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Shipping to Canada: what is not allowed

Canada permits most personal goods, with food and plant items controlled by the CFIA and duty/GST on higher-value parcels.

Not accepted for Canada

  • Fresh food, plants, seeds, and soil (CFIA restrictions)
  • Cannabis and cannabis products
  • Prohibited and replica firearms and certain knives
  • Used mattresses and certain used goods

Allowed, with conditions

  • Medicines — personal use, up to a 90-day supply, with a prescription
  • Packaged, sealed food; declare all contents
  • Supplements — subject to Health Canada rules

Duty and GST usually apply above CAD 20 (gifts up to CAD 60 may be exempt).

Accurate value and contents declaration speeds up clearance.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines and by Indian export rules, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it. We would much rather answer a question than tell you a parcel is stuck.

Rules for other destinations