Tobacco Cigarettes 🇨🇦 Canada
200 cigarettes duty-free
Can I bring Tobacco Cigarettes into Canada?
200 cigarettes duty-free
200 cigarettes / 50 cigars / 200g tobacco
High excise on excess
Within personal allowance — no separate declaration needed
Full details
Canada allows travelers over 18 to bring 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 200g tobacco, and 200 tobacco sticks duty-free. Quantities above the allowance face high excise duties. Travelers should keep items in original packaging where applicable. No special customs procedures required for personal quantities within standard duty-free allowances. Declare if exceeding personal use thresholds.
Occasional — Enforcement reported intermittently.
After 48 hours abroad: CAD $800 exemption. After 24 hours: CAD $200. After 48+ hours: 1.14L spirits or 1.5L wine or 8.5L beer/ale. Tobacco: 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 200g tobacco (must be 18+). All amounts in CAD; USD equivalent approximate.
Travelers aged 18+ clear the standard duty-free tobacco allowance with no declaration; quantities above (typically 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco for non-EU arrivals) attract excise duty + VAT and must be declared on arrival to CBSA.
200 cigarettes / 50 cigars / 200g tobacco
High excise on excess
Customs Tariff, Excise Act 2001
This page covers destination customs rules in Canada. Whether you can carry tobacco cigarettes through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
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🇦🇺 Australia
25 cigarettes duty-free per adult. Excess requires import permit and duty payment.
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🇸🇬 Singapore
No duty-free tobacco allowance. All tobacco must be declared and duty paid.
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🇵🇭 Philippines
400 cigarettes or 50 cigars duty-free
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🇻🇳 Vietnam
400 cigarettes duty-free
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🇰🇷 South Korea
200 cigarettes duty-free for travelers over 19
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🇪🇸 Spain
200 cigarettes from non-EU; 800 from EU