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Senegal visa rules for Canada passport holders

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The answer

Yes. Canada passport holders can visit Senegal visa-free for up to 90 days.

Entry
Visa-free
Stay
90 days per entry
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Tourist entry
ONE TIME LIVIN’VISA-FREE90 DAYS

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

Official source

diplomatie.gouv.snMinistère de l'Intégration Africaine et des Affaires Etrangères du SénégalChecked 1 Nov 2026

Brésil, Canada, Chine, Corée du Sud, Djibouti, Emirats arabes unis, Etats-Unis d'Amérique, Ile Maurice, Inde, Japon, Malaisie, Singapour.

Quoted from the source.

Before you go

Passport validity

Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months.

ces documents doivent avoir une validité de 6 mois minimum

Tourist entry only

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

The other way round

What Senegal passport holders need to visit Canada.

Senegal 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 Dakar, nearest first.

  1. GambiaBanjul, about 170 km from DakarVisa-free · 90 days
  2. Cape VerdePraia, about 650 km from DakarVisa-free · 30 days
  3. Western SaharaLaayoune, about 1,450 km from DakarVisa-free
  4. MoroccoRabat, about 2,400 km from DakarVisa-free

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

Weather in Dakar

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

  1. JanHigh 26.0°CLow 18.8°CRain 1 mm
  2. FebHigh 25.1°CLow 18.1°CRain 0 mm
  3. MarHigh 25.4°CLow 18.5°CRain 0 mm
  4. AprHigh 25.1°CLow 19.2°CRain 0 mm
  5. MayHigh 26.3°CLow 20.7°CRain 0 mm
  6. JunHigh 28.8°CLow 23.5°CRain 8 mm
  7. JulHigh 30.2°CLow 25.3°CRain 54 mm
  8. AugHigh 30.5°CLow 25.5°CRain 165 mm
  9. SepHigh 31.0°CLow 25.3°CRain 148 mm
  10. OctHigh 31.4°CLow 25.8°CRain 28 mm
  11. NovHigh 30.3°CLow 23.7°CRain 0 mm
  12. DecHigh 28.0°CLow 21.1°CRain 1 mm

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

Averages of 23 to 30 years between 1991 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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