Alcohol — Canada
What travelers need to know about alcohol in Canada. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Alcohol in Canada: restricted — there are real limits travelers must follow.
Canada's duty-free personal exemption is for residents, not for you. As a visitor you may bring 1.5 L of wine, OR 1.14 L of spirits, OR 1.14 L of wine and spirits, OR 8.5 L of beer (about 24 cans) - one of those, not all of them - and CBSA tells visitors to be ready to pay duty and tax on any quantity they declare. The minimum age is set by the province where you cross: 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, 19 everywhere else.
CBSA publishes no fine figure for exceeding the alcohol allowance. The stated consequence is duty, tax and any provincial or territorial levy, and a permit may be required from the provincial liquor authority for amounts over the limits.
§ Canada Border Services Agency - What visitors can bring into Canada