I saw some one talking about the web site for crossing into Canada I need the website for firearms rules.I heard you can bring up to 22 pounds of powder and 500 rounds of ammo.Has any one been checked for ammo?I am bringing two dogs also I think papers of ownership and shot records and health certificates are enough.I guess it is alright to bring bags of shot through.
Smile, and be polite. Usually works wonders. The border people have you by the balls, it's never smart to antagonize those that have that kind of power over you.
As for dogs...the following is valid... since US is not considered a rabies free country:
Section 2 - Countries where rabies is present
Pet dogs eight (8) months of age or over from countries where rabies is present (or not recognized officially rabies-free by Canada) 2.1 Dogs may enter Canada if accompanied by a valid rabies vaccination certificate issued, in either English or French, by a licensed veterinarian(2), which clearly identifies the dogs and shows that they are currently vaccinated against rabies. This certificate should identify the animal, as in breed, colour, weight, etc., plus indicate the name of the licensed rabies vaccine used (trade name), serial number and duration of validity (up to 3 years). Please note that if a validity date does not appear on the certificate, then it will be considered a one year vaccine. 2.2 If the provisions of 2.1 are not met, an inspector will order the owner to have the animals vaccinated for rabies within a period of time specified in the order and to provide the vaccination certificate to an inspector, all at the owner's expense.
How many guns can you bring and how much ammo?I want to bring 2 sxs shotguns and 4 rifles all bolt action ,lever or single shot .I am going to lock them in their cases .
Hi DGR. As far as I recollect there is no maximum number of firearms, although I'm sure that if you showed up with a truck full they would be more them just curious. You will have to register them at the border to bring them in though. Put trigger locks on them all AND put them in locked cases, it's not technically the law, but it makes them happy to see it. The only restrictions on ammo that I know of are from the US side, but powder is 8 kilograms (about 17.6 pounds), or so they told me the last time I brought some across. Check the site to make sure tho'. - Dan
Posts: 5285 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 05 October 2001
I'm not an expert on this but I am real sure that the Canadian government charges $75.00 per gun to register when you enter. If you don't need six guns you might want to reconsider how many to bring.
Posts: 45 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 03 May 2004
A few years ago a good friend and I were attempting to cross into Manitoba to hunt geese. We didn't have too many guns, and so that wasn't a problem. But they did check some sort of computer, and absolutely would not let my friend into the country with his gun due to the fact that he had had a DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) about 5 years before. He could go in, but he couldn't bring the gun in. Needless to say, he went home.
Now, if he had been a convicted and self-admitted Sikh criminal from India posing as a "refugee", or, a Islamist terrorist bombchucker who openly admitted targeting Americans in his "jihad", they would have welcomed him and given him a government job, subsidized housing and elected him a Member Of Parliament, then appointed him a Cabinet Minister!
This is what ...the true north, strong and free...has sunk to, I am ashamed to say.
Blue, you are correct on this one. One of my hunting buddies from Nebraska was coming up to go chase moose with me a couple of years back, and he got stung by the same thing. Now,that was partially his fault, as I had warned him, and downloaded the appropriate form and mailed it to him to fill out and send back. He never got around to it, and paid the price trying to come in (and they wouldn't let him in, even without a gun). these forms are available from the CDN gov't web site, and I believe that the whole process costs $250 CDN (and takes about 3 months). Now before you jump on us for that, be aware that the US does the same thing going the opposite way (ask me how I know) and charges $300 US. - Dan
Posts: 5285 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 05 October 2001
Also, just for info, a DWI (called impaired driving here) is a Federal criminal offence (an inditable felony), which is why they get bent about it. I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but that's just the way it is. - Dan
Posts: 5285 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 05 October 2001
By the way, I am not saying I believe it is wrong. The Canadian People are a free people and certainly have the right to decide who comes across their border. Its tough for sure, but not wrong.
If you want to hear a real tough one, in the states here (at least Minnesota) we have what are known as Orders for Protection, where all a family member has to do is state that they "are afraid" of someone else in the family in order to be issued an Order for Protection which basically kicks the other family member out of the house for up to 2 years. But here is the kicker. If one of those is issued, then a Federal Law kicks in which prevents the person from owning or having in his or her possession a Firearm for the duration of that Order for Protection, even if no firearm was ever involved in anything!!!!!!
Checked with a goose guide friend today. For an American to bring his own gun in costs $60.00 Can per gun if he is use one supplied to him he still has to register himself for $30.00 Can.
Posts: 45 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 03 May 2004
OK the price went up. Blue, long ago and far away, I liked to party. A lot. One day on my way to a party my friend's car got pulled over. Everyone had to empty thier pockets (in those days when a mountie told you to empty your pockets, you emptied your pockets). Unfortunately, I was carrying a couple of smokable party favours. Busted. Did the Canadian pardon thing, it isn't honored by the US. As a lot of my work is done stateside (and I worked there for 4 years before being stopped at the border one day), I was required to apply for a waiver from the USINS, which had to be cleared first through the RCMP here in Canada (no problem, remember the pardon) and then through the FBI in the US. This was pre-9/11. After all the paperwork was done, I gave them $250 (at the time, it's $300 now) and they gave me my form. It is first only good for a year, then you have to go through the process again, but after you've had it for a few years they give you one for 5 years (assuming you've been good). Was I young and stupid? You bet. In any case, that's my tale of official paper trails, and that is how I know (I sound like " the rest of the story" guy, don't I?). - Dan
Posts: 5285 | Location: Alberta | Registered: 05 October 2001
So its $60 Canadain for each gun you bring across the border?It would be cheaper to just ship them then.What about ammo coming into US customs ?Does any one know how much is allowed?
(you said I should ask)
