Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Canada.
As of 2024, Canadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 188 countries and territories, ranking the Canadian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1]
The following table indicates the entry requirements and duration of stay for a given country, along with any notes that may be relevant for that given country.
Country | Entry requirement | Stay duration | Notes (excluding departure fees) | Reciprocity |
---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | Visa required[2][3] |
|
Yes | |
Albania | Visa not required[5] | 90 days | No | |
Algeria | Visa required[6][7] | Yes | ||
Andorra | Visa not required[8] | 90 days [9] | Yes | |
Angola | Visa not required[10] | 30 days |
|
No |
Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required[13] | 6 months | No | |
Argentina | Visa not required[14] | 90 days | No | |
Armenia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[15][16] | 180 days per year | No | |
Australia and territories | Electronic Travel Authorisation[17] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Austria | Visa not required[18] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Azerbaijan | eVisa[19][20] | 30 days[21] | No | |
Bahamas | Visa not required[22] | 8 months | Yes | |
Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival[23] | 14 days | No | |
Bangladesh | Visa on arrival[24] | 30 days | No | |
Barbados | Visa not required[25] | 6 months | Yes | |
Belarus | Visa not required[26] | 30 days |
|
No |
Belgium | Visa not required[30] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Belize | Visa not required[31] | No | ||
Benin | eVisa[32][33] | 30 days[34] |
|
No |
Bhutan | eVisa[35][36] | Yes | ||
Bolivia | Visa not required[37] | 90 days | No | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required[38] | 90 days |
|
No |
Botswana | Visa not required[39] | 90 days | No | |
Brazil | Visa not required / eVisa[40][41] | 90 days |
|
No |
Brunei | Visa not required[43] | 14 days | Yes | |
Bulgaria | Visa not required[44] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Burkina Faso | eVisa / Visa on arrival[45][46] |
|
No | |
Burundi | Visa on arrival[48] | 1 month |
|
Yes |
Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[50][51] | 30 days |
|
No |
Cameroon | eVisa[52][53][54] | Yes | ||
Cape Verde | Visa not required[55][56] | 30 days |
|
No |
Central African Republic | Visa required[58] |
|
Yes | |
Chad | Visa required[60][61] | Yes | ||
Chile | Visa not required[62] | 90 days | Yes | |
China | Visa required[63] |
|
Yes | |
Colombia | Visa not required[64] | 90 days |
|
No |
Comoros | Visa on arrival[66] | 45 days | No | |
Republic of the Congo | Visa required[67][68] | Yes | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa[69][70] | 7 days[71] | Yes | |
Costa Rica | Visa not required[72] | 90 days | No | |
Côte d'Ivoire | eVisa[73][74] | 3 months |
|
No |
Croatia | Visa not required[75] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Cuba | Tourist card required[76] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Cyprus | Visa not required[77] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Czech Republic | Visa not required[78] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Denmark and territories | Visa not required[79] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Djibouti | eVisa[81][82] | 90 days | No | |
Dominica | Visa not required[83] | 6 months | No | |
Dominican Republic | Visa not required[84] | 30 days | No | |
Ecuador | Visa not required[85] | 90 days | No | |
Egypt | Visa required[86][87] |
|
Yes | |
El Salvador | Visa not required[88] | 3 months | No | |
Equatorial Guinea | eVisa[89][90][91] | Yes | ||
Eritrea | Visa required[92] | Yes | ||
Estonia | Visa not required[93] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Eswatini | Visa not required[94] | 30 days | No | |
Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[95] | up to 90 days |
|
No |
Fiji | Visa not required[98] | 4 months | No | |
Finland | Visa not required[99] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
France and territories | Visa not required[100] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Gabon | eVisa[103][104] | 90 days |
|
No |
Gambia | Visa not required[105] | 90 days | Yes | |
Georgia | Visa not required[106] | 1 year | No | |
Germany | Visa not required[107] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Ghana | Visa required[108][109] | Yes | ||
Greece | Visa not required[110] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Grenada | Visa not required[111] | 3 months |
|
No |
Guatemala | Visa not required[113] | 90 days | No | |
Guinea | eVisa[114][115] | 90 days | No | |
Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival[116] | 90 days | No | |
Guyana | Visa not required[117] | 3 months | No | |
Haiti | Visa not required[118] | 3 months |
|
No |
Honduras | Visa not required[120] | 3 months | No | |
Hungary | Visa not required[121] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Iceland | Visa not required[123] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
India | eVisa[124][125] | 30 days |
|
No |
Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival[127] | 30 days[128] |
|
No |
Iran | Visa required[129] |
|
Yes | |
Iraq | Visa on arrival[132] | 60 days |
|
No |
Ireland | Visa not required[134] | 90 days | Yes | |
Israel | Visa not required[135] | 3 months |
