is 223 legal caliber for deer in Canada?

I don't own any of these varmint calibers myself. I'm curious, outside of a perfect heart lung broadside shot, will a .223 or even a .22-250 go through a ham and still connect with the vitals with a partition/premium bullet? ...or what if it hits the shoulder blade or bone on the way in?

Personnally, my minimum would be a .243 for deer, but our northern deer can be much bigger than the "farmer's goats variety".
 
It is legal in New Brunswick but not recommended IMHO. I killed a spikehorn cleanly at 210 paces with my bull barreled 22-250 with 70 grain speer semi-spitzer handloads. Only deer I have ever fired at with a .22 CF. Those bullets are designed as deer bullets, but still pretty marginal. I have lots of good deer rifles and don't make a practice out of using .22 CF's as deer rifles. A .223 is even more marginal than a .22-250...I don't think I would try it.
 
thanx to all, gentlemen. Say, 6.5X55 Swede would be good everywhere for everything. Maybe I should stick to it.
 
My father used a 22 Hornet for blacktail deer on Vancouver Island for years.

I'm not saying I recommend it or that I'd do it now, but he did, employing neck shots only.
 
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