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
Brazil¹
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
Israel²
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
Romania³
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
Taiwan⁴
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Note: Holders of Alien’s passport and Stateless individuals need a visa to visit or transit
Canada.
¹Some Brazilian citizens may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements as under:
Travellers who:
have held a Canadian visitor visa in the past 10 years, or
currently hold a valid United States non-immigrant visa,
And who will:
fly to or transit through a Canadian airport using a valid Brazilian passport, and
come for a short visit, business or tourist activity (normally for stays of up to six months)
Those who do not meet these criteria will still need a visitor visa to travel to Canada.
Travellers who already have a valid Canadian visa do not need an eTA to fly to Canada and can continue to travel
with their visitor visa until it expires.
²must have a valid Israeli “Travel Document in lieu of National Passport”
³ holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport
⁴must have a passports other than ordinary passports issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in
Taiwan that include their personal identification number
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The following travellers need a visa to come to Canada by any method of travel – plane, car, bus, train, or cruise ship.
Note: Holders of Alien’s passport and Stateless individuals need a visa to visit or transit Canada.
¹Some Brazilian citizens may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements as under:
Travellers who:
And who will:
Those who do not meet these criteria will still need a visitor visa to travel to Canada. Travellers who already have a valid Canadian visa do not need an eTA to fly to Canada and can continue to travel with their visitor visa until it expires.
²must have a valid Israeli “Travel Document in lieu of National Passport”
³ holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport
⁴must have a passports other than ordinary passports issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that include their personal identification number
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Get in Touch for more information or for applying for a Visitor Visa, Super Visa, or Transit Visa.