Since August 22, 2026 the United States has charged an extra 50% on a list of Canadian goods, and since September 8, 2026 Canada has charged matching rates on a list of American ones. This page is the hub: what is in force today, how the two sides got here move by move, what the law behind it is, and the makers caught in the middle. Every fact links to the document that says it.
In February 2025 the United States put emergency tariffs on Canadian goods and Canada answered the same evening with tariffs on American ones.16,17 Through the year the American tariffs multiplied by law, on metals, cars and lumber, while the emergency ones were exempted for CUSMA goods; Canada matched the metals and cars and, once the exemption was firm, dropped its consumer tariffs on September 1, 2025.18 In February 2026 the Supreme Court struck down the emergency tariffs altogether.19 On July 20, 2026 the White House reached for a 1930 law that had never been used, Section 338, and found that Canada discriminates against American commerce in alcohol, dairy and motor vehicles.20 The 50% took effect August 22 on 554 lines, from hockey sticks and honey to fur and plywood, and Canada matched it on September 8.1,8 The same day the United States announced import bans to begin September 29.2 Since that day Canadian beer, wine, cider and spirits in bottles, cans and kegs may not enter the United States at all; the alcohol ban has its own pages.21,22
Maple syrup is not covered. HTS 1702.20 appears in none of the Section 338 lists or annexes; the tariffs cover cane molasses and blended syrups, not maple. We do not list maple producers as tariff-hit.1,23
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m. 16 at 0 percent for Section 232 goods, passenger vehicles and parts, wood products, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals and civil aircraft. Canada suspended trade negotiations on August 21, 2026 and announced counter-tariffs for September 8, 2026.
m. September 8, 2026, drawn from the goods targeted by US Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs with individual product rates based on the matching US rate for the same goods.
Answers Aug 22, 2026: 50% Section 338 duties take effect on 554 Canadian tariff lines
Saskatchewan, which had returned US alcohol to its shelves in June 2025, announced a 50 percent levy on US-origin alcohol ordered by retailers through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority from September 8, 2026, in answer to the US duty of August 22.
Answers Aug 22, 2026: 50% Section 338 duties take effect on 554 Canadian tariff lines
m. September 8, 2026, the order applies surtaxes of 15% (Schedule 1), 25% (Schedule 2) or 50% (Schedule 3) to US-origin goods, the rate for each product generally matching the US tariff on the same goods.
Answers Aug 22, 2026: 50% Section 338 duties take effect on 554 Canadian tariff lines
m. 6 billion, matching the US rate on the same goods: cheese, milk powder, honey, perfumes, clothing, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, lumber, plywood and electronics. Surtaxes on US steel and aluminum rose from 25 to 50 per cent.
Answers Jul 20, 2026: First-ever use of Section 338: 50 per cent duties on Canadian goods
1 (steel) carrying a 50% surtax, matching the US Section 232 rate, while goods remaining in Schedules 1 and 2 stay at 25%. Goods in transit on September 8 keep the earlier rate.
Answers Aug 22, 2026: 50% Section 338 duties take effect on 554 Canadian tariff lines, Mar 12, 2025: Proclamations 10896 and 10895 end Canada's steel and aluminum exemptions; 25%
On September 8, 2026, hours after Canada's counter-tariffs began, the President signed five proclamations. m.
Answers Sep 8, 2026: Canada's counter-tariffs on C$27.6 billion of US goods, Jul 20, 2026: First-ever use of Section 338: 50 per cent duties on Canadian goods
On September 8, 2026 the President signed five proclamations under Section 338. m. on September 15, 2026, removing products such as salt and Portland cement and adding others including all-terrain-class vehicles and about 34 cheese lines. m.
Answers Sep 8, 2026: United States Surtax Order (2026): 15/25/50% on C$27.6B of US goods, Mar 4, 2025: Ontario, Quebec, BC and other provinces pull US alcohol from shelves, Apr 9, 2025: 25% surtax on US vehicles mirrors US Section 232 auto tariff, Aug 27, 2026: Saskatchewan puts a 50% levy on US alcohol from September 8
m. on September 15, 2026 the two scope-modification proclamations change which Canadian goods carry the 50 percent duty. 0080). 0060). The fact sheet's statement that ATVs and additional dairy products are added is consistent with the annexes.
Answers Sep 8, 2026: United States Surtax Order (2026): 15/25/50% on C$27.6B of US goods
m. eastern on September 29, 2026 the three exclusion proclamations bar the importation of the Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor-vehicle-group products listed in their annexes, which until then carried the 50 percent duty.
Answers Aug 27, 2026: Saskatchewan puts a 50% levy on US alcohol from September 8, Sep 8, 2026: United States Surtax Order (2026): 15/25/50% on C$27.6B of US goods, Mar 4, 2025: Ontario, Quebec, BC and other provinces pull US alcohol from shelves, Apr 9, 2025: 25% surtax on US vehicles mirrors US Section 232 auto tariff
The full timeline, 68 moves since January 2025
Each Canadian surtax order names, in its own text, the US tariff it answers, was announced the same day or within days of it, and matched its rate. When the United States exempted CUSMA-compliant goods in 2025, Canada removed its tariffs on the same class of goods on September 1, 2025. The White House, for its part, describes its 2026 Section 338 tariffs as a response to Canadian practices including the April 2025 vehicle surtax.
The importer, at the border. For a US tariff on Canadian goods that is the American buyer or their courier. The Canadian maker feels it as lost orders or as a price cut to keep them.
