Melatonin 🇨🇦 Canada
Natural health product; available OTC
Can I bring Melatonin into Canada?
Natural health product; available OTC
Full details
Health Canada regulates melatonin as a Natural Health Product (NHP) under the Natural Health Products Regulations. Travelers may bring up to a 3-month personal supply without a Product Licence, in original labelled packaging. Doses above 10 mg per unit require professional-pharmacy designation; travel import remains unrestricted for ordinary retail doses.
Rare — Enforcement reported rarely.
Personal-quantity melatonin (OTC supplement) clears as routine in destinations where it is OTC. In prescription-only markets (e.g. UK, France, Germany), declare with prescription if asked.
Personal use
Natural Health Products Regulations
This page covers destination customs rules in Canada. Whether you can carry melatonin through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Related rules
Melatonin rules in other countries
Melatonin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Prescription-only medicine in the UK. Personal import for own use is permitted but regulated.
Melatonin
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Regulated medicine. Personal import requires original packaging and ideally a prescription.
Melatonin
🇦🇺 Australia
Low-dose OTC; higher doses prescription-only
Melatonin
🇯🇵 Japan
Not sold in Japan — personal import permitted
Melatonin
🇩🇪 Germany
Classified as a medicinal product — prescription recommended
Melatonin
🇺🇸 United States
OTC dietary supplement; no restrictions