Travel Documents Required

With increasing security at all airports and border crossings, a current valid passport is a must for travelling anywhere in the world today

For USA Residents

If you are entering Canada from the USA, a passport is not strictly required, although you will need personal identification in some form HOWEVER- in order to return from Canada to the USA you MUST have a passport You do not need a visa to enter Canada from the USA.

For International Travellers

You DO NOT need a visa to enter Canada if you are:

• citizens of Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Botswana, Brunei, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel (National Passport holders only), Italy, Japan, Korea (Republic of), Latvia (Republic of), Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Slovenia, Switzerland, United States, and Western Samoa; 
• persons lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who are in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence; 
• British citizens and British Overseas Citizens who are re-admissible to the United Kingdom; 
• citizens of British dependent territories who derive their citizenship through birth, descent, registration or naturalization in one of the British dependent territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena or the Turks and Caicos Islands; 
• persons holding a British National (Overseas) Passport issued by the Government of the United Kingdom to persons born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong; 
• persons holding a valid and subsisting Special Administrative Region passport issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China; 
• persons holding passports or travel documents issued by the Holy See

This information is taken from the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website. For a list of countries that DO require a visa to enter Canada, please visit  http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp