Entry right

Visa-free countries with a Canadian passport

155 destinations without a prior application, out of 198.

Rank 39 of 199 passports. Data dated 2026-02-17, 39,402 passport/destination pairs.

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Why you read different numbers elsewhere

For the same Canadian passport, websites give totals that don't match. They are not necessarily wrong: they count different things, without saying so. Here are the three definitions, applied to the same data.

Strictly visa-free
113
You show your passport, nothing else.
No prior application
155
+ electronic authorisation and visa on arrival. The Henley Passport Index count, and ours.
Counting e-visas
181
+ e-visa. More flattering, but still an application.

Where the Canadian passport opens doors

Destinations reachable without prior application by region, Canadian passport
RegionOpen doorsCountries
Western Europe2424
Central & Eastern Europe2021
North America22
Latin America & Caribbean2932
East Asia68
Southeast Asia911
South Asia48
Central Asia45
Middle East1419
North Africa36
West Africa616
East Africa & Horn1014
Central Africa29
Southern Africa99
Oceania1314

All 198 countries, one by one

Visa-free entry. — 113

Electronic authorisation to obtain before departure. — 8

Layovers on a Canadian passport: where a transit visa is required

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What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave. Source: passport-index-data, compiled from passportindex.org, dated 2026-02-17. Canadian passport, 2026.