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Ghana visa rules for Canada passport holders

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

The answer

e-Visa needed. Canada passport holders need an e-Visa before travel to visit Ghana.

Entry
e-Visa
Stay
60 days per entry
Fee
$260.00
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Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’E-VISA60 DAYS

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

Official source

evisa.immigration.gov.ghGhana Immigration Service (official Ghana eVisa portal)Checked 30 Oct 2026

{"code":"CA","name":"Canada","nationality":"Canadian","entry_requirement":"visa","category":null}

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Before you go

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

Conditions from official sources

  • Needs a confirmed return or onward ticket, proof of accommodation for the whole stay, and bank or credit card statements for the last 3 months.
  • Needs a passport with at least 3 blank pages.
  • Needs a valid Yellow Fever vaccination certificate.

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

Passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the applicant's intended date of departure from Ghana and must have at least 3 blank pages.

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Ghana passport holders need to visit Canada.

Ghana 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 Accra, nearest first.

  1. São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé, about 960 km from AccraVisa-free · 15 days
  2. GambiaBanjul, about 2,000 km from AccraVisa-free · 90 days
  3. SenegalDakar, about 2,140 km from AccraVisa-free · 90 days
  4. AngolaLuanda, about 2,190 km from AccraVisa-free · 30 days
  5. St. HelenaJamestown, about 2,460 km from AccraVisa-free · 183 days

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

Weather in Accra

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

  1. JanHigh 32.6°CLow 24.6°CRain 10 mm
  2. FebHigh 33.0°CLow 25.5°CRain 25 mm
  3. MarHigh 33.1°CLow 25.6°CRain 54 mm
  4. AprHigh 32.7°CLow 25.5°CRain 81 mm
  5. MayHigh 31.8°CLow 24.8°CRain 129 mm
  6. JunHigh 29.9°CLow 24.0°CRain 174 mm
  7. JulHigh 28.9°CLow 23.6°CRain 52 mm
  8. AugHigh 28.6°CLow 23.0°CRain 20 mm
  9. SepHigh 29.8°CLow 23.5°CRain 48 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.1°CLow 24.1°CRain 87 mm
  11. NovHigh 32.1°CLow 24.9°CRain 43 mm
  12. DecHigh 32.3°CLow 24.7°CRain 31 mm

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

Averages of 11 to 22 years between 1992 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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