|
Yes |
Italy | Visa not required[137] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Jamaica | Visa not required[138] | 90 days |
|
No |
Japan | Visa not required[139] | 90 days | Yes | |
Jordan | eVisa / Visa on arrival[140][141] |
|
No | |
Kazakhstan | Visa not required[142][143] | 30 days | No | |
Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation[144][145] | 3 months |
|
No |
Kiribati | Visa not required[147] | 90 days |
|
No |
North Korea | Visa required[148][149] |
|
Yes | |
South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization[151][152] | 6 months |
|
Yes |
Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival[154][155] | 3 months | No | |
Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required[156] | 60 days | No | |
Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival[157] | 30 days |
|
No |
Latvia | Visa not required[161] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Lebanon | Free visa on arrival[162] | 1 month |
|
No |
Lesotho | Visa not required[163] | No | ||
Liberia | Visa required[164][165] | Yes | ||
Libya | eVisa[166][167][168] |
|
Yes | |
Liechtenstein | Visa not required[170] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Lithuania | Visa not required[171] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Luxembourg | Visa not required[172] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Madagascar | Visa on arrival[173] | 60 days | No | |
Malawi | Visa not required[174] | 30 days | No | |
Malaysia | Visa not required[175] | 3 months | No | |
Maldives | Free visa on arrival[176] | 30 days |
|
No |
Mali | Visa required[177][178] |
|
Yes | |
Malta | Visa not required[180] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival[181] | 90 days | No | |
Mauritania | Visa on arrival[182] |
|
No | |
Mauritius | Visa not required[183] | 90 days | No | |
Mexico | Visa not required[184] | 180 days |
|
No |
Micronesia | Visa not required[185] | 30 days | No | |
Moldova | Visa not required[186] | 90 days |
|
No |
Monaco | Visa not required[187] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Mongolia | Visa not required[188] | 30 days | No | |
Montenegro | Visa not required[189] | 90 days | No | |
Morocco | Visa not required[190] | 3 months | No | |
Mozambique | Visa not required[191][192] | 30 days |
|
No |
Myanmar | eVisa[193][194] | 28 days |
|
No |
Namibia | Visa not required[196] | 3 months | No | |
Nauru | Visa required[197] |
|
Yes | |
Nepal | Online Visa / Visa on arrival[199] | 90 days[200] | No | |
Netherlands and territories | Visa not required[201] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority[202] | 3 months |
|
Yes |
Nicaragua | Visa not required[206] | 90 days | No | |
Niger | Visa required[207] |
|
Yes | |
Nigeria | eVisa[209][210] | 90 days[211] | Yes | |
North Macedonia | Visa not required[212] | 90 days | No | |
Norway | Visa not required[213] | 3 months |
|
Yes |
Oman | Visa not required / eVisa[216][217] | 14 days / 30 days | No | |
Pakistan | ETA / Online Visa[218][219] | 30 days / 3 months | No | |
Palau | Free visa on arrival[223] | 30 days |
|
No |
Panama | Visa not required[224] | 180 days | No | |
Papua New Guinea | eVisa[225][226] | 60 days |
|
Yes |
Paraguay | Visa not required[227] | 90 days | No | |
Peru | Visa not required[228] | 90 days | No | |
Philippines | Visa not required[229] | 30 days | No | |
Poland | Visa not required[230] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Portugal | Visa not required[231] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Qatar | Visa not required[232] | 30 days | No | |
Romania | Visa not required[233] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Russia | Visa required[234][235] |
|
Yes | |
Rwanda | Visa not required[238] | 30 days |
|
No |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required[239] | 6 months | No | |
Saint Lucia | Visa not required[240] | 6 weeks | No | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required[241] | 3 months | No | |
Samoa | Visa not required[242] | 60 days | Yes | |
San Marino | Visa not required[243] | Yes | ||
São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required[244] | 15 days | No | |
Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival[245][246] | 90 days | No | |
Senegal | Visa not required[247] | 90 days | No | |
Serbia | Visa not required[248] | 90 days | No | |
Seychelles | Electronic Border System[249][250] | 3 months |
|
No |
Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival[251][252] | 30 days | No | |
Singapore | Visa not required[253] | 30 days | Yes | |
Slovakia | Visa not required[254] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Slovenia | Visa not required[255] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Solomon Islands | Free Visitor's permit on arrival[256] | 3 months |
|
Yes |
Somalia | Visa on arrival[257] |
|
No | |
South Africa | Visa not required[259] | 90 days | No | |
South Sudan | eVisa[260][261] |
|
No | |
Spain | Visa not required[263] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Sri Lanka | eVisa / Visa on arrival[264][265] | 60 days / 30 days[266] |
|
No |
Sudan | Visa required[268][269] |
|
Yes | |
Suriname | Visa not required[271][272] | 90 days | No | |
Sweden | Visa not required[275] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Switzerland | Visa not required[276] | 90 days |
|
Yes |
Syria | Visa required[277][278] |
|
Yes | |
Taiwan | Visa not required[280] | 90 days | Yes | |
