Ports of entry
Where containers land.
- HalifaxEast
- MontrealEast / St. Lawrence
- VancouverWest (via Pacific)
Hospitality-driven (Fairmont, Four Seasons, Delta Hotels, Sandman) and retail (Canadian Tire, Hudson's Bay, Linen Chest). East-coast container ports (Halifax, Montreal) reachable via the same Suez-Atlantic lane as the US East Coast.
Lead time
FOB to landed.
25 – 30 days FOB JNPT/Mundra → Halifax via Suez-Atlantic. Vancouver via Pacific takes 30 – 38 days with Singapore transhipment.
Payment rails
Letter of Credit · TT
Compliance ceiling
What buyers in Canada expect.
- ✓Sedex SMETA 4-pillar
- ✓Oeko-Tex Standard 100
- ✓Bilingual EN/FR fibre-content labelling (Textile Labelling Act) + Canadian dealer identity or CA number
- ✓Textile Flammability Regulations SOR/2016-194 (CCPSA) — CAN/CGSB-4.2 No. 27.5
Buyer profile
Hospitality groups, retail buying offices, serviced-apartment operators.
Note · Cotton hospitality made-ups from India enter Canada at the 17% Most-Favoured-Nation duty on HS 6302 bed and toilet linen — India graduated from Canada's General Preferential Tariff on 1 January 2015, so the 'GPT Free' rate does not apply to Indian origin, and no India–Canada trade agreement is in force. Canada and India launched Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations in late 2025 (status: 'in negotiations'), but nothing is signed, ratified or in force as of mid-2026. At the border, goods must satisfy the Textile Labelling Act (bilingual English/French fibre content plus a Canadian dealer identity or CA number) and the Textile Flammability Regulations (SOR/2016-194) under the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act.
Sourcing into Canada?