COVID-19 Travel Updates

Fully vaccinated Canadians & foreign nationals who meet the requirements of a fully vaccinated traveller can come to Canada

To qualify for the fully vaccinated traveller exemption, you must:

• have no signs or symptoms of COVID-19
• have received the full series of an accepted COVID-19 vaccine or a combination of accepted vaccines
• have received your last dose at least 14 full days prior to the day you enter Canada
  • Example: if your last dose was anytime on Thursday July 1, then Friday July 16 would be the first day that you meet the 14 day condition
• upload your proof of vaccination in ArriveCAN
• meet all other entry requirements (for example, pre-entry test)

Accepted COVID-19 vaccines in Canada

• Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty (tozinameran, BNT162b2)
• Moderna Spikevax (mRNA-1273)
• AstraZeneca Vaxzevria/COVISHIELD (ChAdOx1-S, AZD1222)
• Janssen/Johnson & Johnson (Ad26.COV2.S)

If you received your Government of Canada-accepted vaccines outside Canada, it’s still accepted but proof of vaccination must be uploaded digitally in ArriveCAN and must only be in French or English, or certified translation into French or English.

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.

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.

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