I’m Going to Canada on a School Trip and Have Some Questions?
Question by Meow: I’m going to Canada on a school trip and have some questions?
Hello! I’m going to Canada on a school trip and have some questions. They’re probably all going to sound ridiculously stupid, but I’ve never left the country before (America) and don’t know what it’s like.
1. Do you get inspected upon crossing the border? If so, how?
2. I know that in other countries, like Mexico or European countries, the water isn’t safe to drink because it has impurities your body isn’t accommodated to. Will this be the case with Canadian water?
3. Can I bring my phone charger in my purse across the border? What can I have/not have? (Is Advil okay, obviously pads are fine, but yeah)
4. They accept American currency, right?
5. Is there anything else important I should know?
Thank you so much!
Best answer:
Answer by Karen L
You can get inspected, or rather your luggage can get inspected, and if they have any reason to suspect you are smuggling something inside your body they can inspect that too. How? By scans of luggage, with dogs trained to sniff out things people might try to smuggle, and by simple old fashioned visual inspection.
They can inspect at any time, but don’t always do so. It just depends, and it’s hard to say what it depends on. Can be entirely random. Just don’t bring anything illegal and you’ll be fine.
The water from faucets in Canada is as safe as anywhere else. Maybe more safe. Canada has some extremely clean drinking water. Canada is a modern country with up to date water treatment facilities.
Yes, you can bring your phone charger, in your purse or any other way. Electrical stuff in the US and Canada uses the same kind of plugs. Over the counter drugs are fine, and if you have prescription drugs they must be in their original bottle, the one in which the drugstore sold them to you. Note that a prescription for medical marijuana does not mean you can bring it to Canada. It is still a “controlled substance” here.
Places close to the border which get a lot of US visitors often accept US currency, places further away are less likely to. Any place can, but they never have to. It’s foreign currency in Canada. And note that any retail place that accepts it is going to give you a terrible exchange rate. You are better off using a debit or credit card or going to a bank and changing money before you arrive in Canada.
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