Passport validity
The source states no minimum passport validity.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Canada visa rules for United Kingdom passport holders
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The answer
ETA needed. United Kingdom passport holders need an ETA granted before travel to visit Canada.
- Entry
- ETA
- Stay
- 6 months per entry
- Fee
- CA$7.00
- Covers
- Tourist entry
eTA-required countries or territories Andorra Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium British citizen British national overseas British overseas citizen (re-admissible to the United Kingdom) British overseas territory citizen with citizenship through birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British overseas territories of Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Gibraltar Montserrat Pitcairn Island Saint Helena Turks and Caicos Islands British subject with a right of abode in the United Kingdom Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China (must have a passport issued by Hong Kong SAR) Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel (must have a national Israeli passport) Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Papua New Guinea Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Romania (electronic passport holders only) Samoa San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan (must have an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number) United Arab Emirates Vatican City State (must have a passport or travel document issued by the Vatican)
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Before you go
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 the United Kingdom.
Canada passport United Kingdom
- Fee
- £20.00
- Maximum stay
- Up to 6 months
ETANL 1.1. Nationalities of the following locations (including countries and associated territories) are subject to the requirement to obtain an ETA for travel to the UK, pursuant to Appendix Electronic Travel Authorisation: (a) for travel to the UK on or after 15 November 2023: Qatar (b) for travel to the UK on or after 22 February 2024: Bahrain Kuwait Oman United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia (c) for travel to the UK on or after 8 January 2025: Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Australia Barbados Belize Brazil Brunei Canada Chile Costa Rica Grenada Guatemala Guyana Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Israel Japan Kiribati Macao Special Administrative Region Malaysia Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Federated States of Micronesia New Zealand Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Singapore Solomon Islands South Korea Taiwan* The Bahamas Tonga Tuvalu United States Uruguay *Those who hold a passport issued by Taiwan that includes in it the number of the identification card issued by the competent authority in Taiwan. (d) travelling to the UK on or after 2 April 2025: Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Vatican City
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Visa-free nearby
Other places United Kingdom passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Ottawa, nearest first.
Weather in Ottawa
Average high and low temperature and rainfall in Ottawa, month by month.
- High -4.9°CLow -14.0°CRain 52 mm
- High -3.2°CLow -13.1°CRain 51 mm
- High 2.5°CLow -7.2°CRain 59 mm
- High 11.2°CLow 0.8°CRain 76 mm
- High 19.2°CLow 7.8°CRain 74 mm
- High 24.0°CLow 13.1°CRain 86 mm
- High 26.9°CLow 15.7°CRain 83 mm
- High 25.7°CLow 14.5°CRain 89 mm
- High 21.6°CLow 10.1°CRain 79 mm
- High 13.3°CLow 4.0°CRain 83 mm
- High 6.0°CLow -2.1°CRain 60 mm
- High -1.7°CLow -9.0°CRain 72 mm
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