Canada passport
Rank #7 · Strength 198 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 94.2
Citizens of Canada can reach 198 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 160 visa-free, 28 visa on arrival and 10 eTA. Ranked #7 for passport strength worldwide.
160Visa-free
28Visa on arrival
10eTA
31e-Visa
18Visa required
Canada passport: where it stands
This passport is stronger than 87% of the 198 passports in the Passport Index. It is the strongest passport in the Americas (35 passports). Across 5 major destinations: the Schengen Area, the United States and Japan allow visa-free entry; the United Kingdom and Australia require an eTA. Beyond those 198 destinations, 31 issue an e-Visa online and 18 require a consular visa; e-Visas do not count towards passport strength.
Visa-free (160)
Albania
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Aruba
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bermuda
Bolivia
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bouvet Island
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Curaçao
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Eswatini
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guernsey
Guyana
Haiti
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jersey
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Malaysia
Malta
Martinique
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Netherlands
New Caledonia
Nicaragua
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway
Oman
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Rwanda
Réunion
Saint Barthélemy
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Martin
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United States
United States Minor Outlying Islands
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Zambia
Åland Islands
Visa on arrival (28)
Armenia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Comoros
Egypt
Ethiopia
Guinea-Bissau
Indonesia
Jordan
Kuwait
Laos
Lebanon
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Namibia
Nepal
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Pitcairn Islands
Saudi Arabia
Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Zimbabwe
eTA — electronic travel authorisation (10)
Australia
Israel
Kenya
Mozambique
New Zealand
Seychelles
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Sri Lanka
Suriname
United Kingdom
e-Visa — applied for online in advance (31)
Azerbaijan
Benin
Bhutan
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Chad
Cuba
Côte d’Ivoire
DR Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Ghana
Guinea
India
Iraq
Liberia
Libya
Mauritania
Myanmar
Nigeria
Pakistan
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Togo
Uganda
Venezuela
Vietnam
Visa required (18)
Afghanistan
Algeria
British Indian Ocean Territory
Central African Republic
Congo
Eritrea
Iran
Mali
Nauru
Niger
North Korea
Palestine
Russia
Sudan
Syria
Tokelau
Turkmenistan
Yemen
What the index measures
- 248 destinations, countries and territories
- Strength = visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA; e-Visa is not taken into account.
- Passports with the same score share a rank
Data sources
- Government portals of each destination.
- Immigration authorities, foreign ministries, and official e-Visa and eTA portals.
Method
- How each entry condition is classified
- The limits of the data and how to check official sources
