All Air Travellers Required to Reserve an Approved Hotel Room to Await Results

January 29, 2021

• On air arrival to Canada from an international destination you will be required to take a molecular COVID-19 test before heading to your approved hotel room.
• All travellers are required to reserve an approved, Government of Canada hotel room for 3-days to await test results
  • Travellers are responsible for the hotel costs including food, cleaning and security 
  • For more information click here.

COVID-19 Testing Requirements for Entry to Canada 

• All air travellers, five years of age and older, must provide their airline with a negative molecular COVID-19 test prior to boarding their international flight into Canada
  • The negative laboratory test (paper or electronic copy) must include:
    • Traveller Name and Date of Birth
    • Name and civic address of the laboratory/clinic/facility that administered the test
    • The date on which the test was conducted
    • The method of test concluded (PCR or LAMP)
    • The test result
  • The test must be taken within 72 hours of your scheduled departure time to Canada
  • Keep your proof of the test result for the 14-day period once you have entered Canada
  • See more information including approved molecular tests here.

• On arrival to Canada and before leaving the airport you will be required to take a molecular COVID-19 test
  • You will also be informed of how to take another molecular COVID-19 test towards the end of your 14-day quarantine period.
• Following your COVID-19 test at arrival you will need to go to your reserved Government of Canada approved hotel room for 3 days to await the results.

Transport Canada to Funnel all International Commercial Passenger Flights into Four Canadian Airports: 

Effective midnight February 3, 2021:

• All incoming international commercial passenger flights will arrive in one of four locations:
  • Montréal-Trudeau International Airport
  • Toronto Pearson International Airport
  • Calgary International Airport
  • Vancouver International Airport
• Private/business as well as charter flights from all countries will also be required to land at one of four airports.

All flights suspended to Mexico and Caribbean countries

Effective January 31:

• Canadian airlines and the Government of Canada have suspended all flights to and from Mexico and Caribbean countries
• Suspension is in effect until April 30, 2021