What is the drinking age in canada?

Question

I am taking a cruise to canada this week and i was wondering what the drinking age is going to be on the ship because it is going to be in international waters.

Answer 1

Just because you are going on a Cruise ship and in international waters does it mean that you are allowed to drink on the ship.  Usually the same restrictions will apply through out the cruise. Only when you depart the ship are you covered by that country's rules on drinking.  BC it is 19 years old to purchase a drink.  It is the same for most East coast locations. Only Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba is it 18.

Answer 2

Canada has provinces... like the United States has states.  It's the same concept.

It depends what province you will be in, because different provinces have different  drinking ages.

Some provinces have an 18 year old drinking age (like mine).. others are 19.

You will most likely be either in the East or West coasts... I forget if there is a province in the East that has an 18 year old drinking age (possibly Nova Scotia, but I'm not sure).... in BC on the West Coast it is 19 years old.

So I'm gonna go ahead and assume you're taking a cruise on the West Coast...... (correct me if I'm wrong), and I will also go ahead and assume the drinking age on your boat will be 19 if the boat was docked from a Canadian port.  If the boat was docked from an American port, it will most likely be 21 years of age... becuase in International Waters you follow the rules of the country of origin of the ship... where that ship was docked.

Answer 3

19 in every province and territory EXCEPT for Quebec, it is 18 years of age.

Answer 4

18 i think.. maybe 19

Answer 5

It doesn't matter if you're in international waters, it's the drinking age from the country that the cruise line is from.  When I am on an American cruise line, the drinking age is 21, even when we are in international waters.