Crossing Into Canada with a Firearm

keefr wrote:

classification of firearms means nothing to this conversation. you can't bring a handgun through Canada.again,if a Canadian can't carry through,what makes you think an out of country visitor can? you can apply,but you will be denied,regardless of what the "law" says.

I have attended several matches in Alberta and BC where shooters from the US have attended with their own guns. I have also requested and received ATT's covering travel in Alberta and BC, and US border crossing spanning nearly a month with no issues. I have requested and received ATT's for the Yukon for travel to Alaska, again covering more than a month. It IS doable.

A lot of this thread applies to Australia, including ban on pepper spray. About 4 yrs ago a traveller from Texas, turned up with a virtual armoury. He was surprised he could not bring his SUITCASE full of guns in. As well as handguns, he had machine guns and a Anti-Material rifle. One man war