Aviator

Without a permit, fruits and vegetables are prohibited to bring across the border.

The4BellsLondon

Hmmm Washington State Trader Joes shops have a list of which fruit you can bring back into Canada

Monique_in_Canada

we have repeatedly asked the Canadian border doods about bringing shopping into Canada and if there are any restrictions on dairy, fruit, veggies, meat etc.....and they all say no.....maybe its a province thing!!!

Former Lancastrian

This link may help with certain products purchased in the US only

http://www.beaware.gc.ca/english/brirape.shtml

If unsure you can use the CFIA AIRS website.
http://airs-sari.inspection.gc.ca/Ai...ns.aspx?lang=1

Aviator

No, its a CFIA thing.

Steve_

It's a bit misleading because some things aren't subject to duty, because of NAFTA and they're not covered by GST/HST, such as many US or Mexican-source grocery items.

So say you go down and buy a gallon of milk, there's no tax.

Note that a lot of the usual prohibitions on food items that you can bring into Canada do not apply to imports from the US and vice versa.

So there's no exemption but there's no tax so it doesn't matter, which is why Bellingham has two Fred Meyer supermarkets...

ultrarunner

At the end of the day, it's all at the discretion of the agent on duty innit?

kirstybowles

whilst on the subject of crossing the border we have been here for 4 months and have our permenant residency status, we don't have our pr cards yet we want to cross from ontario to watertown. my mother in law is visiting from england too and obviously we all only have an english passport. we would be going by car i just need to know where we stand and can we travel over there for the weekend and get back in without a pr card thankyou in advance x

dbd33

You can get into the US, you'll just need six bucks (US) each for the visa waiver.

kirstybowles

thankyou for that, all the info i could find was saying we needed pr cards or imm forms! i was just about to upset the mother in law but now shes getting excited lol!

JonboyE

Not to go to the US. Just present a British passport, get sent into secondary to complete your visa waiver form and pay your USD6.

Getting back into Canada ...

Yasmina2005

If my husband and I visit the USA together and say we stay more than 48 hours. Do I claim $800 duty free goods and can he also declare $800 of duty free goods (Total $1600) OR we do claim $800 ONLY of duty free goods. Living in the same house does not mean his money is my money and vice versa...

Aviator

You report what you are bringing back, you don't 'claim' the allowance. The allowance is per person, does not matter where you live. You will have to present receipts and possibly proof of being away for 48 hours or more and they will tell you if you owe anything or not.

Yasmina2005

Thank you for your answer. As long as the allowance is per person regardless where they live we have no prob presenting receipts and proofs of being away for 48 hours or more. I just do not want to have the surprise that the allowance is per household.

Almost Canadian

Each person gets it. Our kids love "buying" our new appliances