According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, beginning April 1, 2022 at 12:01 a.m. EDT, fully vaccinated travelers will be able to enter the country without having to present a pre-entry COVID-19 test.
For partially vaccinated or unvaccinated travelers currently required to travel to Canada, pre-entry testing requirements remain unchanged. Unless exempt, all travelers aged 5 and over who are not fully immunized will continue to provide proof of an accepted type of COVID-19 test result prior to entry.
Accepted test result types are
- a valid and negative antigen test, administered or observed by an accredited testing provider or laboratory, performed outside of Canada no later than one day prior to your originally scheduled flight departure time or arrival at the land border or at the maritime port of entry; Is
- a valid negative molecular test taken no later than 72 hours before the flight’s originally scheduled departure or arrival time at the land border or sea port of entry; Is
- a prior positive molecular test performed at least 10 calendar days and not more than 180 calendar days before the flight’s originally scheduled departure or arrival time at the land border or sea port of entry. It is important to note that positive antigen test results will not be accepted.
Canada will continue to require travelers to upload their travel details and proof of vaccinations to ArriveCAN, the website the government has created for contact tracing of travellers. Those who do not complete the shipment to ArriveCAN will need to be tested and quarantined for 14 days upon arrival, regardless of their vaccination status. Travelers taking a cruise or plane will need to submit their information within 72 hours of boarding.
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The vaccines accepted by the Government of Canada are:
AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD (ChAdOx1-S, Vaxzevria, AZD1222)
Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C)
Janssen/Johnson & Johnson
Modern (mRNA-1273)
Novavax (NVX-COV2373, Nuvaxovid, Covovax)
Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty, tozinameran, BNT162b2) including for children from 5 to 11 years old
Sinopharm BIBP (BBIBP-CorV)
Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)
To be considered a fully immunized traveler, you must have received, at least fourteen calendar days prior to the day of travel, at least two doses of a vaccine accepted by the Government of Canada for travel; or a mixture of two accepted vaccines; or at least one dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The Canadian government will not consider a traveler to be fully immunized if the dose does not reach the amount listed above, or if the traveler has recovered from illness before or after receiving a single dose.
According to tracking data compiled by The Washington Post, 82.6% of the Canadian population is fully vaccinated, one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.
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