🍁 In Simple Terms
If your entry examination at a port of entry happens outside of the port's normal service hours, you may be charged an examination fee — a set amount for the first four hours plus an additional charge for each hour or part of an hour after that. Who pays and how it's collected depends on whether you arrived by commercial transport or private vehicle.
Affects: Foreign nationals and permanent residents in Canada
Legal Text — IRPR Regulation 312
(1)312 (1) The following fees are payable for an examination for the purpose of entering Canada that is made outside the applicable service hours of the port of entry where the officer who conducts the examination is based:
(2)(2) The fees are payable at the time of the examination
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Official Source: Justice Canada — IRPR r. 312 (authoritative, may differ from this display)
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