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Canada visa requirements

Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20264 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free1ETA53Visa required144
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

1

ETA

53

Visa required

144
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. Current official routeCitizenship

    Canadian citizens do not need a visitor visa or eTA

    Canadian citizens enter Canada using the required Canadian travel document rather than a visitor visa or eTA.

    • Canadian citizens need a valid Canadian passport for air travel; accepted identification differs for land and sea travel.
    • Most dual Canadian citizens need a Canadian passport; a limited rule applies to American-Canadian citizens.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Canada

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: who can apply
  2. Current official routeVisa-free

    United States citizens do not need a visitor visa or eTA

    United States citizens can visit Canada without a visitor visa or eTA when carrying proper identification.

    • A valid United States passport is the recommended universally accepted travel and identification document.
    • United States lawful permanent residence is a separate status-based exception and is not mapped to a passport nationality.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    United States

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: who can apply
  3. Current official routeETA

    Listed ordinary passports require an eTA for air travel

    These nationalities need an eTA rather than a visitor visa to board a flight to or transit through Canada.

    • The traveller needs a valid passport and eTA for air travel or airport transit; approval does not guarantee entry.
    • An eTA is generally not needed for land or sea arrival, though a valid passport remains required.
    • Nationality-specific document qualifiers and status-based exceptions are modelled separately or remain outside nationality mapping.
    47 passport nationalities covered

    Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Austria, Greece, Malta, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland, Australia, Czechia, Latvia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Iceland, Bulgaria, Monaco, Cyprus, Chile, Andorra, San Marino, Barbados, Brunei, The Bahamas, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Qatar, Papua New Guinea

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: who can applyImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: how to apply
  4. Current official routeETA

    Listed document-qualified passports require an eTA for air travel

    These nationality codes qualify for an eTA only with the passport or travel-document type specified by Canada.

    • GB requires British citizen status; HK requires an HKSAR passport; IL requires a national Israeli passport.
    • RO requires an electronic passport; TW requires an ordinary foreign-affairs passport containing a personal identification number.
    • VA requires a passport or travel document issued by Vatican City State.
    • The ordinary eTA air, land and sea conditions also apply.
    6 passport nationalities covered

    United Kingdom, Hong Kong (SAR China), Israel, Romania, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Vatican City

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: who can applyImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: how to apply
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    Listed ordinary passports require a Canadian visitor visa

    These ordinary-passport nationalities require a valid visitor visa to visit or transit Canada by air, land, or sea.

    • The rule applies by air, car, train, bus, or boat, including a cruise ship.
    • Conditional eTA nationalities are modelled separately.
    • Refugee, stateless, permanent-resident, and special document categories are not normalized to nationality codes.
    127 passport nationalities covered

    Mauritius, Grenada, Paraguay, Dominica, Macao (SAR China), Ukraine, Peru, Serbia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Honduras, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Tonga, Nicaragua, Tuvalu, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Moldova, Palau Islands, Venezuela, Russian Federation, Türkiye, South Africa, Belize, Kuwait, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Guyana, Fiji, Vanuatu, Oman, Jamaica, Nauru, China, Kosovo, Botswana, Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Suriname, Namibia, Dominican Republic, Lesotho, eSwatini, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, The Gambia, Azerbaijan, Ghana, Tunisia, Benin, Uganda, Armenia, Cape Verde Islands, Mongolia, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kyrgyzstan, São Tomé and Príncipe, Uzbekistan, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, India, Madagascar, Senegal, Algeria, Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Guinea, Mali, Tajikistan, Chad, Comoro Islands, Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Egypt, Jordan, Liberia, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Haiti, Vietnam, Bhutan, Cambodia, Congo (Rep.), Djibouti, Laos, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Nigeria, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Lebanon, South Sudan, Sudan, Libya, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, Iran, Palestinian Territory, Bangladesh, North Korea, Nepal, Somalia, Yemen, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: who can apply
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Some visa-required nationalities have a conditional eTA route

    These nationalities remain visitor-visa-required unless they meet every condition for Canada's eTA-X air-travel route.

    • The traveller must fly to or transit through a Canadian airport for a temporary stay and hold a valid passport.
    • The traveller must have held a Canadian visitor visa in the previous 10 years or hold a valid United States nonimmigrant visa when applying.
    • A visitor visa is required if any condition is unmet or for arrival by land or sea.
    17 passport nationalities covered

    Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Seychelles, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay

    Official sourcesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: What you need to enter CanadaImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Conditional eTA for citizens of some visa-required countriesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Electronic travel authorization: how to apply