Restrictions On Travel To Canada: What's New?

On 29 January 2021, the government of Canada announced several new requirements for travellers entering Canada in a further attempt to curb the rapid transmission of COVID-19 and its variants.

All air travellers (including Canadians and Permanent Residents) with limited exceptions, will be required to:   

• take a second molecular COVID test on entry to Canada; 
• stay in a government-approved quarantine hotel for at least the first three days after entry to Canada. If the traveller tests negative after three days, they may then continue to their quarantine location for the remainder of the quarantine period. The hotel stay and additional testing will be at the traveller's expense. Costs will be approximately CAD 2000 per person.