Bringing Goods In
Shipping Logistics
Most goods and conference materials you bring in temporarily for your event are duty and tax free as long as they aren't for sale, lease or further manufacturing. Duty and taxes will be applied to products brought in for sales, but are refundable on unsold goods you return home with. Your CTC representative can refer you to a customs broker to assist with shipping arrangements. Make sure all shipments are identified with an attached Letter of Recognition.
GST Rebates
Not only do your meeting dollars stretch farther here, but Canada offers one of the world's most generous tax rebate programs for non-resident visitors. A general sales tax, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), applies to most purchases. However, it is refundable (along with the provincial sales tax in some provinces) on almost all convention-related expenses, including a 50% rebate on food and beverage charges. Your delegates can also recoup taxes paid on their purchases.
Visit Canada Revenue Agency for further information on GST rebates and foreign convention rebates.
Bringing Goods into Canada for Personal Use
Food subject to limits, restrictions or not permitted: Perishable items, vegetables, meat and dairy products.
Alcohol: Visitors of age (19 in most provinces, or 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec) may bring either 1.5 litres (52.8 ounces) of wine, 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor, or 24 355-millilitre containers (12 ounces) each, or their equivalent, of beer or ale. More will be subject to duties, provincial fees and taxes.
Tobacco: Visitors aged 18 in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
Quebec, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, and 19 in all other provinces, are allowed to bring up to 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 200 grams (7 ounces) of loose tobacco or 200 tobacco sticks duty-free. Additional quantities are subject to duties, provincial fees and taxes.
Gifts: Each visitor may bring gifts worth up to Can$60 duty-free.
Pets: Must be accompanied by their owners. Cats and dogs from the U.S. are required to have a signed and dated (the previous 36 months) veterinarian vaccination certificate for rabies. For cats and dogs from other countries, check in advance with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). Cats and dogs under three months do not require certification but must be in good health. Seeing-eye dogs face no restrictions.
For more information go to: Canada Revenue Agency or download our Welcome to Canada Guide
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