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 products
• boxes that formerly contained prohibited or hazardous goods
• controlled substances such as narcotics, hallucinogenic, stimulant or depressant drugs
• food for human or animal consumption*
• hides
• pharmaceutical products**
• skins
• soap
• tobacco and tobacco products
• vegetable and other plant products
• weapons
• wool.

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).

** See Documentation Required below.

Prohibited Items

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

• chain letters
• coffee
• fats, oil and waxes
• feather or skin of any bird
• graphite Products
• live animals
• lottery tickets or related advertising
• meat and fish products
• milk and cream
• poisons
• prison-made goods
• products derived from swine
• products which violate U.S. copyright law
• reprints of U.S. copyrighted work
• seeds
• soil
• straw, grasses or other plant material used for packing
• vegetables and roots thereof
• wheat products.

Documentation Required

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

Senders should provide a Certificate of Origin, whenever possible.

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

Pharmaceutical products require:

• letter from a doctor if drug is not FDA approved or if it does not require a prescription in Canada (available over the counter)
• 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.