<P> Under the Constitution of Canada, responsibility for enacting laws and regulations regarding the sale and distribution of alcoholic drinks in Canada is the sole responsibility of the ten provinces . Canada's three territories have also been granted similar autonomy over these matters under the provisions of federal legislation . </P> <P> This means that there is a separate agency (or agencies) in each province responsible for regulating the consumption of and, in all but one case, the sale of alcoholic drinks . Alberta is currently the only jurisdiction to have completely privatized its retail liquor industry (the AGLC maintains a monopoly over the wholesale distribution of wine, distilled spirits and imported beer - the distribution operation itself being contracted out to a private operator). Most of the other jurisdictions have maintained a total or near - total control over the sale of hard liquor while allowing limited privatisation of country - originated beer and wine sales . </P> <P> In Canada, there is no federally defined age for legal alcohol purchase or consumption . Each province and territory is free to set its own drinking age . The legal age for purchase is: </P> <Ul> <Li> 19 years of age in BC, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, PEI, Saskatchewan, and Yukon </Li> <Li> 18 years of age in Alberta, Manitoba, and Quebec . </Li> </Ul>

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