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Ethiopia visa rules for Canada passport holders

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

The answer

Visa on arrival. Canada passport holders can get a visa on arrival in Ethiopia.

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Official source

evisa.gov.etImmigration and Citizenship Service of Ethiopia (official e-Visa portal)Checked 30 Oct 2026

Canada Visa on Arrival

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Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Passport of the visa applicant which is valid for at least 6 months from the intended date of entry to Ethiopia.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Ethiopia passport holders need to visit Canada.

Ethiopia 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 Addis Ababa, nearest first.

No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.

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

Weather in Addis Ababa

Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Addis Ababa, month by month.

  1. JanHigh 24.2°CLow 8.2°CRain 15 mm
  2. FebHigh 25.4°CLow 9.2°CRain 26 mm
  3. MarHigh 25.6°CLow 10.8°CRain 57 mm
  4. AprHigh 25.9°CLow 11.9°CRain 82 mm
  5. MayHigh 25.5°CLow 12.1°CRain 87 mm
  6. JunHigh 23.7°CLow 11.5°CRain 141 mm
  7. JulHigh 21.4°CLow 11.7°CRain 256 mm
  8. AugHigh 21.4°CLow 11.5°CRain 300 mm
  9. SepHigh 22.1°CLow 11.1°CRain 182 mm
  10. OctHigh 23.5°CLow 9.5°CRain 40 mm
  11. NovHigh 23.2°CLow 7.7°CRain 14 mm
  12. DecHigh 23.2°CLow 7.5°CRain 11 mm

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

Averages of 12 to 28 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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