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12 items you didn’t know you could carry onto a plane in Canada

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As summer travel season takes off in Canada, so do the airport lineups. If you’re hoping to shave off time, save money and skip checking a bag, check out the list of items you can bring onto a plane.

ABOVE: Tips on how to pack and travel with carry-on items only.

The Canadian Airport Transport Authority (CATSA) also has a handy online tool with a complete list of what you can and cannot bring on a plane.

Knitting needles

Knitting needles are permitted on planes. Pixabay

Knitting needles and crochet hooks that are made from any type of material, such as plastic, aluminum and bamboo, are permitted in carry-on.

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Lighters

Disposable lighters, such as a non-refillable Bic are allowed on carry-on. Wikimedia Commons/Hydrel

Disposable lighters and non-torch lighters are permitted in carry-on baggage.

Parachute

Parachutes are allowed in some cases.

Parachutes are allowed, but according to CATSA, you have to check with the air carrier first to make sure certain conditions are met.

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Human remains

You are allowed to bring cremated remains in a cremation container or urn on the plane. Caryn Lieberman/Global News

You can bring cremated remains on the plane but it must pass through an X-ray and has to go through other special procedures.

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Fishing rods

Feel free to bring your fishing rod (without hooks) on carry-on. AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa

Fishing rods and poles are allowed on the plane with you. You cannot have a hook on the rod, but if there it one, it has to be less than six centimetres. Fishing poles with hooks larger than six centimetres should always be packed in your checked baggage, according to CATSA.

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Ice skates

Ice skates are a permitted carry-on item. LEHTIKUVA / Marja Väänänen

Ice skates, pucks, gloves and helmets are all allowed on carry-on. But you have to put your hockey and lacrosse sticks into checked baggage.

Skateboard

Skateboards are allowed. AP Photo/Bill Ross

Skateboards are permitted as carry-on baggage in Canada but there may be regulations against them in carry-on baggage in other countries, so CATSA recommends you store skateboards in your checked baggage if travelling abroad.

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Bowling ball

You can bring your bowling ball with you.

Bowling balls are permitted for carry-on.

Dry ice

Dry ice is allowed in some circumstances. Tony Webster/Wikimedia

You can bring on dry ice, but make sure you check with the air carrier first, CATA said.

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Whips

Feel free to carry on your whip. Wikimedia/Pilgrim70

Whips are allowed, but CATSA recommends you check with the air carrier first to make sure certain conditions are met.

Snow globe

Snow globes are allowed.
Snow globes are allowed.

Snow globes are permitted as a carry-on baggage item, as long as they fit in a closed and resealable plastic bag with a capacity of no more than one litre.

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Breast milk

Breast milk is permitted on flight. File / Global News

Passengers flying with or without their child are allowed to bring breast milk in quantities greater than 100 millilitres. You have to first give it to a screening officer for inspection. Gel or ice packs are also permitted.

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