Canadian passport
Connecting flights on a Canadian passport
150 layovers with no formality, 0 where a visa or electronic authorisation is required, out of 166 airports.
For an international-to-international connection on a single booking. The costliest trap: countries with no airside transit, where you cross the border even for two hours.
The main hubs
| Hub | Visa? | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Paris · CDG | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Londres · LHR | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Istanbul · IST | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Dubaï · DXB | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Doha · DOH | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Francfort · FRA | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Amsterdam · AMS | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Madrid · MAD | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| Toronto · YYZ | no visa | Airside connection, nothing to show |
| New York · JFK | no visa | No airside transit: you cross the border, no formality for this passport |
The 16 layovers to check
- Brisbane · BNE · AustraliaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Melbourne · MEL · AustraliaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Perth · PER · AustraliaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Sydney · SYD · AustraliaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Canton · CAN · ChinaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Pékin · PEK · ChinaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Pékin · PKX · ChinaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Shanghai · PVG · ChinaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Shenzhen · SZX · ChinaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Bangalore · BLR · IndiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Bombay · BOM · IndiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Chennai · MAA · IndiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Delhi · DEL · IndiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Auckland · AKL · New ZealandTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Kazan · KZN · RussiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
- Moscou · SVO · RussiaTransit visa required from some nationalities: check
The 150 layovers without a visa
- Alger · ALG · Algeria
- Buenos Aires · EZE · Argentina
- Erevan · EVN · Armenia
- Vienne · VIE · Austria
- Bakou · GYD · Azerbaijan
- Manama · BAH · Bahrain
- Dacca · DAC · Bangladesh
- Bruxelles · BRU · Belgium
- Cotonou · COO · Benin
- Rio de Janeiro · GIG · Brazil
- Rio de Janeiro · SDU · Brazil
- São Paulo · GRU · Brazil
- Ouagadougou · OUA · Burkina Faso
- Phnom Penh · PNH · Cambodia
- Douala · DLA · Cameroon
- Yaoundé · NSI · Cameroon
- Calgary · YYC · Canada
- Montréal · YUL · Canada
- Toronto · YYZ · Canada
- Vancouver · YVR · Canada
- Santiago · SCL · Chile
- Bogota · BOG · Colombia
- San José · SJO · Costa Rica
- Zagreb · ZAG · Croatia
- La Havane · HAV · Cuba
- Prague · PRG · Czech Republic
- Copenhague · CPH · Denmark
- Saint-Domingue · SDQ · Dominican Republic
- Kinshasa · FIH · DR Congo
- Quito · UIO · Ecuador
- Le Caire · CAI · Egypt
- Addis-Abeba · ADD · Ethiopia
- Nadi · NAN · Fiji
- Helsinki · HEL · Finland
- Lyon · LYS · France
- Nice · NCE · France
- Paris · CDG · France
- Paris · ORY · France
- Papeete · PPT · French Polynesia
- Libreville · LBV · Gabon
- Tbilissi · TBS · Georgia
- Berlin · BER · Germany
- Düsseldorf · DUS · Germany
- Francfort · FRA · Germany
- Munich · MUC · Germany
- Accra · ACC · Ghana
- Athènes · ATH · Greece
- Pointe-à-Pitre · PTP · Guadeloupe
- Port-au-Prince · PAP · Haiti
- Hong Kong · HKG · Hong Kong
- Budapest · BUD · Hungary
- Reykjavik · KEF · Iceland
- Denpasar · DPS · Indonesia
