Entering Canada with DUI

Does anybody know what the regulations are for entering Canada if a person has a DUI conviction on their record? Thanks,

Very, very, simple....you can't!

You're in the wrong Newsgroup, however, you should have no problem whatsoever, unless your DUI was charged under the Criminal Code, as a felony. In Canada, DUI (Driving While Impaired) is most often charged under the Highway Traffic Act, and, therefore a convicted person does not have a 'Criminal' conviction registered. He may either face a Fine. Loss of Demerit Points, Imprisonment or all three. Most of the Provinces in Canada utilize the '0.8' level of alcohol/blood as the legal limit. After that level you're automatically guilty. From 0.5/0.8 you normally receive a 24 hour licence suspension, on the spot.

I can hardly imagine you'll even be aasked such a question. In 60 years of passing the border, I've never been asked about my driving record by either country.

Jim,

when they run a computer check the DUI will show up *IT* always does. They don't ask the question, the computer *tells* them the answer!

Had a friend on snowmachine going from Tok to Dawson and was checked , (all are), found he had a DUI some 10 years ago back east and was denied entry!

I don't think he's in the wrong newsgroup... I think he's asking if he can travel into Canada and hunt/get a license if he has a DUI, which might be different than just traveling into Canada.

He/she doesn't have to be asked - generally, the Canadian provinces have access to our criminal records databases for those types of searches. I know for a fact that Quebec has access to New York's records DMV and other.

Ben Rondeau

IMNSHO, you've got to be under the influence to want to go to anti-gun Canada.....

D'uh ... way to spread friendship across the border Sammy.

Here is what I know. Most US DUI convictions are considered criminal in Canada. You can apply for a 'permit' to allow you to cross but they aren't generally given for pleasure. You may get across with no questions, but if your state license has any special mark on number to denote a DUI then you'll probably not make it across. After 5 years you can apply to Canada to get something similar to a 'pardon' which says you are reformed. That is directly from Canadian customs at the New Brunswick border with Maine.

Me

It's nothing about friendship, he was commenting about their increasingly stringent gun laws.

And he's right... their tourism industry wants us to go up there and spend a bunch of money on hunting trips, but their gun laws make it increasingly more difficult, & give us more hoops to jump through. Why not just stay in the US and hunt 10 miles from the Canadian border and spend your money there where the hunting is just as good?

I'd guess that most Canadian hunters would agree with what he said.