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  mailto:Myriadways@yahoo.camailto:Myriadways@yahoo.cashapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1
 
PORT A:
NOVA SCOTIA
1A    Amherst
2A    Annapolis Royal
9A    Digby
11A    Halifax
12A    Kentville
13A    Liverpool
18A    North Sydney
20A    Pictou
24A    Sydney
25A    Truro
28A    Yarmouth
 
PORT B:
PRINCE EDWARD ILE
1B    Charlottetown
 
PORT C:
NEW BRUNSWICK
2C    Campbellton
4C    Fredericton
6C    Moncton
8C    Sackville
10C    St. John
11C    St. Stephen
12C    Woodstock
23C    Sussex
 
PORT D:
QUEBEC
2D    Huntington
4D    Coaticook
6D    Farnham
7D    Hull
8D    Lac Megantic
9D    Mansonville
    later Lacolle
10D    Montreal
13D    Quebec
15D    Shawinigan Falls
16D    Sherbrooke
17D    Sorel
19D    St. Hyancinthe
20D    St. Jean
21D    Trois Rivieres
22D    Valleyfield
23D    Granby
24D    Sutton
25D    Chicoutimi
26D    Drummondville
28D    Rock Island
29D    Victoriaville
31D    Hemmingford
34D    Magog
37D    Port Alfred
39D    Berthierville
40D    Joliette
42D    Montmagny
43D    Richmond
44D    St. Jerome
45D    Thetford Mines
47D    Val D’Or
50D    Dorval
54D    Cowansville
57D    Marieville
 
PORT E:
ONTARIO
1E    Amherstburg
2E    Belleville
3E    Bowmanville
4E    Brantford
5E    Bridgeburg
    later Fort Erie
6E    Brockville
7E    Chatham
8E    Coburg
9E    Collingwood
10E    Cornwall
11E    Thorold
12E    Fort Francis
13E    Fort William
14E    Galt
16E    Goderich
17E    Guelph
18E    Hamilton
19E    Ingersoll
20E    Kenora
21E    Kingston
22E    Kitchener
23E    Lindsay
24E    London
 
(Continued next column)
 
 
PORT E: ONTARIO
(continued)
27E    Napanee
28E    Niagara Falls
29E    North Bay
30E    Orillia
31E    Oshawa
32E    Ottawa
33E    Owen Sound
35E    Parry Sound
36E    Peterborough
38E    Port Arthur
39E    Port Hope
41E    Sarnia
43E    Sault Ste. Marie
44E    Simcoe
45E    Stratford
46E    Sudbury
47E    St. Catherines
48E    St. Thomas
49E    Tilsonburg
50E    Toronto
52E    Wallaceburg
53E    Welland
55E    Windsor
56E    Woodstock
57E    Walkerville
59E    Barrie
64E    Leamington
67E    Timmins
69E    Pembroke
70E    Perth
73E    Renfrew
74E    Smiths Falls
76E    Malton Airport
79E    Acton
80E    Brampton
86E    Newmarket
91E    Strathroy
94E    Arnprior
 
PORT F:
MANITOBA
1F    Brandon
4F    Portage La Prarie
5F    Winnipeg
 
PORT G:
SASKATCHEWAN
1G    Moose Jaw
2G    North Portal
3G    Prince Albert
4G    Regina
5G    Saskatoon
8G    Swift Current
9G    Yorkton
 
PORT H:
ALBERTA
1H    Calgary
2H    Edmonton
3H    Lethbridge
4H    Medicine Hat
8H    Drumheller
9H    Red Deer
 
PORT J:
YUKON
1J    Dawson
2J    Whitehorse
 
PORT I:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
after 1948 it became
PORT K:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
2K    Cranbrook
3K    Fernie
6K    Nanaimo
7K    Nelson
8K    New Westminster
9K    Penticton
11K    Revelstoke
12K    Rossland
    later Trail
13K    Vancouver
 
PORT M:
NEWFOUNDLAND
2M     Corner Brook
5M      St. John’s
13M  Grace Harbour
 
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