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Belarus visa rules for Canada passport holders

Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Belarus.

The answer

Yes. Canada passport holders can visit Belarus visa-free for up to 30 days.

Entry
Visa-free
Stay
30 days per entry
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Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA-FREE30 DAYS

Our summary of the official rule. Not an official stamp.

Official source

mfa.gov.byMinistry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of BelarusChecked 30 Oct 2026

1. Andorra 2. Antigua and Barbuda 3. Australian Union 4. Austria 5. Barbados 6. Bahrain 7. Belgium 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9. Bulgaria 10. Canada 11. Chile 12. Croatia 13. Cyprus 14. Chechia 15. Denmark 16. Dominica

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.

Conditions from official sources

  • Must arrive and leave through Minsk National Airport or the airports of Brest, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev or Vitebsk.
  • Not available on flights from or to Russia.
  • Needs a passport valid at least 90 days beyond the date of departure from Belarus.
  • Needs medical insurance with at least EUR 10,000 cover, valid in Belarus for the whole stay.
  • Needs funds of at least 2 base rates per day of stay, or 50 base rates for a full 30 days.

Passport validity

The source states no minimum passport validity.

Tourist entry only

These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.

The other way round

What Belarus passport holders need to visit Canada.

Belarus passport Canada

Visa needed

Visa-required countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda (Some citizens of Antigua and Barbuda may be eligible for an electronic travel authorization [eTA] if they meet certain requirements .) Argentina (Some citizens of Argentina may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil (Some citizens of Brazil may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon, Republic of Cabo Verde Central African Republic Chad China, People's Republic of Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Costa Rica, Republic of (Some citizens of Costa Rica may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Cuba Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia (Some citizens of Indonesia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Iran Iraq Israel (Travellers must have a valid Israeli "Travel Document in Lieu of National Passport".) Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Macao Special Administrative Region Madagascar Malawi Malaysia (Some citizens of Malaysia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Maldives Islands Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico (Some citizens of Mexico may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Micronesia, Fed. States Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco (Some citizens of Morocco may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama (Some citizens of Panama may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Paraguay Peru Philippines (Some citizens of the Philippines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Romania (holder of a non-electronic passport, such as a temporary passport) Russia Rwanda Sao Tomé e Principe Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Senegal Serbia Seychelles (Some citizens of the Seychelles may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sri Lanka St. Kitts and Nevis (Some citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Lucia (Some citizens of St. Lucia may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) St. Vincent and the Grenadines (St. Vincent) (Some citizens of St. Vincent and the Grenadines may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Sudan Suriname Syria Taiwan (Travellers must have a passport other than an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number.) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand (Some citizens of Thailand may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago (Some citizens of Trinidad and Tobago may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Uruguay (Some citizens of Uruguay may be eligible for an eTA if they meet certain requirements .) Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

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Visa-free nearby

Other places Canada passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Minsk, nearest first.

  1. LithuaniaVilnius, about 170 km from MinskVisa-free · 90 days
  2. LatviaRiga, about 400 km from MinskVisa-free · 90 days
  3. UkraineKyiv, about 430 km from MinskVisa-free · 90 days
  4. PolandWarsaw, about 480 km from MinskVisa-free · 90 days
  5. EstoniaTallinn, about 640 km from MinskVisa-free · 90 days

We list only countries whose rules we have reviewed. More appear as we review them.

Weather in Minsk

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Minsk, month by month.

  1. JanHigh -2.1°CLow -6.2°CRain 47 mm
  2. FebHigh -1.0°CLow -5.9°CRain 40 mm
  3. MarHigh 4.4°CLow -2.6°CRain 42 mm
  4. AprHigh 12.5°CLow 2.9°CRain 43 mm
  5. MayHigh 18.6°CLow 8.3°CRain 66 mm
  6. JunHigh 22.2°CLow 12.2°CRain 78 mm
  7. JulHigh 24.2°CLow 14.4°CRain 97 mm
  8. AugHigh 23.5°CLow 13.4°CRain 70 mm
  9. SepHigh 17.5°CLow 8.7°CRain 52 mm
  10. OctHigh 10.2°CLow 3.9°CRain 54 mm
  11. NovHigh 3.5°CLow -0.4°CRain 50 mm
  12. DecHigh -0.8°CLow -4.4°CRain 46 mm

Bar and large number: average high, °CSmaller number: average low, °Cmm: average rainfall

Averages of 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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