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Importing and Exporting Cultural Property

Canadian Heritage

Last Verified: 2003-12-08

Act: Cultural Property Export and Import Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-51
Regulation: Canadian Cultural Property Export Control List, C.R.C., Vol. V, c. 448, p.3269, as amended;Cultural Property Export Regulations, C.R.C., Vol. V, c. 449, p. 3283

To Whom Does This Apply?

All institutions, businesses and individuals importing, exporting or transporting cultural property.

Summary

The Cultural Property Export and Import Act ensures the preservation of important objects related to Canadian heritage by establishing export restrictions for certain categories of objects of historical, scientific and cultural significance.

It also provides for Canadian import restrictions on cultural property that has been illicitly exported from certain foreign countries.

The Canadian Cultural Property Export Control List identifies the categories of cultural property for which a permit is required before the object can be exported.

The Cultural Property Export Regulations states that anyone exporting cultural property falling within one of the identified categories of the list will require an export permit.

For more information on applying for temporary or permanent export permits, please refer to the Canadian Heritage Web site .

DISCLAIMER
Information contained in this section is of a general nature only and is not intended to constitute advice for any specific fact situation. For particular questions, the users are invited to contact their lawyer. For additional information, see contact(s) listed below.

Ontario Contact(s):
See National Contact.

National Contact(s):
Information Centre
Movable Cultural Property Program
Canadian Heritage
3rd Floor
15 Eddy Street
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M5
Telephone: (819) 997-7761
Fax: (819) 997-7757
Toll-free (information): 1-866-811-0055
E-mail: revboard_sec@pch.gc.ca
Web site: http://www.pch.gc.ca/index_e.cfm

Last Modified: 2005-11-25