Canada has the 7th powerful passports in the World with visa free access to 188 countries and territories according to Henley index 2024.
Below are full list of countries and territories with visa free or arrival access to Canadian passport holders.
Visa Free Countries
| Afghanistan | Visa required | |
| Albania | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Algeria | Visa required | |
| Andorra | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Angola | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Argentina | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Armenia | eVisa / Visa on arrival |
180 days per year
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| Australia and territories | Electronic Travel Authorisation | 90 days |
| Austria | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Azerbaijan | eVisa | 30 days |
| Bahamas | Visa not required | 8 months |
| Bahrain | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 14 days |
| Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Barbados | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Belarus | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Belgium | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Belize |
Visa not required
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| Benin | eVisa | 30 days |
| Bhutan | eVisa | |
| Bolivia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Botswana | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Brazil | Visa not required / eVisa | 90 days |
| Brunei | Visa not required | 14 days |
| Bulgaria | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Burkina Faso |
eVisa / Visa on arrival
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| Burundi | Visa on arrival | 1 month |
| Cambodia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Cameroon | eVisa | |
| Cape Verde | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Central African Republic | Visa required | |
| Chad | Visa required | |
| Chile | Visa not required | 90 days |
| China | Visa required | |
| Colombia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Comoros | Visa on arrival | 45 days |
| Republic of the Congo | Visa required | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | eVisa | 7 days |
| Costa Rica | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Côte d’Ivoire | eVisa | 3 months |
| Croatia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Cuba | Tourist card required | 90 days |
| Cyprus | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Czech Republic | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Denmark and territories | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Djibouti | eVisa | 31 days |
| Dominica | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Dominican Republic | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Ecuador | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Egypt | Visa required | |
| El Salvador | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Equatorial Guinea | eVisa | |
| Eritrea | Visa required | |
| Estonia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Eswatini | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Ethiopia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | up to 90 days |
| Fiji | Visa not required | 4 months |
| Finland | Visa not required | 90 days |
| France and territories | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Gabon | eVisa | 90 days |
| Gambia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Georgia | Visa not required | 1 year |
| Germany | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Ghana | Visa required | |
| Greece | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Grenada | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Guatemala | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Guinea | eVisa | 90 days |
| Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival | 90 days |
| Guyana | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Haiti | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Honduras | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Hungary | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Iceland | Visa not required | 90 days |
| India | eVisa | 30 days |
| Indonesia | e-VOA / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Iran | Visa required | |
| Iraq | Visa on arrival | 60 days |
| Ireland | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Israel | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Italy | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Jamaica | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Japan | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Jordan |
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| Kazakhstan | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Kenya | Electronic Travel Authorisation | 3 months |
| Kiribati | Visa not required | 90 days |
| North Korea | Visa required | |
| South Korea | Electronical Travel Authorization | 6 months |
| Kuwait | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months |
| Kyrgyzstan | Visa not required | 60 days |
| Laos | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Latvia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Lebanon | Free visa on arrival | 1 month |
| Lesotho |
Visa not required
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| Liberia | Visa required | |
| Libya | Visa required | |
| Liechtenstein | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Lithuania | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Luxembourg | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Madagascar | Visa on arrival | 60 days |
| Malawi | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days |
| Malaysia | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Maldives | Free visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Mali | Visa required | |
| Malta | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Marshall Islands | Visa on arrival | 90 days |
| Mauritania | Visa on arrival | |
| Mauritius | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Mexico | Visa not required | 180 days |
| Micronesia | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Moldova | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Monaco | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Mongolia | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Montenegro | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Morocco | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Mozambique | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Myanmar | eVisa | 28 days |
| Namibia | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Nauru | Visa required | |
| Nepal | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days |
| Netherlands and territories | Visa not required | 90 days |
| New Zealand | Electronic Travel Authority | 3 months |
| Nicaragua | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Niger | Visa required | |
| Nigeria | eVisa | 90 days |
| North Macedonia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Norway | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Oman | Visa not required / eVisa |
14 days / 30 days
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| Pakistan | ETA / Online Visa |
30 days / 3 months
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| Palau | Free visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Panama | Visa not required | 180 days |
| Papua New Guinea | eVisa | 60 days |
| Paraguay | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Peru | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Philippines | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Poland | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Portugal | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Qatar | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Romania | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Russia | Visa required | |
| Rwanda | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Saint Lucia | Visa not required | 6 weeks |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Samoa | Visa not required | 60 days |
| San Marino |
Visa not required
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| São Tomé and Príncipe | Visa not required | 15 days |
| Saudi Arabia | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 90 days |
| Senegal | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Serbia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Seychelles | Electronic Border System | 3 months |
| Sierra Leone | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Singapore | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Slovakia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Slovenia | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Solomon Islands | Free Visitor’s permit on arrival | 3 months |
| Somalia | Visa on arrival | |
| South Africa | Visa not required | 90 days |
| South Sudan | eVisa | |
| Spain | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Sri Lanka | ETA / Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Sudan | Visa required | |
| Suriname | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Sweden | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Switzerland | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Syria | Visa required | |
| Taiwan | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Tajikistan | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Tanzania | eVisa / Visa on arrival | 3 months |
| Thailand | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
| Togo | eVisa | 15 days |
| Tonga | Free visa on arrival | 31 days |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
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| Tunisia | Visa not required | 4 months |
| Turkey | Visa not required | 90 days |
| Turkmenistan | Visa required | |
| Tuvalu | Visa on arrival | 1 month |
| Uganda | eVisa | 3 months |
| Ukraine | Visa not required | 90 days |
| United Arab Emirates | Visa not required | 30 days |
| United Kingdom | Visa not required | 6 months |
| United States | Visa not required | 6 months |
| Uruguay | Visa not required | 3 months |
| Uzbekistan | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Vanuatu | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Vatican City |
Visa not required
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| Venezuela | Visa required | |
| Vietnam | eVisa | |
| Yemen | Visa required | |
| Zambia | Visa not required | 30 days |
| Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival | 30 days |
Source: Wikipedia
Territories
Visa requirements for Canadian citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries, and restricted zones:
Africa
• British Indian Ocean Territory — special permit required.
