Get vaccinated against COVID-19 before arriving in Canada.

When can fully vaccinated foreigners enter Canada?

Foreign nationals who have received all necessary COVID-19 vaccinations will be allowed to enter Canada. You can use this link to answer the questions to find out if you can enter Canada.

Exemptions for vaccinated individuals:

• isolation
• Stay at the hotel (for all tourists)
• Request a COVID test on day 8. If you provide... essential services or already qualify for exemptions from quarantine and Day-8 testing, you don't need the fully vaccinated traveler exemption.

• No hotel quarantine required.
• Must self-isolate for 14 days
• You must undergo the required tests (except for children under 5 years old).

Check if you meet the exemption requirements.

To qualify for a fully vaccinated exemption, you must:

• allowed to enter Canada
• no symptoms of COVID-19
• Receive all the required doses of the COVID-19 vaccines approved by Canada.
• Get your last injection at least 14 days before flying to Canada.
• Upload your vaccination proof to ArriveCAN
• meet all requirements for entry.

The following COVID-19 vaccines are approved by Canada:

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

From 30 November 2021, 03:01 AM EST, the following three vaccines, recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO), will be accepted for travelers entering Canada:

• Sinopharm (Covilo)
• Sinovac (Coronavac)
• COVAXIN

Vaccines that are not yet approved :

• Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C)
• Cansino (Convidecia, Ad5-nCoV)
• Gamalaya (Sputnik V, Gam-Covid-Vac)
• Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV, Sinopharm-Wuhan)
• Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)
• Vector Institute (EpiVacCorona)
• Other

The list of approved vaccines may change in the future.