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Explorer

Jul 05, 2018

Ammunition through Canada

I'm a US citizen planning a trip through Canada to the Lower 48 and want to transport some ammunition. I found the following Memorandum in the Canada Border Services Agency website. It tells me I can transport certain quantities of ammunition and describes several prohibited ammo types.

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d19/d19-6-1-eng.html

I will be transporting significantly less than the quantities describes in the table in paragraph 4 under "Exemptions".

I just want to be sure I'm reading the Memorandum correctly and that it applies to me.

For what it's worth, my wife and I have travelled from Alaska through Canada and back 10-12 times in the past 10 years with never a problem at the border of either country.

Thanks for your comments.

23 Replies

MACHZER
Explorer
Jul 05, 2018
I agree, Ship it. You just going to open a can of grief at the border.
They always suspect a gun and will tear your rig apart to verify
Trackrig
Explorer II
Jul 05, 2018
I wouldn't transport the ammo, legal amounts or not. When you present the paperwork, they're going to assume you have a gun and go looking for it. After all, what's the use of having the ammo if you don't have a gun?

The guy I hunt with left his pistols stateside when traveling north, but he did have used brass with him to reload at home. When Canadian Customs found the used brass, they made the assumption he must have the gun also, hidden someplace, so they went all through his RV.

Bill
Community Alumni
Jul 05, 2018
Off topic posts have been deleted. Please simply answer the OP's question.

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