No. HTS 1702.20, maple sugar and maple syrup, appears in none of the Section 338 lists or annexes. Maple syrup still enters the United States duty-free under CUSMA.
Not against Section 338: the proclamations apply to listed products of Canada whether or not they qualify for CUSMA. It does exempt goods from the Section 301 forced-labour tariff and partly from the Section 232 metals duties.
For most listed goods, yes, but the buyer pays the duty at the door. De minimis, the rule that let parcels under US$800 in duty-free, ended on August 29, 2025 for every country, so there is no order small enough to avoid it. Since September 29, 2026 some goods cannot be shipped at all: packaged Canadian beer, wine, cider and spirits, whey, some molasses and motorcycles are banned from import.
No court challenge had been filed as of late August 2026, though trade lawyers expect one at the Court of International Trade. The site is built so that if the tariffs are struck down, each listing shows the tariff as past rather than disappearing.
Sources for the answers are on the spoke pages linked above; the retaliation question is answered in full, with each order quoted, on Canada’s tariffs on American goods.
Small Canadian makers whose products are on the American list: honey, sticks, fur, toys, furniture, paper, plywood. Their shops ship inside Canada.
Toronto, Ontario · Shopify shop
Company size not establishedMain products hit
Bernard Hellen — "dr. mini" — resin-prints miniature figures and scenery for model railroaders: birds, farm and wild animals, aquatic life, people, vehicles, objects and oddities in HO, S, N and O scale, plus more than 300 MINIME figures he 3D-scans from real people, every piece printed to order and painted by hand if the buyer asks.
I've probably had about 50 order cancellations this morning alone
· winnipegsun.com, Aug 24, 2026
Victoria, British Columbia · Wix shop
Company size not establishedMain products hit
Hi, I'm Jess! I hand‑make mystery and adventure games here on beautiful Vancouver Island, BC. I create a variety of games, including adventure advent calendars, mystery whodunnits, and digital downloads. I have options for different age groups, and even one game en français! ;)
Because of these combined factors, I’ve had to pause shipping to both the US and Europe.
· mysteryinteractive.com, Sep 9, 2026
Roland, Manitoba · Online shop
Company size not establishedMain products hit
Border Hills Honey keeps bees at Roland, Manitoba and sells unpasteurized creamed honey in 250g through 3kg tubs, real fruit flavoured honey and buckwheat liquid honey, with beeswax and beeswax candles beside them.
Border Hills sells "Creamed Honey (1kg)" and "Buckwheat – Liquid Honey (500g)" packed from its own hives at Roland, Manitoba. Natural honey is HTS 0409.00.00 on the CBP Section 338 list, so a jar sent to an American buyer has carried a 50% US duty under HTS 0409.00.00 since August 22, 2026. The farm has not posted publicly about what the duty has done to its orders. · content.govdelivery.com, Aug 22, 2026
Canada imposed new retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion of U.S. exports, including steel, dairy, and agricultural equipment.· read 2026-09-09
shall apply to the full customs value of the imported product, regardless of metal content.· read 2026-09-09
April 3, 2025, for automobiles, and on the date specified in the Federal Register for automobile parts, but no later than May 3, 2025· read 2026-09-09
the duty rate in clause 2 shall increase to 30 percent and the duty rate in clause 3 shall increase to 50 percent.· read 2026-09-09
The duty-free de minimis exemption provided under 19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C) shall no longer apply to any shipment· read 2026-09-09
$29.8 billion in imports of steel, aluminum, and other products from the U.S.· read 2026-09-09
in transit to Canada on the day on which this subsection comes into force· read 2026-09-09
On April 3, 2025, the United States imposed global tariffs of 25% on imports of passenger vehicles and trucks.· read 2026-09-09
The objective of repealing tariffs on certain consumer goods is to reaffirm the importance of CUSMA as a duty-free regime, to safeguard North America's integrated supply chains and industries, and to alleviate pressure on Canadian consumers of these imported U.S. goods.· read 2026-09-09
the government of Ontario has directed LCBO to take operational steps to implement restrictions on all U.S. beverage alcohol sales and related imports into Ontario, effective immediately.· read 2026-09-09
Today, we are ordering the removal of all American beer, wine, spirits and refreshment beverages from the shelves at BCLIQUOR stores.· read 2026-09-09
The first phase of our response will include tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the U.S., effective February 4, 2025.· read 2026-09-09
Canada will retain our tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos as we work intensively with the U.S. to resolve the issues there.· read 2026-09-09
Fulfilling that role, we hold that IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.· read 2026-09-09
Products that will be subject to the import ban in this proclamation that were imported, but not yet entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, prior to September 29, 2026, will remain subject to the 50 percent duty rate established by Proclamation 11046.· read 2026-09-29
Alcoholic beverages that do not meet an applicable scope limitation are not subject to the import exclusion and remain subject to the applicable 50 percent ad valorem duty under Proclamation 11046.· read 2026-09-29
For example, on March 4, 2025, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) ceased purchasing all U.S. products and canceled existing orders where contractually possible; removed all U.S. products from wholesale product catalogues and retail eCommerce sites; and removed all U.S. products from LCBO retail stores and outlets.· read 2026-09-29
Primary sources are the documents themselves: proclamations, orders, customs notices, statutes. Secondary sources are law-firm or encyclopedia summaries we used where the original could not be read directly.
We are not customs brokers. Codes are copied from the official lists and matched to a maker only when their own product description fits the line. Last reviewed against the sources on 2026-09-09.
