Schengen visas in Canada: refusals consulate by consulate
9.0% of applications refused in 2025 — 3,914 of 43,982.
2024: 5.0% of 42,265 applications (+4.0 pts). 46 Schengen consulates active in 2025.
What the national rate hides
- Fewest refusals
- 0.8%
- Italy — Toronto · 1,849 applications
- Most refusals
- 21.3%
- Belgium — Montréal · 1,668 applications
- Biggest drop since 2024
- −2.5 pts
- Austria — Ottawa · 1,092 applications
- Highest share of multiple-entry visas
- 99.9%
- Italy — Toronto · 1,849 applications
Ranking based on consulates with at least 1,000 applications: below that, a handful of files moves the rate. The largest consulate by volume is France — Montréal, with 14,274 applications.
Every consulate, fewest to most refusals
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy — Toronto | 1,849 | 0.8% | 0.7% | +0.1 pts | 99.9% |
| Netherlands — Vancouver | 2,368 | 2.3% | 1.5% | +0.9 pts | 83.5% |
| Netherlands — Toronto | 2,323 | 2.5% | 1.0% | +1.5 pts | 86.7% |
| Germany — Toronto | 2,681 | 3.8% | 4.7% | −0.9 pts | 73.9% |
| Austria — Ottawa | 1,092 | 4.2% | 6.7% | −2.5 pts | 14.0% |
| Switzerland — Vancouver | 2,521 | 4.3% | 2.6% | +1.7 pts | 44.4% |
| Spain — Toronto | 1,333 | 6.0% | 1.4% | +4.6 pts | 1.6% |
| Switzerland — Montréal | 2,034 | 6.2% | 4.8% | +1.5 pts | 52.7% |
| France — Montréal | 14,274 | 9.4% | 7.4% | +1.9 pts | 17.8% |
| Portugal — Toronto | 2,316 | 10.0% | 1.1% | +9.0 pts | 25.2% |
| Italy — Montréal | 1,655 | 14.6% | 5.9% | +8.6 pts | 92.0% |
| Belgium — Montréal | 1,668 | 21.3% | 8.6% | +12.8 pts | 59.6% |
Under 1,000 applications — rates not significant
| Consulate | Applications 2025 | Refused 2025 | 2024 | Change | Multiple entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal — Montréal | 781 | 15.6% | 5.9% | +9.7 pts | 6.2% |
| Netherlands — Ottawa | 754 | 2.8% | 0.5% | +2.3 pts | 77.4% |
| Italy — Vancouver | 700 | 13.2% | 3.3% | +10.0 pts | 23.7% |
| Greece — Toronto | 575 | 0.7% | 0.1% | +0.6 pts | 48.2% |
| Czech Republic — Toronto | 462 | 3.7% | 5.4% | −1.7 pts | 19.1% |
| Spain — Montréal | 451 | 3.0% | 1.0% | +2.1 pts | 17.8% |
| Hungary — Ottawa | 430 | 14.8% | 13.0% | +1.8 pts | 30.2% |
| Greece — Ottawa | 336 | 2.1% | 1.2% | +0.9 pts | 96.9% |
| Portugal — Vancouver | 296 | 68.9% | 0.3% | +68.5 pts | 26.9% |
| Poland — Toronto | 292 | 17.0% | 10.8% | +6.2 pts | 32.6% |
| Spain — Ottawa | 290 | 4.6% | 2.6% | +2.0 pts | 16.5% |
| Croatia — Mississauga | 253 | 8.2% | 8.7% | −0.5 pts | 93.8% |
| Italy — Ottawa | 231 | 3.5% | 2.6% | +0.9 pts | 33.2% |
| Greece — Vancouver | 219 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 49.8% |
| Greece — Montréal | 211 | 5.2% | 2.0% | +3.3 pts | 4.1% |
| Bulgaria — Toronto | 185 | 4.1% | 3.0% | +1.1 pts | 35.8% |
| Slovenia — Ottawa | 158 | 5.2% | 10.1% | −4.9 pts | 89.9% |
| Estonia — Ottawa | 155 | 30.8% | 30.4% | +0.4 pts | 37.4% |
| Croatia — Ottawa | 151 | 17.7% | 3.5% | +14.2 pts | 90.5% |
| Portugal — Ottawa | 143 | 7.7% | 0.0% | +7.7 pts | 42.4% |
| Poland — Vancouver | 139 | 1.4% | 2.1% | −0.7 pts | 19.7% |
| Czech Republic — Ottawa | 128 | 11.7% | 0.8% | +10.9 pts | 6.2% |
| Poland — Montréal | 128 | 22.3% | 14.8% | +7.5 pts | 32.3% |
| Romania — Toronto | 77 | 5.2% | 12.2% | −7.1 pts | 26.0% |
| Poland — Ottawa | 76 | 10.7% | 21.2% | −10.5 pts | 23.9% |
| Lithuania — Ottawa | 68 | 23.9% | 33.0% | −9.1 pts | 21.6% |
| Malta — Toronto | 51 | 2.0% | 4.3% | −2.4 pts | 28.0% |
| Slovakia — Ottawa | 46 | 2.2% | 0.0% | +2.2 pts | 0.0% |
| Romania — Vancouver | 38 | 7.9% | 0.0% | +7.9 pts | 34.3% |
| Romania — Montréal | 20 | 5.0% | 8.0% | −3.0 pts | 21.1% |
| Latvia — Ottawa | 11 | 8.3% | 0.0% | +8.3 pts | 20.0% |
| Bulgaria — Ottawa | 5 | 0.0% | 9.1% | −9.1 pts | 0.0% |
| Finland — Ottawa | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | — |
| Switzerland — Ottawa | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 100.0% |
Before choosing a consulate
You do not pick your consulate. The Visa Code (Article 5) designates the one of your main destination — or of the first country of entry if no destination dominates. Applying "where refusals are lower" for a trip elsewhere is itself a ground for refusal.
A low rate is not leniency: it also reflects who applies. A consulate that mostly receives seasoned business travellers refuses less than one receiving first-time applicants. The rate shows where files fail most often — a reason to prepare yours carefully, not to change address.
Where to go visa-free with a Canadian passport
Source: Commission européenne — Visa statistics for consulates, 2025 and 2024 editions, published 2026-05-28. Uniform short-stay visas; the rate is the Commission's: refusals / (issued + limited territorial validity visas + refusals).