Tajikistan | Visa not required[281] | 30 days |
|
No |
Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival[283][284] | 90 days | No | |
Thailand | Visa not required[285] | 30 days |
|
No |
Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival[286] | 30 days | No | |
Togo | eVisa[287][288] | 15 days | No | |
Tonga | Free visa on arrival[289] | 31 days | No | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Visa not required[290] | No | ||
Tunisia | Visa not required[291] | 4 months | No | |
Turkey | Visa not required[292][293] | 90 days[294] |
|
No |
Turkmenistan | Visa required[295] | Yes | ||
Tuvalu | Visa on arrival[296] | 1 month | No | |
Uganda | eVisa[297][298] | 3 months |
|
No |
Ukraine | Visa not required[299] | 90 days |
|
No |
United Arab Emirates | Visa not required[301][302][303][304] | 30 days |
|
Yes |
United Kingdom | Visa not required[306] | 6 months |
|
Yes |
United States | Visa not required[308] | 6 months |
|
Yes |
Uruguay | Visa not required[313] | 3 months | No | |
Uzbekistan | Visa not required[314] | 30 days | No | |
Vanuatu | Visa not required[315] | 30 days | No | |
Vatican City | Visa not required[316] | Yes | ||
Venezuela | Visa required[317][318] |
|
Yes | |
Vietnam | eVisa[320][321] |
|
No | |
Yemen | Visa required[322][323] |
|
Yes | |
Zambia | Visa not required[325] | 30 days |
|
No |
Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival[326] | 30 days |
|
No |
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:
Canada has diplomatic and consular offices (including honorary consuls) in over 270 locations in approximately 180 foreign countries. In some countries Canadians may receive consular assistance from Australian missions under the Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement. On the last page of a standard Canadian passport, under "Reach Us", it states "In case of an emergency you can reach us by: contacting the nearest Canadian government office (in countries where there is no Canadian office, you should contact the nearest British or Australian office...)".
See also: List of diplomatic missions of Canada |
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Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[406] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Main articles: Vaccination requirements for international travel, International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, and Vaccine passports during the COVID-19 pandemic |
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year[407] to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.[408]
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[409][410]
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[411][412] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[413]
Some countries, such as Japan,[414] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[415] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[416] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[417] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[418] Philippines,[419] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[420]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand. Similarly, the EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[421] and South Africa.
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[422] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a criminal record while others impose restrictions depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[423]
Kuwait,[424] Lebanon,[425] Libya,[426] Syria,[427] and Yemen[428] do not allow entry to people with passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
See also: Countries applying biometrics |
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go landside.[429]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[430][431] Argentina,[432] Brunei, Cambodia,[433] China,[434] Ethiopia,[435] Ghana, Guinea,[436] India, Japan,[437][438] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[439] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[440] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[441] Singapore, South Korea,[442] Taiwan, Thailand,[443] Uganda,[444] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[445][446][447] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[448]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition, iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in e-passports[449] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[450][451] The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[452] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[453][454]
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens were lifted by Austria in 1956,[455] Finland in 1958,[455] Japan (20 September 1964),[456] Micronesia (18 December 1980),[457] Taiwan (1 January 1994),[458] Ukraine (1 August 2005),[459] Kyrgyzstan (27 July 2012),[460] Mongolia (1 January 2014), Kazakhstan (1 January 2017), Argentina (1 January 2018),[461] Armenia (10 July 2018),[462][463][464][465] and Brazil (17 June 2019).[466]
Canadian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by India (1 May 2015),[467] Brazil (25 January 2018, visa free since 17 June 2019)[468] and Angola (30 March 2018).[469]
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According to the statistics these are the numbers of Canadian visitors to various countries per annum in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):