Customs and Excise Ports
as established in September 1921
This page helps you use numbers from the bottoms of Canadian cigar boxes made after 1921 to identify the town in which they were made. Ports usually include the area surrounding the town named.
This exhibit identifies the location of a port. The Canadian cigarmakers exhibit can often but not always identify the name or owner of a factory.
Research by Chris Ryan
Toronto
Originally published in
Canadian Revenue Newsletter,
No. 42, June 2003
Reprinted with permission of the author.
Minor editing to this version by Tony Hyman
CONTACTING CHRIS
Email: Myriadways@yahoo.ca
CONTACTING TONY
Email: tony@cigarhistory.info
PORT A:
NOVA SCOTIA
1AAmherst
2AAnnapolis Royal
9ADigby
11AHalifax
12AKentville
13ALiverpool
18ANorth Sydney
20APictou
24ASydney
25ATruro
28AYarmouth
PORT B:
PRINCE EDWARD ILE
1BCharlottetown
PORT C:
NEW BRUNSWICK
2CCampbellton
4CFredericton
6CMoncton
8CSackville
10CSt. John
11CSt. Stephen
12CWoodstock
23CSussex
PORT D:
QUEBEC
2DHuntington
4DCoaticook
6DFarnham
7DHull
8DLac Megantic
9DMansonville
later Lacolle
10DMontreal
13DQuebec
15DShawinigan Falls
16DSherbrooke
17DSorel
19DSt. Hyancinthe
20DSt. Jean
21DTrois Rivieres
22DValleyfield
23DGranby
24DSutton
25DChicoutimi
26DDrummondville
28DRock Island
29DVictoriaville
31DHemmingford
34DMagog
37DPort Alfred
39DBerthierville
40DJoliette
42DMontmagny
43DRichmond
44DSt. Jerome
45DThetford Mines
47DVal D’Or
50DDorval
54DCowansville
57DMarieville
PORT E:
ONTARIO
1EAmherstburg
2EBelleville
3EBowmanville
4EBrantford
5EBridgeburg
later Fort Erie
6EBrockville
7EChatham
8ECoburg
9ECollingwood
10ECornwall
11EThorold
12EFort Francis
13EFort William
14EGalt
16EGoderich
17EGuelph
18EHamilton
19EIngersoll
20EKenora
21EKingston
22EKitchener
23ELindsay
24ELondon
(Continued next column)
PORT E: ONTARIO
(continued)
27ENapanee
28ENiagara Falls
29ENorth Bay
30EOrillia
31EOshawa
32EOttawa
33EOwen Sound
35EParry Sound
36EPeterborough
38EPort Arthur
39EPort Hope
41ESarnia
43ESault Ste. Marie
44ESimcoe
45EStratford
46ESudbury
47ESt. Catherines
48ESt. Thomas
49ETilsonburg
50EToronto
52EWallaceburg
53EWelland
55EWindsor
56EWoodstock
57EWalkerville
59EBarrie
64ELeamington
67ETimmins
69EPembroke
70EPerth
73ERenfrew
74ESmiths Falls
76EMalton Airport
79EActon
80EBrampton
86ENewmarket
91EStrathroy
94EArnprior
PORT F:
MANITOBA
1FBrandon
4FPortage La Prarie
5FWinnipeg
PORT G:
SASKATCHEWAN
1GMoose Jaw
2GNorth Portal
3GPrince Albert
4GRegina
5GSaskatoon
8GSwift Current
9GYorkton
PORT H:
ALBERTA
1HCalgary
2HEdmonton
3HLethbridge
4HMedicine Hat
8HDrumheller
9HRed Deer
PORT J:
YUKON
1JDawson
2JWhitehorse
PORT I:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
after 1948 it became
PORT K:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2KCranbrook
3KFernie
6KNanaimo
7KNelson
8KNew Westminster
9KPenticton
11KRevelstoke
12KRossland
later Trail
13KVancouver
PORT M:
NEWFOUNDLAND
2M Corner Brook
5M St. John’s
13M Grace Harbour
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