The legal drinking age in many provinces in Canada changed to 19 in the 1970s. The specific year varied by province and territory, with most of them making the change in the mid-1970s. Ontario, for example, changed its drinking age to 19 in 1971.
~Drinking Age in Ontario: 19
The legal drinking age in some provinces and territories in Canada became 19 in various years. For example, in Ontario, the legal drinking age was raised to 19 in January 1979. In New Brunswick, the legal drinking age was changed to 19 in 1972.
The drinking age falls under Provincial jurisdiction and varies from province to province. The drinking age is 18 in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec ; while it is 19 in all other provinces and territories. No province has a drinking age over 19 There currently is no pending legislation in any province that would change the existing drinking age.
The drinking age in British Columbia changed to 19 in 1971. This was part of a broader trend in Canada during that time to harmonize legal drinking ages across provinces.
If by "Americans" you are referring to US citizens, the nationality of the drinker has nothiing to do with the age at which they may drink in Canada. Drinking laws are legislated by the individual Canadian provincial governments and apply to ANYONE within the province, regardless of their nationality.
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It is illegal for anybody to buy narcotics in Canada, no matter what their age.
The legal drinking age for Canada for every province except Quebec and Alberta is 19. Quebec and Alberta is 18.
No, the legal drinking age in the United States is still 21 years old. There have been no recent changes to increase the drinking age to 25.
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