r/canadaguns • u/WestEasterner • Mar 14 '26

Application / Regulation advice Cross Country Move (via USA) with firearms

Hi All - Moving from the GTA to Alberta. It's hard to ignore how much time is saved by travelling through Windsor into the US rather than up and over Superior - which I'm not thrilled about doing in a loaded full size u-haul. What do I need to know as far as travelling with firearms is concerned?

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u/ovglove Mar 14 '26

I don't think it's actually that big of a deal. I'm from Sarnia area, guys I know go moose hunting in northern Ontario all the time and drive through MI through the upper Peninsula and enter back into Canada. I believe there's a form you prefill and it's pretty seamless.

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u/slvrus Mar 14 '26

Yes I've heard of guys taking the I75 to do this too. I think there's some sort of easy way to go about it paperwork wise if you tell them you're just passing through and not stopping. Same way Americans get to Alaska I think.

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u/icyhotbackpatch Mar 14 '26

No. Americans transiting through Canada rarely take guns because most of their guns are prohibs (even before all the Trudeau shit). Most Alaska bound ship their guns. You can’t get a waiver or import a prohib through Canada, period.

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u/slvrus Mar 14 '26

I watched a travel vlog of these Americans RVing through Canada to get to Alaska and they brought their shotguns through with relative ease.

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u/icyhotbackpatch Mar 14 '26

Much easier to bring a shotgun into Canada than into the U.S.