Wouldn't be a CITES permit required... CITES is "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora"
While there may be some macro algaes that are endangered - haven't checked the list - but I doubt they are suffering the way many corals/animals are.
However any living fauna (excluding seed I believe) that crosses the border needs to be accompanied by what is called a Phytosanitary certificate. Its part of another treaty canada is member to - believe it's a WTO certification. Basically it's simply a botanist/etc signing off on the plant as being free of pests/parasites - usually done by a local greenhouse or similar. However the number of facilities able to provide this service is extremely limited, and many refuse to certify anything that they haven't grown/produced.
HTH,
Andy
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