Also, if any of you have any Internet sources suggesting that this might be true, please share them. Finally, how long has this rumor been going around?
2007-05-09 18:13:34 · 9 answers · asked by MTLTV1765 2 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
Whenever you are in a place other than that which you reside, be it your own country or another, you are subject to the laws of that place. Period. (Okay, there are a few exceptions, but not relevant to this question).
So, my 19 year old son who cannot drink in the U.S. legally can come up and visit me and go to a bar and get a beer ... legal. And if a 19 year old Canadian crosses the border into the U.S., they will not be allowed to drink legally.
Always be aware of the laws of the places you visit, because you are indeed subject to them, good or bad.
As far as the rumour, I have heard it, but it is just that, the product of an uninformed, uneducated person that hasn't bothered to find things out for themselves.
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2007-05-10 06:38:11 · answer #1 · answered by Pichi 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. That rumour has been going around this site for a couple of months. No, haven't seen any solid facts to suggest it might be true.
At best it is a Politician (American or Canadian) complaining about problems and said something. It is highly unlikely to change things as there is a lot of money to be made on the Canadian side. That is enough to hold up a freedom flag and complain if they tried to institute such discriminatory laws. Besides, it is a provincial issue, and that means 11 different governments would have to decide. And Americans don't have jurisdiction on the US side. And it is a worse problem on the Mexican border. (Less checking of age, more successive drinking, even younger Americans)
However also be aware that if you go into Canada and drink legally, but drive back to the US, YOU ARE NOW an illegally intoxicated minor. If you can afford to drink in Canada, you should get a hotel and stay overnight.
2007-05-10 02:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by JuanB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can drink, in most provinces, at 19, regardless of where you are from. Here in Alberta, it's 18. I joined the army when I was 17, and could get plastered at any jr. ranks mess, Legion, or on exercise. That was cool, and made me feel like a grownup, until I puked!
2007-05-10 16:02:22 · answer #3 · answered by neil k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not true. However, it IS true that US residents drinking in Canada can't hold their beer. I mean, if you were used to drinking that watered down swill like they are and got the chance to drink some real Canadian beer, how long would you last?
2007-05-10 22:13:35 · answer #4 · answered by Dale K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not true if you are from the US you still can drink because the drinking age is either 18 or 19 here.
2007-05-10 09:10:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you come to Canada and the drinking age here is 19, then once you cross the border into this country, you are bound by our laws and can, if you wish, consume alcohol legally here.
2007-05-10 09:11:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
silly rumour - completely untrue.
anyone who works in the bar industry (as I did for a while, many moons ago) - can tell you that 19 and 20 year old Americans, especially those living close to the border make a significant contibution to the bar, club and restaurant economy.
There is however, a grain of truth to that rumour as far as 'pot tourists' who come here to enjoy our somewhat more relaxed marijuana laws and abundance of cheap weed... while the US can do little to stop said tourists - they do routinely hassle and search returning Americans if they so much as suspect they were up here to smoke ganja.
2007-05-10 13:43:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I started that rumor, I may have scared off a few of you.
2007-05-10 07:54:08 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not true.
2007-05-10 03:11:32 · answer #9 · answered by Jen G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