Form E311 - Declaration Card printable pdf download

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Part B – Visitors to Canada

PAX

Canada Border Services Agency Declaration Card

Welcome to Canada

All visitors identified in Part A must be included in Part B.

Part A – All travellers (living at the same home address)

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Declaration Card – Completion Guide

Last name, first name and initials

You can bring in personal goods without paying duty or tax, as long as you do not

Use this guide to complete the attached CBSA Declaration Card.

leave them in Canada. You can also bring in the amounts of alcohol and tobacco

Citizenship

Date of birth

M M

listed in Table 1 without paying duty or tax.

Part A – All travellers

Last name, first name and initials

All travellers must be identified on a CBSA Declaration Card. You may list up to

You can bring in gifts without paying duty or tax, as long as they are not alcohol or

four family members living at the same address on one declaration card. Make

tobacco or business goods, and they have a value of CAN$60 or less per gift. Gifts

Date of birth

Citizenship

M M

sure that each traveller's answers are included on the card. Each traveller is

over CAN$60 each are subject to duty and tax on the amount over CAN$60.

Last name, first name and initials

responsible for his or her own declaration.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada advises you that all visitors admitted to

Citizenship

Date of birth

You must declare all goods—whether they are part of your exemption or

M M

Canada will be permitted to stay for a maximum of six months, unless otherwise

not—that you are bringing into Canada. A border services officer may

notified in writing by an examining officer.

Last name, first name and initials

examine your goods. Note that goods that do not qualify for a personal

Part C – Residents of Canada

exemption may be subject to duties, taxes and/or fees.

Date of birth

Citizenship

M M

Each resident must complete Part C in the same order as in Part A.

Home address – Number, street

Town/city

Under Canadian law, you have to declare all animals, plants and their products.

You also have to declare all currency and monetary instruments (e.g.,

Your declaration must include the total value of all goods (including gifts) that

stocks/bonds, cheques, traveller's cheques, money orders, bank drafts, treasury

you have purchased, received or acquired abroad or at duty-free shops and that

Province or state

Country

Postal/Zip code

bills) totalling CAN$10,000 or more. Failure to do so could result in penalties,

you are bringing into Canada.

seizure and/or prosecution.

Arriving by

Purpose of trip

Arriving from

Study

U.S. only

The following table lists the available exemptions.

Airline

The following items may be restricted, controlled or prohibited in Canada, or

Personal

Other country direct

Flight no.

you may need a special permit:

Business

Other country via the U.S.

Table 2 – Personal exemptions for residents of Canada

• Firearms or other weapons (e.g., Mace, switchblades, fireworks);

I am/we are bringing into Canada:

Yes

Minimum absence from Canada

Exemption limit – CAN$

Alcohol and tobacco

• Drugs;

•

Firearms or other weapons

• Endangered species (live specimens or products made from wild plants or

24 hours

$50

•

Goods related to my/our profession and/or commercial goods, whether or not for

animals, e.g., ivory, corals, reptile skin products);

resale (e.g., samples, tools, equipment)

48 hours

$200

Yes – See Table 1

• Cultural property (e.g., antiquities, cultural objects).

•

Food (fruits, vegetables, meats, eggs, dairy products), animals, birds, insects,

7 days

$750

Yes – See Table 1

plants, plant parts, soil, living organisms, vaccines

Border services officers may seize any goods or items that you do not

•

Articles made or derived from endangered species

Each traveller is allowed only one of these exemptions per trip.

declare or that you falsely declare. You may also face fines, arrest and/or

Currency and monetary instruments totalling CAN$10,000 or more

•

prosecution.

The $50 exemption does not apply if the total value of your goods is more than $50.

I/we have shipped goods which are not accompanying me/us.

The $750 exemption can include goods (other than alcohol and tobacco) you acquired

There are specific personal exemption limits for importing alcohol and tobacco

I/we will be visiting a farm or a farm show in Canada within the next 14 days.

during your trip, which are not accompanying you. To calculate the number of days

into Canada. Determine your limit from the following table.

absent, do not count the day you left Canada, but include the day you return.

I/we have been on a farm in a country other than Canada during the last 14 days.

Table 1 – Personal exemption limits for importing alcohol and tobacco

(If you answered yes, list country/countries)

Residents of Canada only: you must pay duty on cigarettes, tobacco sticks and

Minimum age

Province or territory

Alcohol and tobacco

manufactured tobacco that you include in your personal exemption, unless they are

18 years

Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec

1.5 L of wine or 1.14 L of liquor

marked “CANADA DUTY PAID – DROIT ACQUITTÉ.”

Part B – Visitors to Canada

or 24 x 355 mL (12 oz.)

Part D – Signatures

Specify quantities

bottles/cans of beer or ale (8.5 L)

Duration of stay

Full value of each gift over

19 years

All others

in Canada (days)

CAN$60

Alcohol

Tobacco

Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec,

Each traveller 16 years and older must sign the declaration in the same order as in

200 cigarettes,

days

18 years

Saskatchewan, Yukon,

200 tobacco sticks,

Part A.

Northwest Territories, Nunavut

50 cigars or 50 cigarillos, and

Part C – Residents of Canada (Complete in the same order as Part A)

200 grams manufactured tobacco

19 years

All others

Date left Canada

Value of goods – CAN$

Specify quantities

Information from this declaration will be used for CBSA control purposes, and may be

Y - M - D

(including gifts, alcohol, & tobacco)

Alcohol

Tobacco

shared with other government departments to enforce Canadian laws. Details are

During your travels, you may have been exposed to an infectious disease.

available in the Treasury Board of Canada publication called Infosource, under the

Symptoms can start several days to months after exposure. While the risk

reference number CBSA PPU 018. Infosource is available at public libraries,

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from most of these diseases is low, some may be life threatening. If, after

government public reading rooms, and on the Internet at

your travels, you become sick or get a fever, Health Canada recommends

Health Canada

Each person 16 years and older must sign.

you contact a physician and mention your travel history. If you have

Part D – Signatures (age 16 and older)

travelled to an area where malaria occurs, request a blood test to rule out

Detach your declaration card and prepare your proof of citizenship

malaria.

to show to a BORDER SERVICES OFFICER.

E311 (06)

A580G1.FRP

Form E311 - Declaration Card

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