Flying EU-Toronto-Vancouver with intent to settle what happens to luggage?

drywall_dan

I read Moving or returning to Canada from the CBSA and Connecting through Toronto Pearson – From an international flight to Canada from Air Canada and I am very unsure about what actually happens in Toronto to my checked in boxes. I will have roughly 180kg in six boxes, I can't myself lift them, I will have assistance at both ends. Air Canada says my boxes will be through checked but CBSA says "you must give your list of goods to the border...

Originally asked by chx on Stack Exchange (travel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

do they just ... believe it? Often they just do. But they'll assess your credibility and their operational guidelines, like they do for any other situations. For example, do the weight/volume/other characteristics of the boxes reflect what you told them about the content and your purpose of travel. Your bags are also X-rayed (or other imaging technology) by the customs. Don't they want the boxes to be there to go through them? Even if the baggage is not checked through, you must make the declaration to the border officer before taking your bags. The first border officer may refer you to secondary customs (and/or immigration) inspection. If they decide they want to do a secondary inspection,...

Full answer by xngtng: https://travel.stackexchange.com/a/203353 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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