- Complete bikes are 13% duty, parts have no duty (IIRC apart from wheels at 6%.) You can apparently avoid duty by shipping the bike in parts. No reputable store will mark a package as a gift.
- You will get charged whatever sale tax in your province is on top of this, no matter what you buy (i.e. 13% HST in B.C.).
- As stated, do not use UPS or FedEx. Anything that does final stage by Canada Post is good (i.e. USPS, whatever CRC uses). DHL is much better than UPS or FedEx, but more than Canada Post.
- Here is a good calculator, fees should be the same coming from the UK:
The Final Cost
Edit: Check with your LBS, as you may find you save little to nothing buying online on a lot of stuff.
Edit2: Frames are apparently 5%, wheels 6.5%.