Jan 1974
The legal drinking age in British Columbia is 19.
Prior to 1972 the minimum drinking age was 21 in Michigan. Michigan lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 18 in 1972, raised it from 18 to 19 in 1978, and raised it from 19 to 21 in 1978.
~Drinking Age in Ontario: 19
The minimum drinking age in Iowa was 19 in 1981. Iowa lowered the minimum drinking age from 21 to 19 on July 1, 1972, lowered it from 19 to 18 on July 1, 1973, raised it from 18 to 19 on July 1, 1978, and raised it from 19 to 21 on July 1, 1986.
After the end of prohibition the minimum drinking age in New York was 18. New York State raised its minimum drinking age from 18 to 19 years in 1982 and raised it from 19 to 21 years on December 1, 1985.
The minimum legal drinking age in Illinois was lowered to 19 beginning in 1977 for beer and wine. Effective January 1, 1980 it was returned to 21. If you were born in say 1959, you experienced a unique situation of being legal, then illegal, and finally legal again.
The legal drinking age in British Columbia is 19.
Prior to 1972 the minimum drinking age was 21 in Georgia. Georgia lowered its minimum drinking age from 21 to 18 years in 1972, raised it from 18 to 19 in 1984, raised it from 19 to 20 in 1985, and raised it from 20 to 21 in 1986.
The drinking age falls under Provincial jurisdiction and varies from province to province. The drinking age is 18 in Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec ; while it is 19 in all other provinces and territories. No province has a drinking age over 19 There currently is no pending legislation in any province that would change the existing drinking age.
Illinois never lowered the legal drinking age to 18. The minimum drinking age in Illinois was established at 21 in 1961. In 1972 it was lowered to19 for beer and wine but remained at 21 for liquor. In 1980 the minimum drinking age in Illinois was increased to 21 for all alcoholic beverages.
The current legal drinking age in Saskatchewan is 19.
The drinking age in Florida was raised to 19 in 1980 and remained 19 until 1985. In 1985 the drinking of alcoholic beverages was raised to the current age limit of 21.