Local "Wine Culture" Necessary for Immigrating to Canada

Summer is an endless Party season for Canadians. Beer, barbecue, no less. When you live in Canada, one thing you must know is that you can't sell alcohol everywhere. Except in restaurants and bars with liquor brands, you can only buy alcohol at designated retail outlets. And at night, only bars can find drinks, which is one of the reasons for the profound bar culture in North America. Not only that, in each province of Canada, the supervision of alcohol is different. You can buy alcohol in LCBO, Ontario, but not in other provinces!

Through the picture below, you can clearly understand where each province needs to buy beer and spirits. And the age of purchase restriction.

British Columbia

British Columbia (BC) is a mixed system in liquor sales, with both government-owned liquor stores and private liquor stores. People who want to drink beer need to go to liquor stores, breweries, bars and restaurants. Remote areas are given some preferential treatment, and food supermarkets can sell some wine, including beer. For some time, the emerging craft beer has been very popular in BC province, which has pushed the province to introduce new laws to allow beer to be sold in farmers' markets. Every October is the Brewing Beer Month in BC Province, during which there will be seminars, and experts will teach you how to taste and know beer.

Alberta

Alberta privatized liquor sales in 1993, becoming the only province in Canada where liquor is operated entirely by the private sector. The result of privatization has brought fierce competition. In the beer market in Alberta, there are about 2,3 different kinds of beer from all over the world. Like British Columbia, the sales of handmade craft beer in Alberta have also surged in recent years, and the Alberta Gambling and Liquor Commission has cancelled several regulations that hindered the start of small breweries or homemade beer bars, thus promoting the development of handmade beer.

Ontario

Ontario can be said to be the most complicated province in selling beer. To buy beer, consumers need to go to The Beer Store or the government-owned LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) store. In underserved remote areas, private agent shops licensed by LCBO can sell beer, and these shops get a commission from the sales of alcohol.

Quebec

Quebec has always been slightly better than other provinces in the sales of beer and alcoholic drinks? Enlightened? Some food supermarkets in Quebec can always sell beer, and convenience stores can sell beer until 11 pm. Quebec is also the only province where people can pay for cans or single bottles of beer.

SAQ means Quebec Liquor Association in French, and it is also a franchise store selling spirits and red wine. If you want a drink? Strong? The spirits can only be bought here. But the vodka here is better than that in Russia? Gentle? A lot. The highest degree does not exceed 4 degrees. A bottle of 1.5 kg of Polish vodka is priced at 44 Canadian dollars, and it will cost at least 3 yuan with tax. In addition, there are more common spirits made in Mexico and Omron wine made from sugar cane from Jamaica. A man visiting a hotel feels like a woman buying clothes. However, many Canadian women love shopping malls and hotels, and the proportion of female drinkers is higher than that of China.

New Brunswick Province

In New Brunswick Province, consumers can buy beer in liquor stores owned by the provincial government, and they can also go to breweries to buy beer.

Nova Scotia

In Nova Scotia, government-owned NSLC liquor stores and agency stores in rural areas can sell beer. Hand-crafted beer can also be bought in a limited number of private specialty wine stores.