Category: canada travel rules

Canada to Unveil Travel Rules for Fully Vaccinated Citizens, Permanent Residents

OTTAWA—Canada is set to detail what quarantine rules citizens and permanent residents who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon have to follow when entering the country. Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said last week that “measures” would be announced today that will apply to immunized Canadians, as well as foreign nationals…


Travellers React as Stricter Public Health Measures Come Into Effect at Canadian Borders, Airports

A new Canadian health order requiring a three-day hotel quarantine for air travellers got off to a rocky start on Monday, as some passengers complained of long waits to access the hotel-booking system. Across Canada and abroad, travellers spoke of disconnected calls and hours or even days waiting on the line to make a reservation,…


Stricter Public Health Measures Now in Effect at Canadian Borders, Airports

OTTAWA—A mandatory three-day hotel quarantine for most travellers landing at Canadian airports comes into effect today, along with a suite of measures meant to prevent contagious COVID-19 variants from entering the country. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said the tighter border controls are meant to keep everyone safe, not punish travellers. Anyone flying into the…


Stricter Border Controls for Travellers to Begin Feb. 22

OTTAWA—Tighter border controls will come into effect Feb. 22, the prime minister said Friday, not to punish travellers but to try to keep everyone safe. Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine—at their own expense—and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible…


Stricter Border Controls for Travellers to Canada Begin Feb. 22

OTTAWA—Tighter border controls will come into effect Feb. 22, the prime minister said Friday, not to punish travellers but to try to keep everyone safe. Forcing new arrivals into a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine—at their own expense—and requiring a COVID-19 test when they get here is meant to help ward off new and more transmissible…


Mandatory COVID-19 Testing Begins at Toronto Airport as More Variant Cases Confirmed

A rule requiring international travellers landing at Ontario’s largest airport to take a COVID-19 test came into effect Monday amid growing concern over vaccine deliveries and new reported cases of contagious COVID-19 variants. The Ontario government implemented the measure at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport as a stopgap while waiting for a similar federal program announced…