Visa requirements for Canadian citizens
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Canada. Canadian citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to around 183 countries and territories, ranking the Canadian passport 9th in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley & Partners Passport Index.
Visa requirements map
COVID-19 travel restrictions
Note: As of July 1, 2020, entry bans for the Schengen zone were lifted for Canadian citizens.Visa requirements
Dependent, disputed, or restricted territories
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:;Africa
- — special permit required.
- — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required.
- — Visa not required for 90 days with a 180-day period.
- — Visa not required for 90 days within a 180-day period.
- * — eVisa for 3 months within any year period
- * — Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
- * — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
- — undefined visa regime.
- — visa required.
- Hainan — Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Protected Area Permit required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
- — Visa not required for 30 days.
- outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide
- Taiwan — Visa not required for 90 days.
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required and another special permit is required for Lake Sarez.
- Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required.
- Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
- UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
- — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
- — Non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca or Medina.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required for 30 days.
- — Visa not required.
- Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required.
- — Visa not required for 6 months.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required for 6 months.
- — Visa not required for 180 days, same as the United States mainland.
- — Visa not required for 3 months.
- — Visa not required for 90 days.
- — Visa not required for 6 months, same as the United States mainland.
- — Visa required. Visa on arrival available if arriving from Russian border only by train or car and must possess a multi entry Russian visa to be eligible and must exit via Russian border only.
- Mount Athos — Special permit required. 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.
- — 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.
- — 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.
- of — Right to live and work under the Svalbard Treaty.
- — visa free for 90 days.
- — Visa required. Travellers with a visa or evidence of travel to Republic of Artsakh will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.
- — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
- — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.
- — Electronic authorization for 30 days.
- Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.
- Clipperton Island — special permit required.
- — Visa free access for 31 days.
- — Visa not required.
- — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
- — Visa not required.
- — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$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 — Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
- — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
- — Pre-arrival permit from the commissioner required.
- Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for,,,, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.
Consular protection of Canadian citizens abroad
Non-visa restrictions
Visa requirements amendment log
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens were lifted by Austria in 1956, Finland in 1958, Japan, Micronesia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Argentina, Armenia, and Brazil.Canadian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by India, Brazil and Angola.