Canada has beautiful nature, if you love that, you should go to there. But as for shopping, it’s one of the few countries where you cannot get tax refund.Let me repeat: Canada has discontinued the tax refund program. No tourist can now apply for tax refund when buying designer goods like Chanel, Celine, Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Dior and other designer brands.

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The rebate program for GST/HST was replaced in 2007. They now have a tax refund program called The Foreign Convention and Tour Incentive Program (FCTIP). But this program has nothing to do about getting tax refund back for shopping.