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Canada visa rules for Chad passport holders

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The answer

No. Chad passport holders need a visa to visit Canada.

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canada.caImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship CanadaChecked 26 Oct 2026

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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Before you go

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 Canada passport holders need to visit Chad.

Canada passport Chad

e-Visa

Ce site permet à tout étranger non exempté de visa et désireux de visiter la République du Tchad de soumettre sa demande d'e-Visa en ligne.

Canada passport to Chad, full page

Visa-free nearby

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

  1. BermudaHamilton, about 1,730 km from OttawaVisa-free · 180 days

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

Weather in Ottawa

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

  1. JanHigh -4.9°CLow -14.0°CRain 52 mm
  2. FebHigh -3.2°CLow -13.1°CRain 51 mm
  3. MarHigh 2.5°CLow -7.2°CRain 59 mm
  4. AprHigh 11.2°CLow 0.8°CRain 76 mm
  5. MayHigh 19.2°CLow 7.8°CRain 74 mm
  6. JunHigh 24.0°CLow 13.1°CRain 86 mm
  7. JulHigh 26.9°CLow 15.7°CRain 83 mm
  8. AugHigh 25.7°CLow 14.5°CRain 89 mm
  9. SepHigh 21.6°CLow 10.1°CRain 79 mm
  10. OctHigh 13.3°CLow 4.0°CRain 83 mm
  11. NovHigh 6.0°CLow -2.1°CRain 60 mm
  12. DecHigh -1.7°CLow -9.0°CRain 72 mm

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

Averages of 19 to 21 years between 2000 and 2020, computed by One Time Livin’.

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