Starting April 1st fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to complete a pre-entry test for travel to Canada. They may still be selected for mandatory random testing on arrival but they won’t need to quarantine while waiting for results.
However, unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travellers who are currently allowed to enter Canada will continue to be tested with COVID-19 molecular tests on arrival and quarantine for 14 days.
All travellers 5 years of age or older who do not qualify as fully vaccinated must continue to provide proof of an accepted type of pre-entry COVID-19 test result:
- a valid, negative antigen test, administered or observed by an accredited lab or testing provider, taken outside of Canada no more than one day before their initially scheduled flight departure time or their arrival at the land border or marine port of entry; or
- a valid negative molecular test taken no more than 72 hours before their initially scheduled flight departure time or their arrival at the land border or marine port of entry, or
- a previous positive molecular test taken at least 10 calendar days and no more than 180 calendar days before their initially scheduled flight departure time or their arrival at the land border or marine port of entry. It is important to note that positive antigen test results will not be accepted.
All travellers continue to be required to submit their mandatory information in ArriveCAN (free mobile app or website) before their arrival in Canada.
Find out if you can travel to Canada as an unvaccinated or partially vaccinated traveller here.
Source: Canada.ca
