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Central African Republic visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

No. Canada passport holders need a visa to visit the Central African Republic.

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Official source

usrcaembassy.orgEmbassy of the Central African Republic in Washington, D.C.Checked 30 Oct 2026

All travelers must apply for a visa for entry into the Central African Republic.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a yellow fever vaccination; a copy of the vaccination card is accepted.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Valid passport (must be valid for at least 6 months)

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Central African Republic passport holders need to visit Canada.

Central African Republic 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 Bangui, nearest first.

  1. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé, about 1,390 km from BanguiVisa-free · 15 days
  2. AngolaLuanda, about 1,580 km from BanguiVisa-free · 30 days
  3. ZambiaLusaka, about 2,450 km from BanguiVisa-free · 90 days

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

Weather in Bangui

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

  1. JanHigh 34.4°CLow 18.6°CRain 12 mm
  2. FebHigh 35.2°CLow 21.5°CRain 38 mm
  3. MarHigh 34.4°CLow 22.7°CRain 106 mm
  4. AprHigh 33.3°CLow 22.6°CRain 126 mm
  5. MayHigh 32.7°CLow 22.5°CRain 161 mm
  6. JunHigh 31.3°CLow 21.9°CRain 145 mm
  7. JulHigh 30.5°CLow 21.6°CRain 204 mm
  8. AugHigh 30.7°CLow 21.6°CRain 214 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.3°CLow 21.5°CRain 175 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.6°CLow 21.5°CRain 183 mm
  11. NovHigh 32.4°CLow 21.1°CRain 79 mm
  12. DecHigh 33.3°CLow 19.7°CRain 21 mm

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

Averages of 11 to 24 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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