Other items, such as strike-anywhere matches, are prohibited in both
your carry-on or checked baggage.
Effective April 26, 2005, CATSA will intercept lighters at United States pre-clearance areas at Canadian airports. For more information, please click on the links below.
The chart applies to flights originating within Canada. Please check with your airline or travel agent for restrictions at point of departure outside of Canada.
Permitted and Non-Permitted Items |
Carry-On |
Checked |
Firearms, Real Annumitions and Cartridges |
No |
No* |
* Some firearms, ammunitions and cartridges may be permitted in checked baggage if approved by air carrier |
KNIVES |
Belt Buckle knives (Constant Companion) |
No |
No |
Butterfly knives |
No |
No |
Comb knives |
|
No |
Concealed knives of any length |
No |
No |
Lipstick knives |
No |
No |
Pen knives |
No |
No |
Push daggers |
No |
No |
Swichblade knives |
No |
No |
Throwing knives |
No |
No |
Hunting knives |
No |
Yes |
Jacknife (e.g. Swiss army knife) |
No |
Yes |
INCAPACITATING SPRAYS, LIQUIDS OR POWDERS |
Mace |
No |
No |
Pepper spray (including bear and dog sprays) |
No |
No |
Tear gas |
No |
No |
MARTIAL ARTS WEAPONS |
Billy clubs and blackjacks |
No |
Yes |
Bladed or spiked finger rings |
No |
No |
Brass knuckles |
No |
No |
Spiked collars or wristbands or any similar device |
No |
No |
Kiyoga (steel) batons |
No |
No |
Kubasuant (with knife blades) |
No |
No |
Kubatons |
No |
No |
Kusari (handgrip and chain) |
No |
No |
Morning stars |
No |
No |
Numchucks |
No |
No |
Nunchaku sticks |
No |
No |
Shuriken |
No |
No |
Throwing stars |
No |
No |
Yaqua Blowguns |
No |
No |
OTHER WEAPONS |
Arrows and darts used in crossbows |
No |
No |
Blowguns |
No |
No |
Crossbows (length not exceeding 500 mm) |
No |
No |
Electric stun guns (except defibrillators that are required for medical purposes or that are part of aircraft equipment) |
No |
No |
Catapults |
No |
No* |
Kubasuant (without knife blade) |
No |
No* |
Pick-in-handle umbrellas |
No |
No* |
Slingshots |
No |
No* |
Sword canes |
No |
No* |
* May be permitted in checked bags if approved by air carrier |
EXPLOSIVES AND IMPROVISE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
|
Fake ammunition including belts made with fake bullets and bullet key chains |
No |
Yes |
Black and smokeless powders |
No |
No |
Bombs (pipe, mortar, etc.) including replicas |
No |
No |
Detonators (electric and non-electric) |
No |
No |
Distress flares |
No |
No |
Dynamite |
No |
No |
Fireworks |
No |
No |
Hand grenades (including replicas) |
No |
No |
Molotov cocktails |
No |
No |
Nitroglycerin |
No |
No |
Plastic explosives (C4, SEMTEX, TNT, sheet explosives, etc.) |
No |
No |
SPORTING GOODS
|
Arrows and darts for archery (sport use) |
No |
Yes |
Billiard cues |
No |
Yes |
Bolt cutters |
No |
Yes |
Bowling balls |
No |
Yes |
Golf clubs |
No |
Yes |
Hockey sticks |
No |
Yes |
Hunting knives |
No |
Yes |
Ice axes |
No |
Yes |
Ice picks |
No |
Yes |
Ice skates |
No |
Yes |
Lacrosse sticks |
No |
Yes |
Lawn darts |
No |
Yes |
Sabers |
No |
Yes |
SCUBA knives |
No |
Yes |
Ski poles |
No |
Yes |
Sport bats (such as baseball and cricket bats) |
No |
Yes |
Swords |
No |
Yes |
Fishing poles (no hooks) |
Yes* |
Yes |
Parachute |
Yes* |
Yes |
Skateboards |
Yes* |
Yes |
Sports raquets |
Yes* |
Yes |
Miniature sports equipment |
Yes* |
Yes |
Whips |
Yes* |
Yes |
* Air carriers may permit provided certain conditions are met
|
DANGEROUS ARTICLES / SHARP OBJECTS |
Axes |
No |
Yes |
Belt buckles sharped like a gun and any similar items |
No |
Yes |
Box cutters |
No |
Yes |
Cigar cutters without removable blades |
Yes |
Yes |
Corkscrews, other than those with attached knives |
Yes |
Yes |
Cutting instruments (e.g. paring knives) |
No |
Yes |
Cuticle cutters |
Yes |
Yes |
