bob_nestor wrote:
Don't know if it's true or not, but I was told that in Canada bear spray is legal but pepper spray isn't. Bear spray comes in the large cans and pepper spray in the small ones. I did but bear spray last summer in Alaska and never had a problem with border crossings. I always told Canadian Customs I had it when asked and they never asked to see it or to see a receipt. ...
Years of reading posts of what is legal to cross a border with I can't help but wonder WHY you just don't buy the legal item in question AFTER you cross the border. :?
Items asked about such as having a steak or bag of dog food or pepper spray are all inexpensive items.
Rather than make a big to do about sneaking/getting across with them, throw the darn things out and buy what you need AFTER the border crossing.