24 April 2011

Canadian PROVINCIAL LEGAL "DRINKING" AGE

18[1]Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec, but underage drinking by 16-17 year olds under parental supervision is permitted in Manitoba and under parental supervision in a residence or a temporary residence in Alberta.[5]
19 [1]In Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut, the legal drinking age is 19. Underage drinking under parental supervision is permitted, with some restrictions, on one's own property in the provinces of New Brunswick[6] and Ontario[7] and at home in the provinces of Prince Edward Island, British Columbia[8] and Saskatchewan.[9] In British Columbia, only children of the supervising parents, not any other minors such as guests, are allowed underage drinking. Consumption of alcohol in another person's home is subject to other laws.[10]


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