Finance Canada has published the complete list of U.S. products subject to counter tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. on September 8, 2026. These countermeasures will match the U.S.’s Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs dollar for dollar, with rates of 15%, 25%, and 50% applied based on the corresponding U.S. rate for each good. The tariffs will focus on sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics, covering roughly $27.6 billion (CAD) in U.S. imports across more than 700 tariff items.
Please note that goods already in transit to Canada on the day the countermeasures take effect will not be subject to these tariffs.
CBSA has not yet issued official guidance on how these counter tariffs will be administered from a Customs perspective. Once that guidance is published, BCB Canada will send out a Trade Alert with full details on classification, application, and any compliance steps importers need to take.
In the meantime, we’d recommend reviewing your U.S.-origin import list against the published tariff item schedule to get a sense of potential exposure ahead of the September 8 effective date.