COVID-19 Travel: Who can come to Canada

• Canadian citizens (including dual citizens), people registered under the Indian Act, permanent residents of Canada, or protected persons (refugee status) are allowed to enter Canada.

• Fully vaccinated foreign nationals may be allowed to enter Canada for discretionary travel.

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

• have received at least 2 doses of a vaccine accepted for travel, a mix of 2 accepted vaccines

  • or at least 1 dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine

• have received your second dose at least 14 calendar days before you enter Canada

  • Example: if your second dose was anytime on Thursday, July 1, then Thursday, July 15 would be the first day that you meet the 14 day condition

• have no signs or symptoms of COVID-19

• follow pre-entry testing and entry requirements

  • upload proof of vaccination in ArriveCAN

  • complete your ArriveCAN submission and and have ArriveCAN receipt with letter I, V, or A beside your name

  • complete arrival test if select

Arrival tests

Upon your entry to Canada by air or at a land border crossing, the border services officer may notify you that you have been randomly selected for a mandatory arrival test.

As a fully vaccinated traveller, you can travel to your destination, including on connecting flights, without waiting for your arrival test results (if selected for testing).