Find out if you need a visa
Includes the list of countries whose citizens need a visa to visit or transit through Canada.
Visit as a tourist
Includes applications for visitor visas, processing times and what to expect when you arrive in Canada.
Visit your children or grandchildren
Includes applications for Super Visas, processing times, and what to expect when you arrive in Canada.
Visit on business
Includes applications for visitor visas for business people and how to avoid problems or delays when bringing foreign business guests to Canada.
Extend your stay
Includes applications to stay in Canada longer as a visitor and applications to be able to return to Canada when you leave.
Travel through Canada without a visa
Includes eligibility information for travellers and airlines, as well as the documents you need to transit through Canada.
Carry proper identification
Includes the documents you need to travel with, even if you don’t need a visa to travel to Canada.
Beautiful landscapes. A diverse, welcoming culture. A rich, storied history. Canada’s tourism industry truly is world-class. And every day, tour operators, retailers, hoteliers, restaurateurs—many small business owners—welcome thousands of tourists from around the world. It is these hardworking Canadians that give us a welcoming, inclusive and warm reputation for which we are famous.
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THE August international visitor numbers are in and they are proof that this past summer has been an exceptional time of growth for tourism in British Columbia.
Year-to-date figures show an 11.5% increase in international visitors over the same time period last year (January to August). That represents close to four million total overnight international visitors (3,990,574) that came to B.C. during the first eight months of this year.
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If you have a criminal conviction in Canada, you must seek a record suspension (formerly a pardon) from the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) before you will be admissible to Canada. See section Overcoming Criminal Inadmissibility for more information.
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the residency requirements of those applying for citizenship have been strengthened and applicants are now required to provide Notices of Assessment issued by the Canada Revenue Agency to prove they were resident in Canada for income tax purposes for the required time period.
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The Government of Canada today announced that Canada and the United States (U.S.) are delivering on key Beyond the Border Action Plan commitments related to joint Trusted Traveller and Trusted Trader programs, including the official opening of the eGate pilot project that allows NEXUS members extended expedited passage at the Peace Bridge port of entry in Fort Erie, Ontario.
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Sponsored parents’ immigration program is the next program to have measures introduced to limit the inventory of applications in the system. The 4 measures announced today also contemplate introduction of a long-term visit visa, increase admissions, continue public consultations, and freeze the intake of new applications with immediate effect.
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The federal government says it will repair Canada’s broken family reunification system by boosting the number of parents and grandparents accepted into Canada, imposing a moratorium on new applications, and introducing a new “supervisa” for extended visits.
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