[holymoly]

so ok.. i am an american part canadian but ok i am going to be turning 19 in a few months and i am planning another trip to the lovely land of fun and happiness know to most as canada but anyways 19 is the legal age to buy beer right ? and do you think they would selll to me cause i mean the reason i am buying in there would be because i cant get it in this dumb country? just want your thoughts

[ShepherdsDog]

depends on the province. it alternates 19, 18, 19, 18....... Legal age never stopped me in highschool.

Province Current legal age Former legal age Date of change
Alberta 18 21 1 April 1971
British Columbia 19 21 15 April 1970
Manitoba 18 21 1 August 1970
New Brunswick 19 21 1 August 1972
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 21 25 July 1972
Northwest Territories 19 21 15 July 1970
Nova Scotia 19 21 13 April 1971
Ontario 19 18 1 January 1979
Prince Edward Island 19 18 1 July 1987
Québec 18 20 July 1972
Saskatchewan 19 18 1 September 1976
Yukon 19 21 February 1970

[Poisson]

18 in Quebec, Manitoba, and Alberta
19 for other provinces and territories

You'll be fine wherever you are in the country. They just want to do business with you and they won't refuse you to sell you alcohol. Just bring an ID in case. And don't bring it with you back to the USA.

[Banff]

I think they just upped the age to 29 in Canada .......(joking)
........yes legally you can buy it and they can sell it to you but even better you can have a beer in Germany at age ten you just can't get drunk .

[holymoly]

yeah i know not to bring it back i was just up there in umm... Owen Sound which was fun and it was so easy getting in to canada but so hard coming back to the US they checked everything it was funny but yeah thanks guys i cant wait canada is the best!!!!!

[Moogle]

While you're up here, you might as well pay a visit to a bar or something, I mean, you can't even get into a bar until you're 21 in the States right?

Really though, don't get too drunk.

[Kikyo01]

I am just wondering, should Canada have a legal drinking age or not? Lol my teacher assigned us to get 3 arguements for why Canada shouldn't have a legal drinking age and I can't find any reasons why Canada shouldn't have a legal age. I'm sorry if this is a bit off topic but I wanted to know cuz this topic came up and I thought, may be the ppl of Canada could help me get 3 good reasons why.

[bossdog]

I think a legal drinking age is a good idea. I do however, beleive that 21 is too high. I've always ahd a problem with a person being able to go overseas and fight and possibly die for their country but they can not go in to a pub for a beer. 18 and 19 is a good age.

[Arctic_Menace]

I say make it 18 across the country.......

[Tman1]

Possible argument against:

1) Once the said person does something stupid when drinking, they may or may not do it again based on experience. Pretty weak but it is one.

2) If you drink earlier, you will have more tolerance towards alcohol later in life. (I think)

3) Coming up with a blank here....

[becks10]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

depends on the province. it alternates 19, 18, 19, 18....... Legal age never stopped me in highschool.

Province Current legal age Former legal age Date of change
Alberta 18 21 1 April 1971
British Columbia 19 21 15 April 1970
Manitoba 18 21 1 August 1970
New Brunswick 19 21 1 August 1972
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 21 25 July 1972
Northwest Territories 19 21 15 July 1970
Nova Scotia 19 21 13 April 1971
Ontario 19 18 1 January 1979
Prince Edward Island 19 18 1 July 1987
Québec 18 20 July 1972
Saskatchewan 19 18 1 September 1976
Yukon 19 21 February 1970

LoL unlike most provinces Sask went up not down...it should have stayed at 18

[Tman1]

Funny thing is that Sask is one of the most alcohol consumption provinces.

18, 19, big difference.

One thing that bugs me in those American teen movies is that alcohol is so easily available. Is that true?

[gaiter83]

I'm in Florida and I'm 28 and get carded most of the time... I don't think I've been carded in Canada since I was 15-16, lol... One point on making it lower would be that if you grow up with alcohol around, like wine at the dinner table, then you won't go crazy as soon as you turn 18, 19 or 21... Like in France, I think it's 16 and most have wine at home anyways at a much younger age,

[Arctic_Menace]

Man, being in Ottawa is like being in one of those American teen movies.... All you have to do is go to a dep in Hull, and ask for beer. Most of the time they won't card you, but if they ask, just say yeah, and they'll give you the booze.....

[MrMagicMan]

holymoly holymoly:

so ok.. i am an american part canadian but ok i am going to be turning 19 in a few months and i am planning another trip to the lovely land of fun and happiness know to most as canada but anyways 19 is the legal age to buy beer right ? and do you think they would selll to me cause i mean the reason i am buying in there would be because i cant get it in this dumb country? just want your thoughts

No, 'dumb' would be being able to legally drink while still in high school.