Travelling to Canada

What you need for Canada, by passport.

Quick answers

Do I need a visa for Canada?

It depends on your passport. US passport: No visa or eTA needed, bring your US passport. UK passport: Get an eTA (CA$7) before you fly. Irish passport: Get an eTA (CA$7) before you fly. Australian passport: Get an eTA (CA$7) before you fly. New Zealand passport: Get an eTA (CA$7) before you fly.

Good to know

Don't bring cannabis. It's illegal to take cannabis, including CBD products, across the Canadian border without special permission from Health Canada, even if it's legal where you're coming from. If you have any with you, you must declare it.

Checked 26 October 2026 against Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Canada Border Services Agency and Government of Canada.

See the 13 official sources

Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Find out about eTAs and if you can apply (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Apply for an eTA (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
eTA: what to do after you apply (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Entry requirements by country or territory (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Do I need to apply for an eTA before I book my airline ticket? (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Help Centre))
Do I have to apply for an eTA each time I travel to Canada? (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Help Centre))
Is there more than one website to apply for an eTA? (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Help Centre))
Extend your stay in Canada as a visitor (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Overcome criminal convictions (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada)
Travel documents for entering Canada (Canada Border Services Agency)
ArriveCAN: Advance Declaration (Canada Border Services Agency)
Cannabis and international travel (Government of Canada)