I have found conflicting things online and thought maybe someone on here could help me out with this...

I am a truck driver for a company out of Pennsylvania and I may have to travel into Ontario a few times over the next year or so. I have a dog that will be going with me on the road, but I am not sure if I can bring her with me to Ontario. My fiancee found something online, from 2005, banning Pit Bulls from the province of Ontario. The law stated that a dog that resembles a Pit Bull and is deemed by law enforcement to be a Pit Bull will be seized and euthenized (sp). I was just wondering if someone could tell me if this is still an active law, never was, or what the deal is? Thanks guys for all your help.

Rob

 

Yes they are illegal in Ontario and yes they could take it away from you, and if looks like a pit bull it would be up to you to prove it's not

 

^^^^ this. puppy should stay at home. and dont forget a passport to getback into the USA....

 

Thanks for confirming this guys...when I come up she will stay home and the passport is in the works as we speak. Thanks again guys.

 

really??? What if you're jus doin a job like that and you didn't know.. you jus stopped to get gas or somethin an yer dog was takin a **** or somethin...
Wat if it jus LOOKED like a pit lol thats wild tho..

 

yeah, they are pretty serious about it. Funny thing is, from what my fiancee found, even after they banned pits and put tougher restrictions on those that people owned before the law was passed, the number of dog attacks and stuff in Ontario have not dropped. Guess that goes to show how nasty pit bulls really are huh

 

you going to toronto area?

 

Here is the law
Information on The Dog Owners' Liability Act and Public Safety Related to Dogs Statute Law Amendment Act, 2005 - Ministry of the Attorney General

here is what is important to you

Importing Pit Bulls

It is against the law to bring pit bulls into Ontario, even for a short visit.
There are no exceptions made for:
Tourists
People moving to Ontario, or
Military personnel being transferred to Ontario postings.
The law does allow certain pit bulls into Ontario for recognized dog shows under limited circumstances (see above: Pit Bull Ban — Exceptions for Dog Shows and Flyball Tournaments).

 

At some point probably...what the deal is, I drive for a company that delivers product to Lowe's Home Improvement stores. We have three guys that will be running into Canada every week, but there is no one else in the company that can run into Canada, so they told me to go get my passport (on their dime) and then when those guys happen to take vacation I will be covering their routes.

 

oh okay so do you know if you will hit up any other areas like say northern ontario ?

 

Umm, I think the furthest point I would go to is Sudbury but that would be kind of an in, make my delivery and turn around and head back out...no real hanging around.

 

hahaha sudbury aint north! lol

 

ahh, ok...well I'm not big on Canadian geography lol...pretty much what it comes down to is, if there is a Lowe's there I may end up there

 

if you have a quickpass you shouldn't need a passport just sayin, and all the others are correct about the laws.

 

I didn't have anything that would get me back across the border....last time I went to Canada all I needed was a birth certificate and I was good. But I just got my passport the other day, so all I need to do is expense it and wait for my reimbursement.

 

haha Lowes eh? well i think there's one of those in Thunder Bay haha have fun though! I'm sure the drive will be nice

 

ya to get into canada its pretty easy but to get back into the states now requires a gov't passport. but truckers have something called a quickpass which has all the same clearances as what a passport has.

 

Get your passport and make sure you get your FAST card, a lot less hassle at the border both ways, I drive truck in canada if you got any question send me a pm.

 

Thanks loki....I just got my passport and everything in the mail. Now I'm just hoping the guys don't decided to take a vacation until next spring. I really don't feel like dealing with Canadian winters lol

 

Umm since when?

 

umm since there's many other places that are another 15 hrs plus away north in ontario

 

lol how you gonna ban a specific breed so stupid, it's just like a kid, 95% of the actions are gonna come of how it was raised

 

oh nevermind! lol its just most of us from Southern Ontario think that Sudbury is "so far north" its kinda an inside joke thing. . . .lol wow

 

Heading up to Toronto tomorrow...time to see what Canada is really like