Notification of Canadian International Trade Tribunal Decision on Centrifugal Opening Knives
Customs Notice 18-01
Ottawa, January 5, 2018

Revised date – Ottawa, January 10, 2018

1. This Notice is to advise interested parties that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has rendered a decision in Appeal No. AP-2017-012, T. LaPlante v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency regarding knives which open automatically by centrifugal force (centrifugal knives).

2. In accordance with subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code and the CITT's recent decision in T. LaPlante, the CBSA resolves that centrifugal knives will be classified as prohibited weapons if the following conditions are met:

a knife has a blade that opens by centrifugal force, when the blade is released from the handle into the fully ejected and locked position with a simple and brisk outwardly flick of the wrist; and
it includes knives that require some preliminary or simultaneous minimal manipulation of either a flipper or other non-edged parts of the blade.
3. Please be advised that the CBSA will immediately prohibit the importation of all knives by an individual that open as per the CITT's decision. Importation by a business is permitted if a Firearms Business Licence has been presented with import – prohibited weapon, listed as a business activity on the licence. For more detailed information concerning the decision, please consult the decision posted on the Tribunal's website at: CITT Appeal No. AP-2017-012.

4. The CBSA’s policy on the importation of prohibited weapons is available in Memorandum D19-13-2, Importing and Exporting Firearms, Weapons and Devices. The Memoranda D19-13-2 will be revised to reflect the CITT decision on centrifugal opening knives.

Might as well add that PASSPORTS are required to enter Canada and back to the USA.
Might seem like a DUH moment but info always helps.

not if you have the enhanced Driver's License.....just saying

not if you have the enhanced Driver's License.....just saying

The gist was 'any' assist knives, asps, etc., are illegal.

I think that's true if driving or on a local boat like a ferry or the clipper. Air travel requires a passport.
Don't try to enter with a DUI either.

Passport is now cheaper, and if you take an Alaska cruise the e-licence is not accepted.

ALERT: New Canada law, just 10 days old. Passed Jan 2018.

https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publication ... 1-eng.html



This law would ban most of our daily carry knives which open with a flick of the wrist.

I don't know anything more about Canada knife laws but I wonder if fixed blades and/or manually operated folding knives are legal and, if so, what length?

Also, it's worth noting, that Canada will also ban entry of anyone with a DUI conviction less than 10 years old. I don't know the specifics but if you have a recent DUI be aware of complications.

I've heard horror stories of agent suspicion triggering an invasive vehicle search, and they don't put back anything they remove in the search.

But passports don't fit in my wallet. LOL

seen it a few times. they'll remove all the seats, pull up the carpet and dump all your luggage on the pavement. and if they find nothing, they'll just walk away leaving you with the mess.