Additional detailed document requirements

• You must be present for Customs clearance. If any of your HHGS were purchased after March 31, 1977 and are worth more than $10,000 will incur standard taxes and duties on the excess amount.
• Returning Canadians can import HHGS and their personal effects without duty if owned for over 6 months, owned and used in Canada for no less than 6 months, not for resale and living abroad for over a year. If you have lived abroad for over 5 years, the 6 month ownership clause does not apply.
• When you arrive, your items must be declared at Customs. It behooves you to have a copy of your Packing List
• Diplomats can import HHGS and personal effects without duty.
• The Will or the letter from the Executor of the estate must have your name for the items shipped to import duty-free.
• Wood packing materials must be heat-treated or fumigated with methyl bromide, accompanied with a Phytosanitary Certificate and marked by the means of the Plant Protection Convention (IPPC).
• If you’re an immigrant or have a Work or Student Visa, your HHGS must be owned and used prior to being imported. Cannot include goods to be sold or discard prior to a year after importation to receive a duty-free shipment.
• If you are a Season Resident, your HHGS and personal effects can be imported duty-free only once if the HHGS are for a seasonal furnishing, owned and used prior to being imported, not sold for no less than a year, for personal and family use only, proof of purchase.