🇨🇦 Canada visa requirements by nationality
As of 2026, 1 of the world’s 198 passports can enter Canada without applying for a visa in advance: 1 visa-free, 0 with a visa on arrival and 52 with an electronic travel authorisation. A further 0 can apply online before travelling, and 144 must obtain a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Visa-free access to Canada by continent
All passports and their Canada status
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlbaniaVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraeTA
- AngolaVisa required
- Antigua & BarbudaVisa required
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArmeniaVisa required
- AustraliaeTA
- AustriaeTA
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- BahamaseTA
- BahrainVisa required
- BangladeshVisa required
- BarbadoseTA
- BelarusVisa required
- BelgiumeTA
- BelizeVisa required
- BeninVisa required
- BhutanVisa required
- BoliviaVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa required
- BotswanaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- BruneieTA
- BulgariaeTA
- Burkina FasoVisa required
- BurundiVisa required
- CambodiaVisa required
- CameroonVisa required
- Cape VerdeVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- ChadVisa required
- ChileeTA
- ChinaVisa required
- ColombiaVisa required
- ComorosVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa required
- Congo - KinshasaVisa required
- Costa RicaVisa required
- Côte d’IvoireVisa required
- CroatiaeTA
- CubaVisa required
- CypruseTA
- CzechiaeTA
- DenmarkeTA
- DjiboutiVisa required
- DominicaVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa required
- EgyptVisa required
- El SalvadorVisa required
- Equatorial GuineaVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaeTA
- EswatiniVisa required
- EthiopiaVisa required
- FijiVisa required
- FinlandeTA
- FranceeTA
- GabonVisa required
- GambiaVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa required
- GermanyeTA
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceeTA
- GrenadaVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuineaVisa required
- Guinea-BissauVisa required
- GuyanaVisa required
- HaitiVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaeTA
- HungaryeTA
- IcelandeTA
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IranVisa required
- IraqVisa required
- IrelandeTA
- IsraeleTA
- ItalyeTA
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapaneTA
- JordanVisa required
- KazakhstanVisa required
- KenyaVisa required
- KiribatiVisa required
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- KyrgyzstanVisa required
- LaosVisa required
- LatviaeTA
- LebanonVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- LibyaVisa required
- LiechtensteineTA
- LithuaniaeTA
- LuxembourgeTA
- Macao SAR ChinaVisa required
- MadagascarVisa required
- MalawiVisa required
- MalaysiaVisa required
- MaldivesVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaeTA
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MauritaniaVisa required
- MauritiusVisa required
- MexicoVisa required
- MicronesiaVisa required
- MoldovaVisa required
- MonacoeTA
- MongoliaVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- MoroccoVisa required
- MozambiqueVisa required
- Myanmar (Burma)Visa required
- NamibiaVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NepalVisa required
- NetherlandseTA
- New ZealandeTA
- NicaraguaVisa required
- NigerVisa required
- NigeriaVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayeTA
- OmanVisa required
- PakistanVisa required
- PalauVisa required
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Papua New GuineaeTA
- ParaguayVisa required
- PeruVisa required
- PhilippinesVisa required
- PolandeTA
- PortugaleTA
- QatarVisa required
- RomaniaeTA
- RussiaVisa required
- RwandaVisa required
- SamoaeTA
- San MarinoeTA
- São Tomé & PríncipeVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaVisa required
- SenegalVisa required
- SerbiaVisa required
- SeychellesVisa required
- Sierra LeoneVisa required
- SingaporeeTA
- SlovakiaeTA
- SloveniaeTA
- Solomon IslandseTA
- SomaliaNo admission
- South AfricaVisa required
- South KoreaeTA
- South SudanVisa required
- SpaineTA
- Sri LankaVisa required
- St. Kitts & NevisVisa required
- St. LuciaVisa required
- St. Vincent & GrenadinesVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SurinameVisa required
- SwedeneTA
- SwitzerlandeTA
- SyriaVisa required
- TaiwaneTA
- TajikistanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa required
- ThailandVisa required
- Timor-LesteVisa required
- TogoVisa required
- TongaVisa required
- Trinidad & TobagoVisa required
- TunisiaVisa required
- TürkiyeVisa required
- TurkmenistanVisa required
- TuvaluVisa required
- UgandaVisa required
- UkraineVisa required
- United Arab EmirateseTA
- United KingdomeTA
- United StatesVisa-free · 180d
- UruguayVisa required
- UzbekistanVisa required
- VanuatuVisa required
- Vatican CityeTA
- VenezuelaVisa required
- VietnamVisa required
- YemenVisa required
- ZambiaVisa required
- ZimbabweVisa required
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter Canada without a visa?
1 passports enter Canada visa-free, 0 receive a visa on arrival and 52 use an electronic travel authorisation — 198 passports in total are covered here. 0 more can apply for an e-visa online.
Does this page tell me whether I need a visa for Canada?
Yes, if you tell us your passport. Pick your passport once and every page on this site answers for it. We never assume your nationality silently: when a passport is guessed from your device it is labelled as a guess.
Is this information official?
Partly. Where we have an official government source for a passport we use it and say so on the page. Everything else comes from an open, community-maintained dataset and is guidance for planning, not legal advice. Visa rules change without notice; confirm with the destination’s own authority before booking.
Data last rebuilt 2026-08-26. Official government data is used for these passports: TR; all others come from the open passport-index dataset and are guidance only — confirm with an official source before you travel.
Important: this content is general information
Visa rules can change without notice. Always confirm your situation with an official source before you travel: Also check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country in your own country. The information on this page is guidance, not legal advice.