Do I need a Visa?
You might be asking yourself if I need a visa to visit Canada? Below, for your convenience, we list all the nations. We indicate whether its citizens are visa-exempt or require a visa.
Visa-exempt travellers
The following travellers only need an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) to board their flight to Canada. However, these travellers do not need an eTA if entering Canada by land or sea.
| Andorra |
| Australia |
| Austria |
| Bahamas |
| Barbados |
| Belgium |
| British citizen, British overseas citizen, British national, British subject (with right of abode) |
| Brunei Darussalam |
| Bulgaria |
| Chile |
| Croatia |
| Cyprus |
| Czech Republic |
| Denmark |
| Estonia |
| Finland |
| France |
| Germany |
| Greece |
| Hong Kong SAR |
| Hungary |
| Iceland |
| Ireland |
| Israel (with passport) |
| Italy |
| Japan |
| Republic of Korea |
| Latvia |
| Liechtenstein |
| Lithuania |
| Luxembourg |
| Malta |
| Mexico |
| Monaco |
| Netherlands |
| New Zealand |
| Norway |
| Papua New Guinea |
| Poland |
| Portugal |
| Romania (electronic passport holders only) |
| Samoa |
| San Marino |
| Singapore |
| Slovakia |
| Slovenia |
| Solomon Islands |
| Spain |
| Sweden |
| Switzerland |
| Taiwan (must have ordinary passport that includes the personal identification number) |
| United Arab Emirates |
| United States of America (including permanent resident) |
| Vatican City State (with passport or travel document) |
Visa-required travelers
The following travellers need a visa to come to Canada by any method of travel – plane, car, bus, train, or cruise ship.
| Afghanistan |
| Albania |
| Algeria |
| Angola |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
| Argentina |
| Armenia |
| Azerbaijan |
| Bahrain |
| Bangladesh |
| Belarus |
| Belize |
| Benin |
| Bhutan |
| Bolivia |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Botswana |
| Brazil (Brazilian citizens may be eligible for an eTA if they held a visa for Canada before) |
| British subjects, subject to control |
| Burkina Faso |
| Burma (Myanmar) |
| Burundi |
| Cambodia |
| Cameroon, Republic of |
| Cape Verde |
| Central African Republic |
| Chad |
| China, People’s Republic of |
| Colombia |
| Comoros |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of |
| Congo, Republic of |
| Costa Rica, Republic of |
| Cuba |
| Djibouti |
| Dominica |
| Dominican Republic |
| East Timor |
| Ecuador |
| Egypt |
| El Salvador |
| Equatorial Guinea |
| Eritrea |
| Ethiopia |
| Fiji |
| Gabon |
| Gambia |
| Georgia |
| Ghana |
| Grenada |
| Guatemala |
| Guinea |
| Guinea-Bissau |
| Guyana |
| Haiti |
| Honduras |
| India |
| Indonesia |
| Iran |
| Iraq |
| Israel (Israeli “Travel Document in lieu of National Passport”) |
| Ivory Coast |
| Jamaica |
| Jordan |
| Kazakhstan |
| Kenya |
| Kiribati |
| Korea, North |
| Kosovo |
| Kuwait |
| Kyrgyzstan |
| Laos |
| Lebanon |
| Lesotho |
| Liberia |
| Libya |
| Macao Special Administrative Region |
| Macedonia |
| Madagascar |
| Malawi |
| Malaysia |
| Maldives Islands |
| Mali |
| Marshall Islands |
| Mauritania |
| Mauritius |
| Micronesia, Fed. States |
| Moldova |
| Mongolia |
| Montenegro |
| Morocco |
| Mozambique |
| Namibia |
| Nauru |
| Nepal |
| Nicaragua |
| Niger |
| Nigeria |
| Oman |
| Pakistan |
| Palau |
| Palestinian Authority |
| Panama |
| Paraguay |
| Peru |
| Philippines |
| Qatar |
| Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) |
| Russia |
| Rwanda |
| Sao Tomé e Principe |
| Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of |
| Senegal |
| Serbia |
| Seychelles |
| Sierra Leone |
| Somalia |
| South Africa |
| South Sudan |
| Sri Lanka |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
| St. Lucia |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) |
| Sudan |
| Surinam |
| Swaziland |
| Syria |
| Taiwan (passports other than ordinary passports issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that include their personal identification number) |
| Tajikistan |
| Tanzania |
| Thailand |
| Togo |
| Tonga |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Tunisia |
| Turkey |
| Turkmenistan |
| Tuvalu |
| Uganda |
| Ukraine |
| Uruguay |
| Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu |
| Venezuela |
| Vietnam |
| Yemen |
| Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
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