- Jakarta · CGK · Indonesia
- Dublin · DUB · Ireland
- Tel-Aviv · TLV · Israel
- Milan · MXP · Italy
- Rome · FCO · Italy
- Venise · VCE · Italy
- Abidjan · ABJ · Ivory Coast
- Osaka · KIX · Japan
- Tokyo · NRT · Japan
- Tokyo · HND · Japan
- Amman · AMM · Jordan
- Almaty · ALA · Kazakhstan
- Astana · NQZ · Kazakhstan
- Nairobi · NBO · Kenya
- Koweït · KWI · Kuwait
- Beyrouth · BEY · Lebanon
- Tripoli · TIP · Libya
- Luxembourg · LUX · Luxembourg
- Antananarivo · TNR · Madagascar
- Kuala Lumpur · KUL · Malaysia
- Malé · MLE · Maldives
- Bamako · BKO · Mali
- Fort-de-France · FDF · Martinique
- Port-Louis · MRU · Mauritius
- Cancún · CUN · Mexico
- Mexico · MEX · Mexico
- Oulan-Bator · ULN · Mongolia
- Casablanca · CMN · Morocco
- Marrakech · RAK · Morocco
- Katmandou · KTM · Nepal
- Amsterdam · AMS · Netherlands
- Nouméa · NOU · New Caledonia
- Niamey · NIM · Niger
- Abuja · ABV · Nigeria
- Lagos · LOS · Nigeria
- Oslo · OSL · Norway
- Mascate · MCT · Oman
- Islamabad · ISB · Pakistan
- Karachi · KHI · Pakistan
- Panama · PTY · Panama
- Lima · LIM · Peru
- Manille · MNL · Philippines
- Varsovie · WAW · Poland
- Lisbonne · LIS · Portugal
- Porto · OPO · Portugal
- Doha · DOH · Qatar
- Saint-Denis · RUN · Réunion
- Bucarest · OTP · Romania
- Djeddah · JED · Saudi Arabia
- Riyad · RUH · Saudi Arabia
- Dakar · DKR · Senegal
- Belgrade · BEG · Serbia
- Mahé · SEZ · Seychelles
- Singapour · SIN · Singapore
- Johannesbourg · JNB · South Africa
- Le Cap · CPT · South Africa
- Séoul · ICN · South Korea
- Barcelone · BCN · Spain
- Madrid · MAD · Spain
- Colombo · CMB · Sri Lanka
- Stockholm · ARN · Sweden
- Genève · GVA · Switzerland
- Zurich · ZRH · Switzerland
- Taipei · TPE · Taiwan
- Bangkok · BKK · Thailand
- Bangkok · DMK · Thailand
- Lomé · LFW · Togo
- Tunis · TUN · Tunisia
- Antalya · AYT · Turkey
- Istanbul · IST · Turkey
- Istanbul · SAW · Turkey
- Abou Dabi · AUH · United Arab Emirates
- Dubaï · DXB · United Arab Emirates
- Dubaï · DWC · United Arab Emirates
- Édimbourg · EDI · United Kingdom
- Londres · LHR · United Kingdom
- Londres · LGW · United Kingdom
- Manchester · MAN · United Kingdom
- Atlanta · ATL · United States
- Boston · BOS · United States
- Charlotte · CLT · United States
- Chicago · ORD · United States
- Dallas · DFW · United States
- Denver · DEN · United States
- Detroit · DTW · United States
- Houston · IAH · United States
- Los Angeles · LAX · United States
- Miami · MIA · United States
- Minneapolis · MSP · United States
- New York · JFK · United States
- New York · EWR · United States
- Philadelphie · PHL · United States
- San Francisco · SFO · United States
- Seattle · SEA · United States
- Tachkent · TAS · Uzbekistan
- Hanoï · HAN · Vietnam
- Hô-Chi-Minh-Ville · SGN · Vietnam
To the United States: preclearance
At Dublin, Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, a flight to the United States crosses the US border before boarding. This passport needs no extra US document there, but allow time for the check.
Before booking
These verdicts apply to an international-to-international connection on a single booking, without changing airports. Separate tickets, an airport change or a domestic onward flight mean crossing the border: entry rules then apply.
Exemptions exist: in the Schengen area, holders of certain visas or residence permits (Schengen, US, Canada, Japan…) are often exempt; in the UK, holders of a visa or residence permit for Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the US or the EEA. They depend on your documents, not your passport: check them.
Check a specific connection: L’Escale
Sources: European Commission, common list (Annex IV), national lists (Annex 7B), gov.uk (DATV), checked 2026-09-14; entry rules: passport-index-data, dated 2026-02-17. The airline and the transit country are authoritative on the day of travel.