What items cannot be imported?
You cannot import items such as the following: • child pornography; • obscene material or hate propaganda; • illegal drugs; • prohibited weapons (see details in the next section); and • endangered animals, including their parts and any products made from their fur, skin, feathers and bone. When a mail item contains goods that cannot be imported into Canada, the CBSA detains and disposes of the goods according to the applicable law. When a mail item contains both goods that can be imported and goods that cannot, border services officers remove the goods that are not allowed, repack the rest of the goods and process the repackaged mail item in the regular manner. The officer will include a letter in the package that explains why some of the goods were removed.
