Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other countries that are imposed on citizens of Canada.

As of 2026, Canadian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 182 countries and territories, resulting in the Canadian passport being ranked 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. It is ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank.

Besides visa requirements, countries may have other specified entry requirements that have to be met in order for citizens of Canada to be granted entry, such as not having a criminal record, not having health issues, or that the traveler has sufficient funds for the duration of their stay, or a return ticket.

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Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

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Visa requirements

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.

<table><thead><tr><th>Country</th><th>Entry requirement</th><th>Stay duration</th><th>Notes (excluding departure fees)</th><th>Reciprocity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Afghanistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Albania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Algeria</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Andorra</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Angola</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Argentina</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Armenia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>120 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Australia and territories</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Austria</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Azerbaijan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bahamas</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>8 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Bahrain</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bangladesh</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Barbados</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Belarus</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Belgium</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Belize</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Benin</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bhutan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Bolivia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Botswana</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Brazil</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Brunei</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Bulgaria</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Burkina Faso</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Burundi</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cambodia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Cameroon</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cape Verde</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Central African Republic</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Chad</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Chile</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>China</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Colombia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Comoros</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>45 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Republic of the Congo</td><td>Online Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic Republic of the Congo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>7 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Costa Rica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Côte d'Ivoire</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Croatia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cuba</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Cyprus</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Czech Republic</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Denmark and territories</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Djibouti</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Dominica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Dominican Republic</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ecuador</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Egypt</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>El Salvador</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Equatorial Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Eritrea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Estonia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Eswatini</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ethiopia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>up to 90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Fiji</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>4 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Finland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>France and territories</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Gabon</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Gambia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Georgia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>1 year</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Germany</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Ghana</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Greece</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Grenada</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guatemala</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guinea-Bissau</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Guyana</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Haiti</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Honduras</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Hungary</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Iceland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>India</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Indonesia</td><td>e-VOA / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Iran</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Iraq</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ireland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Israel</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Italy</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Jamaica</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Japan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Jordan</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kazakhstan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kenya</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kiribati</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>North Korea</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>South Korea</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Kuwait</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Kyrgyzstan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Laos</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Latvia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Lebanon</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>1 Month</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Lesotho</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Liberia</td><td>e-VOA</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Libya</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Liechtenstein</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Lithuania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Luxembourg</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Madagascar</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Malawi</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Malaysia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Maldives</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mali</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Malta</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Marshall Islands</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritania</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mauritius</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mexico</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Micronesia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Moldova</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Monaco</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Mongolia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Montenegro</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Morocco</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Mozambique</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Myanmar</td><td>eVisa</td><td>28 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Namibia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Nauru</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>  Nepal</td><td>Online Visa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Netherlands</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>New Zealand</td><td>Electronic Travel Authority</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Nicaragua</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Niger</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Nigeria</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>North Macedonia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Norway</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Oman</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>14 days / 30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Pakistan</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Palau</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Panama</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>180 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Papua New Guinea</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>60 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Paraguay</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Peru</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Philippines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Poland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Portugal</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Qatar</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Romania</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Russia</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Rwanda</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Lucia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 weeks</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Samoa</td><td>Entry permit on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>San Marino</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>São Tomé and Príncipe</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>15 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Saudi Arabia</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Senegal</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Serbia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Seychelles</td><td>Electronic Border System</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sierra Leone</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Singapore</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Slovakia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Slovenia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Solomon Islands</td><td>Free Visitor's permit on arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Somalia</td><td>eVisa</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>South Africa</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>South Sudan</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Spain</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Sri Lanka</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorization / Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sudan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Suriname</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Sweden</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td> Switzerland</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Syria</td><td>eVisa</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Taiwan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Tajikistan</td><td>Visa not required / eVisa</td><td>30 days / 60 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tanzania</td><td>eVisa / Visa on arrival</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Thailand</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>60 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Timor-Leste</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Togo</td><td>eVisa</td><td>15 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tonga</td><td>Free visa on arrival</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Tunisia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>4 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Turkey</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Turkmenistan</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Tuvalu</td><td>Visa on arrival</td><td>1 month</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Uganda</td><td>eVisa</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Ukraine</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>United Arab Emirates</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>United Kingdom</td><td>Electronic Travel Authorisation</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>United States</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>6 months</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Uruguay</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Uzbekistan</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>30 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Vanuatu</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>120 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Vatican City</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Venezuela</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Vietnam</td><td>eVisa</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Yemen</td><td>Visa required</td><td></td><td></td><td>Yes</td></tr><tr><td>Zambia</td><td>Visa not required</td><td>90 days</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr><tr><td>Zimbabwe</td><td>eVisa / Visa on Arrival</td><td>3 months</td><td></td><td>No</td></tr></tbody></table>

Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:

• British Indian Ocean Territory — special permit required. • Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa). • Mayotte — Visa not required for 90 days with a 180-day period. • Réunion — Visa not required for 90 days within a 180-day period. •  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha • Ascension Island — e-Visa for 2 months within any year period • Saint Helena — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling. • Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands. • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — undefined visa regime. • Somaliland — visa required (30 days for 30 USD, payable on arrival).

• Hainan — Visa not required for 30 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport. • Hong Kong — Visa not required for 3 months. • India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year. • Iraqi Kurdistan - You can apply for an e-Visa (30 days) to visit the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. • Macau — Visa not required for 30 days. • North Korea outside Pyongyang - People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving) • Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez. • Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required. • Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone. • UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones. • Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel. • Saudi Arabia — Non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca or Medina.

• Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months. • Aruba — Visa not required for 30 days. • Bermuda — Visa not required. • Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months. • British Virgin Islands — Visa not required. • Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6 months. • Curaçao — Visa not required for 3 months. • Montserrat — Visa not required for 6 months. • Puerto Rico — Visa not required for 180 days, same as the United States mainland. • Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3 months. • Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required for 90 days. • U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa not required for 6 months, same as the United States mainland.

• Abkhazia — Visa required. Tourists from all countries (except Georgia) can visit Abkhazia for a period not exceeding 24 hours as part of an organized tourist group. • Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: EUR 25 for Orthodox visitors, EUR 35 for non-Orthodox visitors, EUR 18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed. • Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days. • Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required. • Northern Cyprus — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required. • UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas. • Gibraltar — Visa not required. • Jan Mayen — Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours. • Svalbard of Norway — Right to live and work under the Svalbard Treaty. • Kosovo — Visa free for 90 days. • South Ossetia — To enter South Ossetia, visitors must have a multiple-entry visa for Russia and register their stay with the Migration Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs within 3 days. • Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.

• American Samoa — Electronic authorization for 30 days. • Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required. • Clipperton Island — Special permit required. • Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days. • Guam — Visa not required. • Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge. • Northern Mariana Islands — Visa not required. • Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore. • United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.

• Galápagos — 60 days; Visitors must pre-register to receive a 20 USD Transit Control Card (TCT).

• Falkland Islands — A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival, The maximum validity period is 1 month. • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling). • Antarctica and adjacent islands — Special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.

Pre-approved visas pick-up

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

Pre-approved visas can be picked up on arrival in the following countries instead of an embassy or consulate.

Pre-approved visas pick-up on arrival	Conditions
Bhutan	For a maximum stay of 15 days if the application was submitted at least 2+1⁄2 months before arrival and if the clearance was obtained.
Cameroon	Must hold approval from the General Delegate of Security.
Eritrea	Must have a sponsor who must submit an application at least 48 hours before arrival.
Liberia	Available only if arriving from a country without a diplomatic mission of Liberia and if a sponsor obtained an approval.
Nigeria	Holders of a visa application who have a Nigerian company taking responsibility for them.
Sudan	Holders of an entry permit issued by the Ministry of Interior.
Turkmenistan	Holders of an invitation letter from the local company that was approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Consular protection of Canadian citizens abroad

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

Countries that have a Canadian Embassy or High Commission are shown in blue. Canada is shown in green.

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 British missions or Australian missions under the Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement.

Non-visa restrictions

Blank passport pages

Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages. Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.

Vaccination

Cover of the new International Certificate of Vaccination issued by the Bureau of Quarantine in the Philippines since 2021

The African countries of Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone and Togo, South Sudan and Uganda, along with French Guiana in South America, require all incoming passengers older than nine months to one year, to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis.

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, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Passport validity length

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 or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).

Some countries, such as Japan, Ireland and the United Kingdom, 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, 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, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, 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.

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 and South Africa.

Maximum passport age

Countries of the Schengen area require non-EU passports to be less than 10 years old upon entry.

Criminal record

Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States, 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.

Persona non grata

The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning them from entering the country or expelling them if they have already entered. 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.

Israeli stamps

Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, and Yemen 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) stamped at Erez when passing into and out of Gaza.

Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.

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.

Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan, Argentina, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Japan, Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken), Malaysia upon entry and departure, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, the Schengen Area, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, 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 its own legislation), intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.

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 and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa. The United States Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders. In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.

Visa requirements amendment log

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens were lifted by Austria in 1956, Finland in 1958, Japan (20 September 1964), Micronesia (18 December 1980), Taiwan (1 January 1994), Ukraine (1 August 2005), Kyrgyzstan (27 July 2012), Mongolia (1 January 2014), Kazakhstan (1 January 2017), Argentina (1 January 2018), Armenia (10 July 2018), Brazil (17 June 2019). and Turkey (1 January 2024)

Canadian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by India (1 May 2015), Brazil (25 January 2018, visa free from 17 June 2019 to 10 April 2025), Angola (30 March 2018)., Namibia (1 April 2025) and Brazil (10 April 2025)

Foreign travel statistics

Visa requirements for Canadian citizens

According to the statistics these are the numbers of Canadian visitors to various countries per annum in 2015 (unless otherwise noted):

Destination	Number of visitors
American Samoa	115
Angola	1,788
Anguilla	10,498
Antarctica	1,950
Antigua and Barbuda	22,932
Aruba	43,767
Australia	167,300
Austria	103,600
Azerbaijan	2,320
Bahamas	151,739
Barbados	78,903
Bermuda	47,852
Belgium	50,521
Belize	21,867
Bhutan	1,524
Bolivia	11,567
Bosnia and Herzegovina	6,345
Botswana	8,504
Brazil	48,951
British Virgin Islands	35,505
Brunei	2,411
Bulgaria	19,113
Burkina Faso	2,643
Cambodia	60,715
Cameroon	7,229
Cayman Islands	24,757
Chile	39,639
China	740,800
Congo	1,367
Cook Islands	2,212
Costa Rica	201,921
Croatia	136,519
Cyprus	6,088
Cuba	1,300,092
Curacao	17,950
Dominica	2,998
Dominican Republic	827,721
Dutch Caribbean:	1400 300 1000 100
Ecuador	33,230
El Salvador	24,796
Estonia	5,518
Fiji	12,421
Finland	15,410
France	1,013,489
French Polynesia	4,386
Georgia	5,584
Germany	276,933
Greece	182,299
Greenland	716
Grenada	14,580
Guam	859
Guatemala	52,531
Guyana	25,381
Haiti	30,046
Hong Kong	370,335
Hungary	41,579
Iceland	103,026
India	335,439
Indonesia	86,804
Ireland	183,000
Israel	80,600
Italy	923,000
Jamaica	405,174
Japan	305,600
Jordan	32,106
Kazakhstan	6,865
Laos	13,467
Latvia	25,125
Lebanon	44,000
Lesotho	626
Lithuania	3,800
Luxembourg	5,166
Macau	74,287
Madagascar	1,209
Mauritius	6,908
Malaysia	67,056
Malawi	7,380
Maldives	8,994
Mali	1,866
Martinique	9,535
Mexico	1,985,084
Micronesia	220
Moldova	6,541
Mongolia	3,052
Montenegro	6,254
Montserrat	404
Myanmar	15,024
Namibia	8,551
Nepal	8,398
Netherlands	180,000
New Zealand	67,280
Niue	32
Nicaragua	40,764
North Macedonia	2,158
Oman	26,747
Pakistan	43,000
Panama	47,762
Papua New Guinea	2,170
Paraguay	2,430
Peru	77,563
Philippines	200,640
Romania	56,537
Russia	53,890
Saint Lucia	38,677
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7,594
Samoa	474
Serbia	9,357
Seychelles	1,095
Singapore	105,177
Sint Maarten	33,498
Slovakia	8,901
Slovenia	19,859
Solomon Islands	176
South Africa	56,224
South Korea	176,256
Spain	489,307
Sri Lanka	46,896
Suriname	2,180
Swaziland	4,137
Taiwan	155,661
Tanzania	18,489
Thailand	258,392
Tonga	229
Trinidad and Tobago	54,877
Turkey	81,196
Turks and Caicos	36,512
Tuvalu	9
Uganda	9,729
Ukraine	30,775
United Arab Emirates	173,000
United Kingdom	712,000
United States	13,028,998
Venezuela	11,778
Vietnam	138,242
Zambia	6,310
Zimbabwe	5,133