Hi

What is the deal with a U.S. hunter coming to Canada with ammo?

Are there limtations?

What forms need to be filled out etc?

I am aware of what has to been done with the guns just don't know about the ammo.

Thanks for the help.

I've always put mine in my checked baggage and declared it. No problems.

From Canada National Resources FAQs

I am an American citizen. Can I bring ammunition with me for a hunting trip in Canada? How much?

For personal use, a non-resident can import 5000 rounds without an import permit for hunting purposes. Note that 200 rounds are duty-free, or up to 1500 rounds are duty-free for use at a recognized shooting competition.

For details on the importation of firearms, contact the Canadian Firearms Centre or the Canada Border Services Agency nearest you.

Canadian Firearms Centre
Information fact sheet
Telephone (toll-free): 1-800-731-4000
E-mail: cfc-cafc@cfc-cafc.gc.ca

Canada Border Services Agency
Telephone (toll-free in Canada): 1-800-461-9999
Telephone (other countries): 204-983-3500 or 506-636-5064

For information on the transport of ammunition by air, visit the Transport Canada web site.

From the Transport Canada web site:

Boxed cartridges: With the approval of the operator(s), passengers may bring securely boxed cartridges (1.4S, UN0012 or UN0014 only) as checked baggage only, in quantities not exceeding 5 kg per person for that person's own use, excluding ammunition with explosive or incendiary projectiles. Allowances for more than one per person must not be combined into packages.

So does the U.S. hunter need an export permit to leave the U.S. with the ammo?

If he doesn't use all of the ammo in Canada ... Can he legally leave it here (assuming it is with someone who is duly licenced)?

Thanks for the help.

Can't answer that with a quote from the regulations; but there is no requirement that I have ever had to deal with for a permit to carry the 5Kg (@11 lbs) into Canada or overseas.

Since there has not been any export paperwork to ID the amount so how could they check that you left unshot ammo in-country or that you just didn't shoot it while there?

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Originally posted by ilw:
So does the U.S. hunter need an export permit to leave the U.S. with the ammo?

If he doesn't use all of the ammo in Canada ... Can he legally leave it here (assuming it is with someone who is duly licenced)?

Thanks for the help.

To abide with US law, the US hunter needs an export permit to legally export ammunition from the US.

The hunter can leave all of his ammunition in Canada, with anybody, if he wanted. One needs a license to purchase ammunition, not to possess it.

If the hunter wanted to bring ammunition back into the US, it must be of the same brand and calibre he left with. He cannot come back with more rounds that he left with.

EDIT: It is also important to note that Canada has a list of approved manufactured ammunition for import. For all practical purposes, the hunter cannot bring manufactured ammunition into Canada that is not on that list.

I am fairly certain it doesn't apply to handloads. If it did, then the US hunter could bring his reloading equipment, along with the powder, bullets, brass, and primers, and load them in Canada.