Covid-19 Updates for Travelers

Currently, fully vaccinated foreign nationals may be allowed to enter Canada for discretionary travel. Foreign nationals who don’t qualify as fully vaccinated will only be allowed to enter in specific circumstances.

Find out here if you are eligible to enter Canada. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR FULLY VACCINATED TRAVELLERS:

To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller to Canada, you must:

• Have received at least 2 doses of a Government of Canada accepted COVID-19 vaccine or a mix of 2 accepted vaccines OR at least 1 dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
• Have received your second dose at least 14 full days prior to the day you enter Canada — Example: if your second dose was any time of Thursday July 1, then Friday July 16 would be the first day that you meet the 14-day condition.
• Have no signs or symptoms of COVID-19
• Have ArriveCAN receipt with letter A, I, or V beside your name by uploading proof of vaccination in ArriveCAN.

ACCEPTED VACCINES

• AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD (ChAdOx1-S, Vaxzevria, AZD1222)
• Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C)
• Janssen/Johnson & Johnson
• Medicago Covifenz
• Moderna (Spikevax, mRNA-1273) including for children aged 6 months to 11 years
• Novavax (NVX-COV2373, Nuvaxovid, Covovax)
• Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty, tozinameran, BNT162b2) including for children aged 5 to 11 years
• Sinopharm BIBP (BBIBP-CorV)
• Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)

To qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller, you must have received, at least 14 calendar days by the day you travel:

• at least 2 doses of a vaccine accepted by the Government of Canada for the purpose of travel
• or a mix of 2 accepted vaccines
• or at least 1 dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Pre-Entry Testing for fully vaccinated travellers:

Pre-entry tests are not required for fully vaccinated travellers entering Canada by land, air or water. You must still use ArriveCAN within 72 hours before your arrival to Canada.

Arrival Test if Selected:

Upon your entry to Canada by air or at a land border crossing, you may be randomly selected for a mandatory arrival test. You must complete your arrival test with an approved test provider. Your test provider is based on where you entered the country.

 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAVELLERS WHO ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED: 

If you don’t qualify as fully vaccinated and are allowed to enter Canada, use these instructions for yourself and accompanying unvaccinated children to meet testing, ArriveCAN and quarantine requirements.

Pre-Entry Testing (accepted types, timing) for travellers not qualified as fully vaccinated:

Travellers who don’t qualify as fully vaccinated must provide proof of a valid pre-entry test result when entering Canada by air, land or water. You must input information about your pre-entry test result in ArriveCAN.

• Children who are less than 5 years old aren’t required to test, regardless of their vaccination status
• Children under the age of 12 accompanied by an adult who qualifies as fully vaccinated don’t require a pre-entry test

You must submit information about your pre-entry test results, contact and travel details, and your test, travel and quarantine plan through ArriveCAN within 72 hours before you arrive in Canada. If you fail to do so, you could be subjected to a $5000 fine (plus applicable surcharges)

Arrival Testing:

When you enter Canada at an airport or at a land border, you must complete two COVID-19 molecular tests. You’ll complete your tests with an approved test provider.

Complete your first test by the end of the next calendar day after arriving into Canada.

• For example, if you arrived to Canada at 9:00 a.m. on July 1, you should complete your arrival test by 11:59 p.m. on July 2.

You can take public transportation, including connecting flights to your place of quarantine without waiting for your arrival test results.

Your second test must be completed on day 8 of your mandatory 14-day quarantine (except for travellers who are only passing through on their way to or from Alaska).

If you complete your test via an in-person appointment, you must immediately return to your place of quarantine.

There’s no fee for the arrival test.

Quarantine:

-Travellers who don’t qualify as fully vaccinated must quarantine for 14 days to limit the spread of COVID-19 and variants in Canada.

For full details regarding COVID-19 travel requirements and restrictions here in Canada, visit the Government of Canada Website.