Shipping stuff back to Canada?!

Hey my fellow Canucks.

I am moving back to Canada as my visa expires in a couple of months. I have to ship a few things back, nothing major ( Winter clothes, sporting goods, Kitchen stuff, and a few bits and bobs). I have been looking online but they seem to focus mainly on major moves furniture etc.

I am just looking to ship 4 or 5 boxes.

Does anyone have any suggestions as I am running out of time and most magazines here cater to the Aussies, Kiwi's and SAFO's.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

i know that anglo pacific ships to canada. i've never used their service personally, but i hear it's pretty good.

Mail Boxes Etc.? They mainly deal with boxes and can definitely ship to Canada, though I'm not sure how affordable their services are.

Have you tried looking at postal services rather then containers? My friend had some boxes posted to her when you moved to Britain - it did take a couple months, but then so does containers.

Or check with the airline about additional luggage - it may be less hassle to pay the excess charge? (probably the most expensive option though unless you can whittle your belongings down to less boxes)

Depends on how large the boxes are, if commercial services like Fedex and UPS appear to be too expensive and you can't get it on the flight as excess baggage, get hold of a freight forwarder at Heathrow.

Hello.
I arrived in the UK from Canada only 3 weeks ago and my stuff was shipped by Britannia Movers. This UK-based company is linked with AMJ Campbell International which packed and shipped my stuff from Ottawa. I was very happy with the service from both Britannia and AMJ. Hope this information helps!

water transport is the cheapest as airlines charge a lot for extra baggage. Another option is UPS and they are reasonable i think.

Hi

I am living in Malaysia and will be shipping about 8 boxes of personal effects. I will be using Trinergy Worldwide for air freight - I don't know much about them but on the phone they seemed to be the most helpful.

Just wondering what's the process for clearing Canadian customs? Is there anything special that I need to do? I've put together an inventory list for each box and photographed the contents. There's nothing electronic or expensive so I have no serial numbers. Almost everything is used.

I can't seem to find much information and I'd appreciate if any one has any experience in this that they can share.

Cheers
Kevin

CBSA website has ALL the info you could ever want. You would be treated like a "returning resident" for tariff purposes.

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-voyage/fr-ar-eng.html