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Legal Drinking Age by Province, in Canada


 

Province Current legal age Former legal age Date of change
Alberta 18 21 1 April 1971
British Columbia 19 21 15 April 1970
Manitoba 18 21 1 August 1970
New Brunswick 19 21 1 August 1972
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 21 25 July 1972
Northwest Territories 19 21 15 July 1970
Nova Scotia 19 21 13 April 1971
Ontario 19 18 1 January 1979
Prince Edward Island 19 18 1 July 1987
Québec 18 20 July 1972
Saskatchewan 19 18 1 September 1976
Yukon 19 21 February 1970
Source: Canadian Profile 1999
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