These notices provide information about changes to the Excise Act, the Excise Act, 2001, or CRA policies as well as information about the application and administration of the excise duty framework for beer, cannabis products, spirits and wine, tobacco products, and vaping products.

On this page

• Beer
• Cannabis products
• Spirits and wine
• Tobacco products
• Vaping products

Beer

• EDBN31 Elimination of excise duty on non-alcoholic beer
• EDBN34 K50B filing and payment schedules for brewers (from January 2025 to December 2027)
• EDBN35 Adjusted rates of excise duty on beer effective April 1, 2025 Cancelled April 1, 2026
• EDBN36 Adjusted rates of excise duty on beer effective April 1, 2026

Cannabis products

• EDN61 Excise stamping regime – Transition to new contract
• EDN84 Service agreements in respect of cannabis products and intra-industry sale of cannabis products
• EDN88 Budget 2023 – Quarterly filing and remitting for cannabis licensees

Spirits and wine

• EDN100 Adjusted rates of excise duty on spirits and wine effective April 1, 2025 Cancelled April 1, 2026
• EDN103 Responsibility for excise duty on packaged alcohol removed from an excise warehouse
• EDN104 Adjusted rates of excise duty on spirits and wine effective April 1, 2026

Tobacco products

• EDN25 Sale of unstamped partially manufactured tobacco and activities of a tobacco licensee
• EDN28 Becoming a prescribed person under the new tobacco stamping regime
• EDN29 Tobacco stamping regime - Excise stamp order process
• EDN30 Tobacco marking requirements under the amended Stamping and Marking of Tobacco Products Regulations
• EDN61 Excise stamping regime – Transition to new contract
• EDN97 Information for tobacco manufacturers – Specified brands of tobacco products (formerly prescribed brands)
• EDN98 Specified brands of tobacco products (formerly prescribed brands)
• EDN101 Adjusted rates of excise duty on tobacco products effective April 1, 2025 Cancelled April 1, 2026
• EDN102 Cigarette inventory tax on April 1, 2025 Cancelled April 1, 2026
• EDN105 Adjusted rates of excise duty on tobacco products effective April 1, 2026
• EDN106 Cigarette inventory tax on April 1, 2026

Vaping products

• EDN78 General information – Vaping products
• EDN79 Obtaining and renewing a vaping product licence
• EDN80 Overview of vaping excise stamps
• EDN81 Becoming a vaping prescribed person
• EDN82 Calculation of vaping duty
• EDN83 Vaping product marking requirements
• EDN89 Legislative amendments with respect to vaping products
• EDN95 Coordinated vaping duty system
• EDN96 Budget 2024 – Changes to excise duty rates on vaping products effective July 1, 2024
• EDN99 Additional specified vaping provinces effective November 6, 2024
• EDN107 Additional specified vaping province effective February 26, 2026