Clearing Canadian Customs on water in the Kingston area
(Updated September 22 2010)
Once you arrive call the following number to report to Canada Customs: 1-888-CANPASS
Kingston is served by the Canada Border Services Agency Office #420 which is located in Trenton.
Using BIS
Calls within Canada
Toll-free
•Service in English: 1 800 461-9999
•Service in French: 1 800 959-2036
You can speak directly to an agent during regular business hours, Monday to Friday (08:00 - 16:00 local time / except holidays). Press "0" to speak to an agent.
- Commercial Vessel (C/VESS)
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Inland Customs Office (INLAND)
The Canada Border Services Agency Office in Kingston office serves the following points of entry locations:
- Anchorage Bay, CFB Kingston
- Collins Bay Marina
- Confederation Basin
- Kingston Marina
- Kingston Mills
- Kingston Yacht Club
- Loyalist Cove Yacht Club (in Bath, ON)
- Norman Rogers Municipal Airport
- Portsmouth Olympic Harbour
- Rideau Marina
- RMC Yacht Club
TAKE NOTE: The LANSDOWNE (Thousand Islands Bridge) office serves these locations just East of Kingston:
- Treasure Island Marina and eastwards which includes
- Trident Yacht Club
- and everything in Gananoque including marinas and the Airport...
See Telephone Reporting - Recreational Boaters by the Canadian Border Services Agency.
Currently:
- American Residents may take home $800 (U.S. funds) worth of merchandise duty-free if they have been in Canada more than 48 hours. This includes one carton of cigarettes and one liter of alcoholic beverages. If they have visited Canada for less than 48 hours, or made more than one trip to Canada within 30 days, there is a $200 (U.S. funds) individual exemption. Any alcohol or tobacco bought in Canada or at a Duty Free Store on trips of less than 48 hours is subject to duty.
- Canadian Residents may take home $50 (Canadian funds) if they have been out of the country 24 hours or more. If the absence is 48 hours or more, Canadian citizens make bring home $200 (Canadian Funds) worth of merchandise. If they have been away for a week or more Canadian Citizens may bring back $750 (Canadian funds)
