles or unidentified containers of liquids as they will not be permitted through the security checkpoint;
- Dangerous Goods (i.e. lighter fluid, nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, paint, varnishes).
NOTE: We recommend that you consult Transport Canada's website for more detailed information on permitted and prohibited items and dangerous goods.