Travelers must now be fully vaccinated in order to board a plane or train in Canada.
Canada’s travel restrictions
Following the discovery of the Omicron variant, Canada has restricted travel from the following 10 countries:
• Botswana
• Egypt;
• Eswatini;
• Lesotho;
• Malawi;
• Mozambique;
• Namibia;
• Nigeria;
• South Africa; and
• Zimbabwe.
Foreign nationals who have been to these countries within the past two weeks are forbidden from entering Canada. Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents that have been in any of these countries over the same timeframe will need a negative PCR test taken in a third country. They will be tested again upon arrival and must go into quarantine for 14 days and complete a test on day 8.
Those coming by air will go to a designated quarantine facility while they wait for their arrival test results. They can leave once their test results come back negative.
Those arriving by land may be allowed to go directly to the quarantine location named on their quarantine plan. If they do not have a suitable quarantine plan, they will be sent to a designated quarantine facility.
