🇨🇦Visa requiredTraditional visa required before travel
This page separates the current comparison status from the official evidence collected for it. Rules shown here concern ordinary short visits unless a source states otherwise.
Official evidence collectedAccess data checked August 24, 2026Sources reviewed August 20, 2026
Evidence timeline
How this access rule is documented
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.
Only destination governments, official immigration services, official diplomatic missions, and primary legal instruments qualify as published evidence.
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