Disposable razors |
Yes |
Yes |
Digital meat thermometer |
No |
Yes |
Hatchets |
No |
Yes |
Items that look like weapons (e.g. perfume bottles shaped like a grenade) |
No |
Yes |
Kitchen forks (plastic and metal) |
Yes |
Yes |
Knitting needles |
Yes |
Yes |
Laser pointers |
Yes |
Yes |
Meat cleavers |
No |
Yes |
Nail clippers |
Yes |
Yes |
Nail files (of all types) |
Yes |
Yes |
Pins for attaching all medals and pins on broches |
Yes |
Yes |
Penetrating objects (including scissors with pointed tips) |
No |
Yes |
Razor blades (not in a cartridge) |
No |
Yes |
Razor blades cartridges |
Yes |
Yes |
Restraining devices (including handcuffs or other devices used by air carrier crew or police officers) |
No |
Yes |
Sewing kits containing small sewing needles |
Yes |
Yes |
Straight razors (including cigar cutters that when pulled apart have an exposed blade) |
No |
Yes |
Tools such as hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, drills, saws, crow bars and heavy tools |
No |
Yes |
Toy transformer robots in the form of a firearm |
No |
Yes |
Toy weapons (e.g. water gun, squirt gun, toy grenade) |
No |
Yes |
Tweezers |
Yes |
Yes |
DANGEROUS GOODS - Heat producing articles
|
Underwater torches |
Yes* |
Yes |
Soldering irons
Note: The heat producing component, or the energy source, must be removed so as to prevent unintentional functioning during transport. |
Yes* |
No |
Hand warmers |
No |
No |
Oxygen generators |
No |
No |
* Air carriers may permit provided certain conditions are met |
DANGEROUS GOODS - Lighters and matches
|
Lighter fuel and refills |
No |
No |
Lighters shaped like guns or grenades |
No |
No |
Strike anywhere matches |
No |
No |
One lighter intended for personal use and not containing unabsorbed liquid fuel when carried on the person, except at PBS checkpoints where US pre-clearance is in place |
Yes |
No* |
One book of safety matches intended for personal use when carried on the person |
Yes |
No |
* Including Zippo
|
DANGEROUS GOODS - Flammables
|
Aerosols marked as flammable that are not considered toiletry items such as static guard and aerosol laundry starch |
No |
No |
Gas refills |
No |
No |
Gas torches |
No |
No |
Insecticides (except those to be used by crew members for disinfection purposes AND one canister of insect repellent aerosol for personal use) |
No |
No |
Liquids marked as flammable (e.g. gasoline, kerosene, lighter fluid and turpentine) |
No |
No |
Paint (including enamel, lacquer, liquid filler, paint thinner, stain, shellac, varnish and liquid lacquer base, solvent-based paint, spray paint)
Note: Watercolour paint is permitted because it is not considered dangerous goods |
No |
No |
Tubes of oil based paint |
No |
No* |
* Air carriers may permit tubes of oil-based paint used by artists provided certain conditions are met |
DANGEROUS GOODS - Medical Items
|
Oxygen cylinders, including chemical oxygen generators and liquid oxygen |
No |
No |
Small gaseous oxygen or air cylinders for medical use
Note: Passenger must show to the Screening Officer the air carrier's approval |
Yes* |
No |
Medical kits carried by health care professionals if the medical kit does not include sharp or cutting instruments and if the name and medical license of the health care professional or his or her name and company identification are provided |
Yes |
Yes |
Syringes, hypodermic needles and biojectors for personal medical use, if the needle guard is in place, and the person possesses medication that is to be administered by means of the syringe or needle, and if that is in a container that bears the name of the medication and the name of either the pharmacy that dispensed the medication or the manufacturer of the medication |
Yes |
Yes |
Batteries: Wheelchairs and other battery-powered mobility aids (personal)
