Native "Wine Culture" Necessary for Immigrating to Canada

For Canadians, summer is an endless party season. Beer, barbecue, the same. 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 wine at designated retail outlets. Moreover, only bars can find drinks at night, which is one of the reasons for the profound bar culture in North America. Not only that, but in each province of Canada, the supervision of wine is different. You can buy wine 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) has a mixed liquor sales system, including government-owned liquor stores and private liquor stores. People who want to drink beer need to go to shops, breweries, bars and restaurants that sell wine. Some concessions are given in remote areas, 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 prompted the province to introduce new laws to allow beer to be sold in farmers' markets. Every year, 65438+ 10 is the craft beer month in BC province, during which there will be seminars and experts will teach you how to taste and know beer.

Alberta province

Alberta privatized alcohol sales in 1993, making it the only province in Canada that operates alcohol entirely by the private sector. The result of privatization has brought fierce competition. In the beer market in Alberta, there are about 2,300 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 cancelled several regulations that hindered the opening 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 to sell beer. To buy beer, consumers need to go to beer shops or government-owned LCBO stores. In remote areas with low service level, private agent shops authorized by LCBO can sell beer, and these shops get commissions from the sales of alcohol.

Quebec province

Quebec has always been slightly better than other provinces in the sales of beer and alcoholic beverages? Enlightened? Some food supermarkets in Quebec can sell beer all the time, and convenience stores can sell beer until evening 1 1. Quebec is also the only province where people can pay for canned 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? 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 40 degrees. A bottle of 1.5 kg of Polish vodka costs 44 Canadian dollars, plus tax, at least 300 yuan. In addition, there are more common spirits made in Mexico and Omron wine made from sugar cane made in Jamaica. A man visiting a hotel feels like a woman buying clothes. But 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, consumers can buy beer in liquor stores owned by the provincial government, or they can go to beer factories to buy beer.

Nova Scotia

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