Maximum Coverage = Maximum Declared Value for Carriage for the Priority™ Worldwide service.

* see Canada Post Prices for more information.

** No coverage is available on food items.

Import Restrictions

Senders should determine import restrictions from the country's authorities before posting:

• alcoholic beverages
• animals and animal bi-products
• fish
• food for human or animal consumption*
• fruits, vegetables, seeds, grains and citrus peel
• game and hunting trophies
• gold
• ivory items
• meat and meat byproducts
• merchandise from embargoed countries
• pharmaceuticals
• plants, seeds and soil
• skins, feathers and shells
• textiles and clothing
• tobacco and tobacco products
• vegetables
• weapons.

USA admits duty-free unsolicited genuine personal gifts not exceeding $100US in value (excluding tobacco products and alcohol-based perfume).

* All commercial shipments of food to the United States must be preceded by a Prior Notice of shipment. This includes mail items containing food for human or animal consumption, dietary supplements, vitamins and food additives or colour. Articles of food which have been non-commercially prepared by an individual in his own residence and sent to another individual as a non-commercial gift are exempt from the requirement for a Prior Notice. More information on the Prior Notice can be obtained from the USA Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Prohibited Items

In addition to items considered non-mailable matter, the following are prohibited:

• articles violating copyright law
• blank tapes and CDs from Iran
• chain letters
• compressed gases
• counterfeit items
• credit card blanks
• Cuban cigars
• drug paraphernalia
• feathers of any kind
• graphite products
• haitian animal hide drums
• log and timber products from Liberia (wood-chips, poles, post, fence pickets, sheets, flooring, molding, pallet, tool handles, barrels, crates, tableware/kitchenware, shutters, blinds, cases/boxes/chests for jewellery and silverware, clothes hangers, clothespins, toothpicks, etc)
• lottery tickets or related advertising
• obscene printed materials
• pornographic material
• prison-made goods
• products made from dog and cat furs
• reprints of U.S. copyrighted work
• straw, grasses or other plant material used for packing
• tobacco
• tuna.

Documentation Required

Information regarding Customs can be found in "Customs Requirements" of the Canada Postal Guide.

Senders must provide a Certificate of Origin, whenever possible.

A Certificate of Disinfection is required for shipments containing used clothing.

Pharmaceutical products require:

• photocopy of the doctor's prescription
• photocopy of a document proving the addressee's Canadian citizenship, e.g. birth certificate with photo I.D, passport
• letter from a doctor if drug is not FDA approved or if it does not require a prescription in Canada (available over the counter).