Canada To Remove Pre-Entry COVID-19 Testing Requirements
The Government of Canada has announced that effective April 1, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers will no longer need to provide a pre-entry COVID-19 test result to enter Canada by air, land or water.
Unfortunately, fully-vaccinated travellers may still be subject to random testing upon arrival, however they will not be required to quarantine while awaiting their test results.
For partially or unvaccinated travelers who are currently allowed to travel to Canada, pre-entry testing requirements are not changing. Unless otherwise exempt, 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 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 (PCR) 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.
All travellers will continue to be required to submit their mandatory information in the ArriveCAN app 72 hours before their arrival in Canada. Travellers who arrive without completing their ArriveCAN submission may have to test on arrival and quarantine for 14 days, regardless of their vaccination status.
As we welcome this announcement, rest assured that NOTO, TIAO and the Northern Ontario Border Working Group will continue to advocate for the removal of random testing and for the development of a plan to allow unvaccinated travellers into Canada.
View Northern Ontario Border Working Group Press Release
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