Inspections and fees
Before you bring animals (including pets) or plants into Canada, be aware that fees apply to some inspection and quarantine services provided by the CBSA and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
Inspections
Animals and plants coming into Canada are monitored and inspected to prevent the introduction of diseases and pests that could pose a risk to the country's health, wildlife, pets, livestock, crops, forests, lakes, rivers and oceans.
Sometimes, imported animals and plants must be quarantined in order to verify that they are free of harmful diseases and pests. Inspections are also necessary to ensure compliance with Canada's wildlife trade laws.
Inspection and quarantine fees
Travellers and commercial importers who use inspection and quarantine services to bring animals or plants into Canada must pay a portion of the cost for the CBSA or the CFIA to provide these services.
The goods and services tax and other applicable taxes may be charged on inspection services. The fees and taxes cannot be claimed under a traveller's personal exemption.
Note: Inspection fees apply to more than the importation of plants and animals. Fees are also applied for the inspection of wood packaging material and goods potentially contaminated with soil.
Schedule of inspection fees
The CBSA is responsible for collecting fees for food, plant and animal (FPA) inspections performed at the border by border services officers (BSOs).
The following Schedule of inspection fees is a summary of the fees collected by the CBSA. Items not in this schedule mean they are either subject to a CFIA inspection or not subject to any inspection. For more information regarding all existing inspection fees, please refer to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency Fees Notice, which also contains last year's amounts.
Fees increase annually and are updated on March 31 of each year.
Part 1: Animal health
Import inspection
Animals, animal embryos, animal semen
Cats
Consult Dogs, cats and ferrets
Cattle: feeder
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Feeder cattle from the United States of America (more than 14 days old) and with the end use “feeding for slaughter – terminal feedlot”) | |||
i) for the first animal in the shipment | $28.79 | 1043 | Yes |
ii) for each additional animal in the shipment | $1.74 | 1043 | Yes |
Day-old chicks from the U.S.
Dogs, cats and ferrets
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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i) imported for any other purpose Note: These fees do not apply to dogs, cats or ferrets arriving from the United States. |
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A) for the first animal in the shipment | $35.98 | 1036 | Yes |
B) for each additional animal in the shipment | $6.00 | 1036 | Yes |
ii) if an officer issues a vaccination order Note: These fees apply to dogs, cats or ferrets arriving from all countries, including the United States. |
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A) for the first animal in the shipment | $65.97 | 1037 | Yes |
B) for each additional animal in the shipment | $35.98 | 1037 | Yes |
Embryos
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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i) for embryos from the first dam-sire pair in the shipment | $41.99 | 1051 | Yes |
ii) for embryos from each additional dam-sire pair in the shipment | $4.79 | 1051 | Yes |
Ferrets
Consult Dogs, cats and ferrets
Hatching eggs from the U.S.
Honeybees from New Zealand and Australia
Honeybee queens from New Zealand
Horses (equines)
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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For each equine imported from the United States of America (except for immediate slaughter) | $29.98 | 1047 | Yes |
Other: groups of animals not elsewhere mentioned
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Hatching eggs and day-old chicks from the U.S., packaged honeybees from New Zealand and Australia, honeybee queens from New Zealand, pre-cleared slaughter poultry destined for a federal slaughter plant in Canada from the U.S. | $41.99 | 1049 | Yes |
Other: individual animals not elsewhere mentioned
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Turtles and tortoises (other than soft-shelled and/or CITES-listed species), pet birds from the U.S., rabbits from the U.S. | |||
i) for the first animal in the shipment | $41.99 | 1050 | Yes |
ii) for each additional animal in the shipment | $7.19 | 1050 | Yes |
Pet birds from the U.S.
Pre-cleared slaughter poultry destined for a federal slaughter plant in Canada from the U.S.
Rabbits from the U.S.
Semen
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Frozen animal semen (other than canine) | $41.99 | 1033 | Yes |
Turtles and tortoises (other than soft-shelled and/or CITES-listed species)
International waste, manifest review, inspections
Aircraft
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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For an aircraft entering Canada (per flight) | $29.98 | 1080 | Yes |
Vessels
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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For a ship entering Canada | |||
i) for the first manifest for the ship, i.e., a manifest provided by a primary carrier. | |||
A) if the manifest is provided to an inspector in an electronic format that is approved by CBSA, at least one working day before the arrival of the ship | $47.99 | 1081 | No |
B) if fewer than 10 items are declared on a hard copy paper manifest or the ship is in ballast | $47.99 | 1082 | No |
C) if the ship is a cruise ship, or in cases other than those mentioned elsewhere | $119.93 | 1083 | No |
ii) for each additional manifest for the ship, i.e., a manifest provided by a consortium carrier | |||
A) if the manifest is provided to an inspector in an electronic format that is approved by CBSA, at least one working day before the arrival of the ship | $23.99 | 1089 | No |
B) if fewer than 10 items are declared on a hard copy paper manifest | $23.99 | 1090 | No |
C) Additional manifests | $83.96 | 1091 | No |
Exemptions
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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The fees for international waste manifest review, and inspections do not apply to: | |||
a) an aircraft entering Canada that | |||
i) is on a flight whose flight data information shows that it originated in the United States of America, | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ii) has a maximum capacity of 30 persons, in the case of a passenger aircraft, or | N/A | N/A | N/A |
iii) is operated by the armed forces of a country; or | N/A | N/A | N/A |
b) a ship entering Canada that | |||
i) is registered in Canada or the United States of America | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ii) is operated by the Government of the United States of America | N/A | N/A | N/A |
iii) is operating exclusively in Canadian and American waters and, since it last left a port other than a Canadian or American port, has been inspected and certified by the appropriate Canadian or American officials as having no food or ship's refuse that originates in a country other than Canada or the United States of America, or contains food or ship's refuse that is approved by the CFIA or the United States Department of Agriculture for uncontrolled entry into Canada or the United States of America, or | N/A | N/A | N/A |
iv) is operated by the armed forces of another country. | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Part 2: Plant protection
Import inspection
Dunnage
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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The inspection is carried out to detect the presence of pests in the marine mode | |||
i) each lot | $63.57 | 2824 | Yes |
ii) maximum per destination per day (individual lot fee times 5) | $317.85 | 2824 | Yes |
Settler’s/personal effects
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Outdoor household articles: including flower pots, garden tools and equipment, etc. | |||
i) each lot | $39.58 | 2818 | Yes |
ii) maximum per destination per day (individual lot fee times 5) | $197.91 | 2818 | Yes |
Used containers, cargo containers and wood packaging
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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The inspection is carried out to detect the presence of pests | |||
i) each lot | $21.60 | 2816 | Yes |
ii) maximum per destination per day (individual lot fee times 5) | $107.94 | 2816 | Yes |
Used equipment
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Agricultural and construction equipment, conveyances (including used vehicles imported by former residents, settlers, and diplomats) and tires | |||
i) each lot | $51.58 | 2820 | Yes |
ii) maximum per destination per day (individual lot fee times 5) | $257.87 | 2820 | Yes |
Compliance inspections
Inspections
Description | Fee | Code | GST/HST |
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Inspection (use applicable fee for the initial inspection or per hour or part of an hour whichever is the greater amount), re-inspection after unsupervised washing/cleaning, supervised destruction, and/or supervised washing | |||
i) per hour | $103.15 | 2726 | Yes |
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