Note: Passenger must show to the Screening Officer the air carrier's approval |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Medical or clinical thermometer (one small medical or clinical thermometer that contains mercury, for personal use, when in a protective case) |
Yes |
Yes |
Small CO2 cylinders worn for the operation of mechanical limbs and spare cylinders of similar size required to ensure an adequate supply during travel |
Yes |
Yes |
* Air carriers may permit provided certain conditions are met
|
DANGEROUS GOODS - Sporting goods
|
Equipment designed to contain a flammable liquid and containing dangerous goods (e.g. camping stoves and canisters)
Note: The Air Carrier may offer to transport by air as cargo in accordance with the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR) |
No |
No |
Paintball gun and cylinders |
No |
Yes* |
Scuba tanks |
No |
Yes* |
Carbon dioxide (CO2) cylinders or cartridges (except those required for medical purposes; those to be used for aircraft maintenance or for aerodrome maintenance or construction; or those used for self-inflating life-jackets) |
No |
No |
CO2 cylinders for self-inflating life-jacket
Note: No more than two small CO2 cylinders or two cylinders of other suitable non-inflammable, non-poisonous gas when fitted into a self-inflating life-jacket for inflation purposes, plus no more than two spare cartridges per passenger |
Yes* |
Yes* |
* Air carriers may permit provided certain conditions are met
|
OTHER DANGEROUS GOODS |
Batteries for consumer electronic devices containing lithium or lithium cells or batteries when carried for personal use. They must be individually protected and each spare battery must not exceed:
- for lithium metal or lithium alloy batteries, a lithium content of not more than 2 grams; or
- for lithium ion batteries, an aggregate equivalent lithium content of not more than 8 grams. |
Yes |
No |
Fire extinguishers |
No |
No |
Mercury barometers or thermometers carried by a representative from government weather bureau or similar official agency |
Yes* |
No |
Dry ice not exceeding 2 kg per person used for packaging perishables |
Yes* |
Yes* |
Caustic materials such as liquid bleach and chlorine |
No |
No |
Consumer electronic devices containing lithium or lithium cells or batteries when carried for personal use (e.g. laptop, cellular phone, camcorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
One gas-operated hair curler per person provided that the safety cover is securely fitted over the heating element. Gas refills for such curlers are prohibited |
Yes |
Yes |
* Air carriers may permit provided certain conditions are met
|
DANGEROUS GOODS - Aerosols
|
Non-flammable, non-poisonous aerosols for sporting and home use (e.g. Reddi Whip)
Note : Maximum limit of 500 ml or 500 g per container, with a total net quantity not to exceed 2 L or 2 kg per person |
No |
Yes |
DANGEROUS GOODS - Toiletries / personal items
|
Insect repellent, limit of one canister of aerosol |
Yes |
Yes |
Medicinal or toilet articles or aerosols including hair spray |
Yes |
Yes |
Non-radioactive medicinal or toilet articles for personal use, nail polish remover |
Yes |
Yes |
Perfume, cologne, and medicine containing alcohol including rubbing alcohol |
Yes |
Yes |
3% hydrogen peroxide found in drug stores to clean cuts
Note: Maximum limit of 500 ml or 500 g per container, with a total net quantity not to exceed 2 L or 2 kg per person for all of person's carry-on and checked baggage for all items above
Note: Release valves on aerosols must be protected by a cap or other suitable means to prevent inadvertent release of the contents
|
Yes |
Yes |
4.5 CONTRABAND
|
Intoxicants |
No |
No |
Money |
No |
No |
Passengers may also contact the Canada Firearms Centre at 1-800-731-4000.