Canada is allowing only essential travellers to enter Canada. Essential travel is defined as travel that is non-optional and non-discretionary.
The following are among the list of people allowed to travel to Canada now:
- 1. Canadian citizens
- 2. Permanent residents
- 3. Immediate family of Canadian citizens and permanent residents (spouses, common-law partners, dependent children, grandchildren, parent or step-parent, and guardian or tutor)
- 4. Extended family members of Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents, (individuals in an exclusive and long-term relationship and their dependent children; non-dependent children, grandchildren, siblings, half-and step-siblings and grandparents).
- 5. Permanent resident applicants who were approved for permanent residence on or before March 18, 2020.
- Individuals who are in possession of Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) and Permanent Resident Visa (PRV) issued on or before March 18 but whose documents have now expired. Visa holders from the U.S. qualify regardless of when they received their visas.
- 6. Temporary foreign workers
- 7. Foreign nationals entering Canada on humanitarian and compassionate grounds in special circumstances, such as terminal illness, serious injury or death.
- 8. International students who held a valid study permit or who had been approved for a study permit on or before March 18, 2020.
9 International students attending a Designated Learning Institution that has obtained prior approval of its response plan to control the spread of COVID-19 from the provincial government. (Effective October 20). The list of approved DLIs is here.
Individuals entering Canada are required by law to quarantine themselves immediately for a period of 14 days to help avoid the potential spread of COVID-19.
Anyone entering Canada will also be required to provide a negative COVID-19 test before arriving in the country. This measure does not replace the 14-day quarantine.