• Eritrea (outside Asmara) — visa covers Asmara only; to travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
• Mayotte — Visa not required for 90 days with a 180-day period.
• Réunion — Visa not required for 90 days within a 180-day period.
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
◦ Ascension Island — eVisa for 2 months within any year period
◦ Saint Helena — Visitor’s Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
◦ Tristan da Cunha — Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara controlled territory) — undefined visa regime.
• Somaliland — visa required (30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival).
Asia
• Hainan — Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Haikou Meilan International Airport and Sanya Phoenix International Airport.
Visa not required for 15 days for traveling as part of a tourist group (5 or more people)
• Hong Kong — Visa not required for 3 months.
• India — Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for all of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and parts of Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
• Iraqi Kurdistan – Visa on arrival for 15 days. Available at Sulaimaniyah International Airport and Erbil International Airport.
• Macau — Visa not required for 30 days.
• North Korea outside Pyongyang – People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
• Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province — OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
• Tibet Autonomous Region — Tibet Travel Permit required.
• Korean Demilitarized Zone — restricted zone.
• UNDOF Zone and Ghajar — restricted zones.
• Arab League — Certain countries will deny access to holders of Israeli visas or passport stamps of Israel because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
• Saudi Arabia — Non-Muslims are not allowed in Mecca or Medina.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
• Anguilla — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Aruba — Visa not required for 30 days.
• Bermuda — Visa not required.
• Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba — Visa not required for 3 months.
• British Virgin Islands — Visa not required.
• Cayman Islands — Visa not required for 6 months.
• Curaçao — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Montserrat — Visa not required for 6 months.
• Puerto Rico — Visa not required for 180 days, same as the United States mainland.
• Sint Maarten — Visa not required for 3 months.
• Turks and Caicos Islands — Visa not required for 90 days.
• U.S. Virgin Islands — Visa not required for 6 months, same as the United States mainland.
Europe
• Abkhazia — Visa required. Visa on arrival available if arriving from Russian border only by train or car and must possess a multi entry Russian visa to be eligible and must exit via Russian border only.
• Mount Athos — Special permit required (4 days: 25 euro for Orthodox visitors, 35 euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18 euro for students). There is a visitors’ quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
• Brest and Grodno — Visa not required for 10 days.
• Crimea — Visa issued by Russia is required.
• Northern Cyprus — Visa free access for 3 months. Passport required.
• UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus — Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
• Gibraltar — Visa not required.
• Jan Mayen — permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
• Svalbard of Norway — Right to live and work under the Svalbard Treaty.
• Kosovo — visa free for 90 days.
• Artsakh — Visa required (issued for single entry for 21 days/1/2/3 months or multiple entry visa for 1/2/3 months). Travellers with a visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.
• South Ossetia — Visa free. Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
• Transnistria — Visa free. Registration required after 24h.
Oceania
• American Samoa — Electronic authorization for 30 days.
• Ashmore and Cartier Islands — special authorisation required.
• Clipperton Island — special permit required.
• Cook Islands — Visa free access for 31 days.
• Guam — Visa not required.
• Niue — Visa on arrival valid for 30 days is issued free of charge.
• Northern Mariana Islands — Visa not required.
• Pitcairn Islands — 14 days visa free and landing fee US$35 or tax of US$5 if not going ashore.
• United States Minor Outlying Islands — special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
South America
• Galápagos — Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
• Falkland Islands — Visitor Permit valid for 4 weeks is issued on arrival.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — Pre-arrival permit from the commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
•Antarctica and adjacent islands — special permits required for Bouvet Island, British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency
References: CIC Canada
