Tobacco — Canada
What travelers need to know about tobacco in Canada. What is legal at home can be a serious crime here — each rule links to its official source.
Tobacco in Canada: restricted — there are real limits travelers must follow.
As a visitor you may bring 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 200 g of loose tobacco and 200 tobacco sticks - unlike alcohol, these add together instead of being an either/or choice. You must be 18 anywhere you cross, with no provincial variation. But there is no duty-free exemption for visitors: CBSA says be prepared to pay duty and tax on any quantity you declare.
Duty and taxes plus any provincial or territorial levy on the excess. Separately, a special duty applies to cigarettes, manufactured tobacco and tobacco sticks not stamped "duty paid Canada droit acquitte" - currently CAD $0.19460 per cigarette (about CAD $38.92 per carton of 200) under CRA notice EDN105, effective 1 April 2026 and adjusted every April 1 for inflation.
§ Canada Border Services Agency - What visitors can bring into Canada