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1. gomanyes562

   March 7th, 2010 at 3:41 am

   You are subject to the laws of the location you are in. Your citizenship is irrelevant. However, some bars may not serve you if you are American and under the American drinking age.
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2. IN PO

   March 7th, 2010 at 3:52 am

   According to this website, the legal drinking age in Canada is either 18 or 19, depending on which province you’re in…

   http://www.ccsa.ca/CCSA/EN/Topics/Legislation/LegalDrinkingAgeByProvCan.htm

   I haven’t found any website that says Americans have to go by the American legal drinking age… In fact, this website, designed for Americans traveling to Canada, discusses the drinking age in each province and makes no mention of Americans having to be 21 years of age to drink in Canada…

   http://wikitravel.org/en/Canada
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3. Robert P

   March 7th, 2010 at 4:02 am

   It is true that the legal drinking age is either 18 or 19, depending upon which province (which is analogous to a state) that you’re in. Whistler is in British Columbia, my province. The legal drinking age is 19 in British Columbia.

   It is also true that you are subject to the laws of the location you are in and that your citizenship is irrelevant.

   I am surprised that the other answerer would say that some bars may not serve you if you are American and under the American drinking age. I cannot imagine any reason why a Whistler bartender would have an interest in enforcing American law in Canada.

   In fact, despite the fact that most Canadians like their American neighbours, but they think some of the ideologically-driven laws, such as strictly enforced no drinking until age 21 and particularly ignorant views about marijuana are, well, amusing and very American. In other words, why on earth would they enforce such conservative silliness when reasonably well-behaved good times are to be had.

   Perhaps there have been some bars along the US/Canada border that have been criticized for catering to under 21 Americans. If that’s the case, they might, as a matter of business policy, not law, not serve such Americans for fear of being portrayed negatively in the American media (and the fact that drinking and driving could be involved). This is just a guess.

   I would bet money that you’ll have no trouble getting served at Whistler and, in fact, you probably won’t even be identified. Don’t drive if you drink–the laws in Canada are very strict around driving under the influence. We take things seriously when and where they actually matter.
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