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Travelling with CAN$10,000 or more

Anytime you cross the border, you must declare any currency or monetary instruments you have valued at CAN$10,000 or more, or risk fines and seizures.

2023-12-14

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(Border services officer Catherine Mia Hudon-Dufresne on screen)

Did you know that fines for not declaring have recently changed?

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Penalties are now between 5 and 50% of the value seized. Always make sure you declare any currency

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or monetary instruments worth $10,000 CAD or more

(Animated graphic showing a number rising to $10,000, in the style of a stopwatch, with arrows pointing upward from each side of the number)

when you cross the border, both when leaving and entering Canada.

(Animated graphic showing a coin with the dollar sign on it, zooming out to show other coins surrounding it, with other currencies on them)

It can be any combination of Canadian or foreign currency

(Animated graphic showing stocks, bonds, bank drafts, cheques and traveller’s cheques arranged in a checkbox list, with each appearing sequentially, and their checkboxes being checked)

and monetary instruments such as stocks, bonds, bank drafts, cheques and traveller's cheques.

Prepare to declare.

(Canada wordmark appears)

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