Visa requirements for Canadian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Canada.
As of 2024, Canadian citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 187 countries and territories, ranking the Canadian passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.[1] It is ranked 8th by the Global Passport Power Rank.[2]
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.
Country | Entry requirement | Stay duration | class=unsortable | Notes (excluding departure fees) | Reciprocity | |
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Afghanistan | [3] | |||||
Albania | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Algeria | [4] |
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Andorra | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days [6] | ||||
Angola | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Antigua and Barbuda | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months | ||||
Argentina | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Armenia | [7] | data-sort-value="180" | 180 days per year | |||
Australia and territories | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Austria | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Azerbaijan | [8] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days[9] | |||
Bahamas | data-sort-value="240" | 8 months | ||||
Bahrain | data-sort-value="14" | 14 days | ||||
Bangladesh | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Barbados | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months | ||||
Belarus | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Belgium | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Belize | 30 days[10] | |||||
[11] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days[12] |
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Bhutan | [13] | |||||
data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Botswana | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Brazil | [14] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||
data-sort-value="14" | 90 days | |||||
Bulgaria | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Burkina Faso | [15] | |||||
Burundi | data-sort-value="28" | 1 month |
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Cambodia | [17] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Cameroon | [18] [19] | |||||
Cape Verde | [20] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Central African Republic | ||||||
Chad | [22] | |||||
Chile | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
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Colombia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Comoros | 45 days | |||||
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[25] | data-sort-value="7" | 7 days[26] | ||||
Costa Rica | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Cote d'Ivoire | [27] | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Croatia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Cuba | [28] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Cyprus | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Czech Republic | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Denmark and territories | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Djibouti | [30] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||
Dominica | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months | ||||
Dominican Republic | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Ecuador | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Egypt | [31] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||
El Salvador | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Equatorial Guinea | [32] [33] | |||||
Eritrea | ||||||
Estonia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||||
Ethiopia | data-sort-value="90" | up to 90 days | ||||
Fiji | data-sort-value="120" | 4 months | ||||
Finland | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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France and territories | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Gabon | [36] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Gambia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Georgia | data-sort-value="365" | 1 year | ||||
Germany | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Ghana | [37] [38] | |||||
Greece | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Grenada | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Guatemala | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Guinea | [40] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||
Guinea-Bissau | 90 days | |||||
Guyana | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Haiti | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Honduras | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Hungary | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Iceland | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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India | [42] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Indonesia | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days[44] |
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Iraq | [45] | data-sort-value="60" | 60 days | |||
Ireland | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Israel | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Italy | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Jamaica | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Japan | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Jordan | [47] | 30 days[48] |
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Kazakhstan | [49] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||
Kenya | [50] | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Kiribati | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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[52] | ||||||
[53] | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months |
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Kuwait | [55] | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | |||
Kyrgyzstan | data-sort-value="60" | 60 days | ||||
data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||||
Latvia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Lebanon | data-sort-value="28" | 1 month |
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Lesotho | ||||||
Liberia | [57] |
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Libya | [59] [60] |
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Liechtenstein | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Lithuania | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Luxembourg | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Madagascar | data-sort-value="90" | 60 days | ||||
Malawi | 30 days | |||||
Malaysia | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Maldives | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Mali | [62] | |||||
Malta | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Marshall Islands | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Mauritania |
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Mauritius | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Mexico | data-sort-value="180" | 180 days |
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data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||||
data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Monaco | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Mongolia | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Montenegro | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Morocco | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Mozambique | [63] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Myanmar | [64] | data-sort-value="28" | 28 days | |||
Namibia | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Nauru |
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Nepal | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days[66] | ||||
Netherlands and territories | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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New Zealand | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Nicaragua | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Niger | ||||||
Nigeria | [70] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days[71] | |||
data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||||
Norway | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Oman | [74] | data-sort-value="14" | 14 days / 30 days | |||
Pakistan | [75] | 90 days |
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Palau | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Panama | data-sort-value="180" | 180 days | ||||
Papua New Guinea | [76] | data-sort-value="60" | 60 days |
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Paraguay | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Peru | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Philippines | [77] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||
Poland | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Portugal | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Qatar | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Romania | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Rwanda | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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Saint Kitts and Nevis | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months | ||||
Saint Lucia | data-sort-value="42" | 6 weeks | ||||
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Samoa | data-sort-value="60" | 60 days | ||||
San Marino | ||||||
data-sort-value="15" | 15 days | |||||
Saudi Arabia | [79] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||
Senegal | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Serbia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
Seychelles | [80] | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | |||
Sierra Leone | [81] | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | |||
Singapore | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Slovakia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Slovenia | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Solomon Islands | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Somalia | ||||||
South Africa | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
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Spain | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Sri Lanka | [83] | 30 days[84] |
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Sudan | [85] | |||||
Suriname | [86] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||
Sweden | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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Switzerland | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days |
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[87] [88] | ||||||
data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | |||||
Tajikistan | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days |
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[90] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
[91] | data-sort-value="60" | 60 days |
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Timor-Leste | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Togo | [92] | data-sort-value="15" | 15 days | |||
Tonga | data-sort-value="31" | 31 days | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||
Tunisia | data-sort-value="120" | 4 months | ||||
Turkey | [93] | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days[94] |
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Turkmenistan |
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Tuvalu | data-sort-value="28" | 1 month | ||||
Uganda | [96] | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months |
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Ukraine | data-sort-value="90" | 90 days | ||||
United Arab Emirates | [97] [98] [99] | data-sort-value="30" | 90 days |
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United Kingdom | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months |
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United States | data-sort-value="180" | 6 months |
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Uruguay | data-sort-value="90" | 3 months | ||||
Uzbekistan | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days | ||||
Vanuatu | data-sort-value="30" | 120 days[107] | ||||
90 days[108] | ||||||
[109] | ||||||
[110] | 90 days |
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Yemen | [111] | |||||
Zambia | data-sort-value="90" | 30 days |
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Zimbabwe | data-sort-value="30" | 30 days[112] |
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Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:
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 Australian missions under the Canada–Australia Consular Services Sharing Agreement. On the last page of a standard Canadian passport, under "Reach Us", it states "In case of an emergency you can reach us by: contacting the nearest Canadian government office (in countries where there is no Canadian office, you should contact the nearest British or Australian office...)".
See also: List of diplomatic missions of Canada.
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens were lifted by Austria in 1956,[175] Finland in 1958,[175] Japan (20 September 1964),[176] Micronesia (18 December 1980),[177] Taiwan (1 January 1994),[178] Ukraine (1 August 2005),[179] Kyrgyzstan (27 July 2012),[180] Mongolia (1 January 2014), Kazakhstan (1 January 2017), Argentina (1 January 2018),[181] Armenia (10 July 2018),[182] [183] [184] [185] and Brazil (17 June 2019).[186]
Canadian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by India (1 May 2015),[187] Brazil (25 January 2018, visa free since 17 June 2019)[188] and Angola (30 March 2018).[189]