Bear Spray
Okay, before we took our Alaska trip, I bought a can of bear spray. Our trip is over, the bear spray never had the cap off. Now what do I do with it? I read one story of someone who left it on the ...
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loulou57 wrote:
Bear Spray is classified as a restricted firearm and you must obtain proper paperwork to bring it into Canada.
According to what I understand from the official Canadian Border Services Agency information, that's not quite right. See page 11, #25, section c, under Exceptions at the Canadian Border Security website here. For what it's worth, the last time I crossed in to BC earlier this year the Canadian offical suggested we GET bear spray after I told him we planned to some back-country hiking. As long as it's labeled as bear repellent, it's completely legit and permissible.
