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Montréal–Trudeau · la boutique hors taxes

Order duty-free from home, collect it at the gate.

Beauty, fragrance, spirits and local favourites at duty-free prices — reserved online up to 24 hours before departure and handed over past security at YUL.

Browse the duty-free shop

Montreal Duty Free · the shop beside the international gates

Bright airport terminal concourse with travellers heading toward the departure gates
Collection slip MDF-2468
Departure
YUL · International
Order window
Up to 24 h before
Handover
After security
01 Beauty 02 Spirits 03 Local
Collect after security · keep your boarding pass

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The aisles

Four departments under one duty-free roof

The online catalogue mirrors the store past security. What you reserve is what is packed, aisle by aisle.

Aisle 01

Fragrance & beauty

Perfumes, cosmetics and skincare from the houses travellers look for, at prices that skip the usual taxes and duties.

Aisle 02

Spirits & wine

Québécois gins, Canadian whiskies, wine and travel-exclusive bottles, packed and sealed for the flight.

Aisle 03

Local & gourmet

Maple, ice cider and Canadian treats that travel well in a carry-on — the taste of the country, boxed at the counter.

Aisle 04

Gifts & essentials

Last-minute presents, travel sets and the small things remembered at the gate rather than at home.

The 24-hour window

From the shopping cart to the gate, in four steps

The whole flow lives on the store’s own site. Here is the shape of it, from the moment the order goes in.

  1. T-24H

    The order goes in

    Open the online shop, pick your departure date, and choose what you want. Payment happens on the store’s site, not here.

  2. T-4H

    The bag is packed

    Store staff fill the order before your travel day, seal it to the rules of the road, and hold it at the collection counter.

  3. T-1H

    Past security

    After screening, walk to the counter with your boarding pass and the order confirmation. The bag is handed over there.

  4. BOARDING

    Onto the plane

    Nothing to carry through the terminal before this point — the purchase rides with you for the short walk from counter to gate.

Behind the counter

The store behind the departure board

Montreal Duty Free has stood beside the international gates at YUL for years, run by the North American arm of an Irish-founded travel retailer that operates duty-free shops in airports across several continents. The Montreal store added an online reserve-and-collect flow so the browsing can happen at home, weeks or days before the flight, while the handover still happens at the counter.

The mechanics are deliberately simple. The online catalogue lists the same categories as the physical aisles, and orders can be placed up to 24 hours before departure. Staff pick and pack each order ahead of the travel day, seal it to the applicable rules, and hold it at a collection point past security. The traveller carries nothing until after screening.

The shop’s promise is plain: the shelf you choose from home is the bag waiting at the counter.
— The store’s retail team

The shelves mix the global and the local. International fragrance houses sit beside Québécois gins and Canadian whiskies, and a gourmet corner carries maple products and ice cider for travellers who want to leave the country with a taste of it. The reserve-and-collect flow applies to all of it, one order, one counter.

Warm wooden shelves of wine and spirits inside a duty-free retail store
The spirits wall at the Montreal store, stocked ahead of the morning departures.
Duty-free basics

The allowance, in plain numbers

Personal exemptions depend on how long you have been away from Canada. The figures below are the commonly cited limits — confirm current rules before you travel.

Absence from Canada Personal exemption Alcohol Tobacco
24 to 48 hours CA$200 1.5 L of wine or 1.14 L of spirits or 8.5 L of beer 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars
48 hours and more CA$800 1.5 L of wine or 1.14 L of spirits or 8.5 L of beer 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars

Limits are per traveller, age rules apply to alcohol and tobacco, and the numbers change from time to time. The duty-free purchase you collect at the airport counts toward your exemption — the counter staff can walk you through the arithmetic on the day.

Why reserve ahead

Three reasons the counter works

The price

Without the taxes

The price strips out the usual taxes and duties, on stock chosen for the travel season.

The timing

The bag waits, you don’t carry it

The order sits packed beyond security. From the counter to the gate is the only stretch you carry it.

The stock

Booked, not gambled

Limited and travel-exclusive items can run out before the travel day. Reserving holds the bottle instead of hoping it survives the morning rush.

Aerial view of a bright airport retail gallery with escalators and shelf displays
Reserve before you travel

See the catalogue, the prices and the collection terms

The reserve-and-collect flow lives on the store’s own site, montrealdutyfree.ca. Set your departure date, browse the aisles, and the order waits for you past security at YUL.

Open the duty-free shop

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Questions

Asked at the counter, answered here

How does reserve-and-collect work at YUL?

You open the online shop, pick your departure date and the items you want, and pay on the store’s own site. The order is packed before your travel day and handed over at the collection counter after security, against your boarding pass and the order confirmation.

How far ahead can I order?

Orders open up to 24 hours before departure from Montreal. Earlier is fine and often wise — travel-exclusive and limited bottles can sell out as the travel date approaches.

Will they ask for my boarding pass at the counter?

They will. Duty-free pricing is reserved for travellers leaving the country, so the handover requires a departing boarding pass alongside the order confirmation. The store’s site spells out the exact requirements at checkout.

Is the duty-free price the one I pay?

The price shown as duty-free is the one that leaves the usual taxes and duties out, so it often lands below the domestic shelf price. The saving varies by category and product, and the catalogue prints the duty-free figure next to each item.

Who runs the Montreal Duty Free store?

The store is operated by Aer Rianta International North America Inc., the North American arm of an international travel-retail group, from its offices in Dorval, Quebec. This page was published by the same company as paid promotional content. You can reach the publisher at +1 514-335-0254, ext. 200 or [email protected].

Is this page the shop itself?

No. This is an information page about the reserve-and-collect flow. Orders, payments and handovers all happen on the store’s own site, montrealdutyfree.ca.