Canada Travel Advisory: Your Essential Guide to Safe International Travel

Planning a trip outside Canada? Ensuring your safety and security should be a top priority. The Government of Canada provides a comprehensive Canada Travel Advisory service, your official source for up-to-date travel information and advice. These advisories are designed to help you make informed decisions and travel safely, no matter where your destination may be. It’s crucial to check the travel advisory page for your specific destination regularly, as safety and security conditions can change rapidly and unexpectedly. For more detailed information, you can also consult the Travel Advice and Advisories – FAQ.

Understanding Canada’s Travel Advisory Levels

The Canadian government uses a clear and concise risk level system to communicate the safety and security situation in destinations around the world. Familiarizing yourself with these levels is the first step in responsible travel planning. Here’s a breakdown of each level:

Take Normal Security Precautions

This lowest advisory level, represented by a green icon, means you should exercise normal security precautions. This indicates that the destination is generally safe for travel. However, “normal precautions” means taking the same everyday safety measures you would at home in Canada. Be aware of your surroundings, secure your valuables, and be mindful of petty theft, especially in tourist areas.

Exercise a High Degree of Caution

When you see the yellow “Exercise a high degree of caution” advisory, it signals that there are heightened safety and security concerns, or that the situation could change quickly. This doesn’t necessarily mean you should cancel your trip, but it does require increased vigilance. Be extra cautious in public places, monitor local news and media for updates, and strictly follow the advice and instructions of local authorities. This level often suggests potential risks like higher crime rates, political instability, or health concerns.

Avoid Non-essential Travel

The orange “Avoid non-essential travel” advisory is a serious warning. It indicates that your safety and security could be at risk due to significant safety and security concerns. At this level, you should carefully reconsider your need to travel to the destination. Ask yourself if your trip is truly essential, weighing factors such as family obligations, critical business needs, or deep familiarity with the region. If you are already in a location with this advisory level, think seriously about whether you need to remain, and consider leaving if it is safe to do so.

Avoid all Travel

The most severe advisory is “Avoid all travel,” represented by a red icon. This is issued when the risks to your personal safety and security are extreme. Under no circumstances should you travel to destinations with this advisory. If you are currently in such a location, you should assess the safety of your surroundings and consider leaving if it is safe to do so. These advisories are typically in place for countries experiencing war, widespread violence, natural disasters, or extreme political instability.

Navigating the Destination Table: Your Quick Guide to Global Safety

Below is a comprehensive table providing a snapshot of the current Canada Travel Advisory risk levels for countries and territories around the world. This table is an invaluable tool for quickly assessing the safety profile of your intended destination.

English Destination Risk level Last updated
afghanistan Afghanistan Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
albania Albania Take normal security precautions 2025-02-25 13:35:30
algeria Algeria Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
american-samoa American Samoa Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
andorra Andorra Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
angola Angola Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
anguilla Anguilla Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
antarctica Antarctica Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 14:40:58
antigua-and-barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
argentina Argentina Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
armenia Armenia Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
aruba Aruba Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
australia Australia Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
austria Austria Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
azerbaijan Azerbaijan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
azores Azores Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bahamas Bahamas Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 10:40:57
bahrain Bahrain Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-27 08:25:05
bangladesh Bangladesh Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
barbados Barbados Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
belarus Belarus Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
belgium Belgium Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
belize Belize Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
benin Benin Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-24 08:31:52
bermuda Bermuda Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bhutan Bhutan Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bolivia Bolivia Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bonaire Bonaire Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bosnia-and-herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
botswana Botswana Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-20 10:13:55
brazil Brazil Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-19 10:30:32
british-virgin-islands British Virgin Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
brunei Brunei Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
bulgaria Bulgaria Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
burkina-faso Burkina Faso Avoid all travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-24 08:31:39
burundi Burundi Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 16:44:45
cabo-verde Cabo Verde Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cambodia Cambodia Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cameroon Cameroon Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
canary-islands Canary Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cayman-islands Cayman Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
central-african-republic Central African Republic Avoid all travel 2025-02-25 09:30:45
chad Chad Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
chile Chile Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 11:15:17
china China Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
colombia Colombia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-24 16:20:51
comoros Comoros Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cook-islands Cook Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
costa-rica Costa Rica Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-24 10:57:51
cote-d-ivoire-ivory-coast Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
croatia Croatia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cuba Cuba Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
curacao Curaçao Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
cyprus Cyprus Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
czechia Czechia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-25 13:52:43
congo-kinshasa Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) Avoid all travel 2025-02-25 09:30:45
denmark Denmark Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
djibouti Djibouti Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
dominica Dominica Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
dominican-republic Dominican Republic Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 14:55:25
ecuador Ecuador Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-21 12:46:59
egypt Egypt Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
el-salvador El Salvador Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
equatorial-guinea Equatorial Guinea Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
eritrea Eritrea Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
estonia Estonia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
eswatini Eswatini Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
ethiopia Ethiopia Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
falkland-islands Falkland Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
fiji Fiji Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
finland Finland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
france France Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
french-guiana French Guiana Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
french-polynesia French Polynesia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
gabon Gabon Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
gambia-the Gambia, The Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
georgia Georgia Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
germany Germany Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:45:33
ghana Ghana Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:26:46
gibraltar Gibraltar Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
greece Greece Take normal security precautions 2025-02-26 16:28:59
greenland Greenland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-26 10:30:21
grenada Grenada Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
guadeloupe Guadeloupe Take normal security precautions 2025-02-26 09:22:39
guam Guam Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 03:20:22
guatemala Guatemala Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-26 09:17:56
guinea Guinea Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:15:57
guinea-bissau Guinea-Bissau Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
guyana Guyana Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:14:37
haiti Haiti Avoid all travel 2025-02-26 09:12:13
honduras Honduras Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-26 09:09:18
hong-kong Hong Kong Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:07:23
hungary Hungary Take normal security precautions 2025-02-26 09:04:32
iceland Iceland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-24 14:43:09
india India Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-27 14:28:34
indonesia Indonesia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-27 16:28:26
iran Iran Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
iraq Iraq Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
ireland Ireland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-24 14:38:16
israel-the-west-bank-and-the-gaza-strip Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-24 14:36:29
italy Italy Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-26 09:10:36
jamaica Jamaica Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-24 14:06:26
japan Japan Take normal security precautions 2025-02-24 08:31:10
jordan Jordan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
kazakhstan Kazakhstan Take normal security precautions 2025-02-24 13:56:47
kenya Kenya Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 09:30:45
kiribati Kiribati Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
kosovo Kosovo Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
kuwait Kuwait Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-24 13:48:00
laos Laos Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 14:19:46
latvia Latvia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 14:18:46
lebanon Lebanon Avoid all travel 2025-02-25 12:13:58
lesotho Lesotho Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
liberia Liberia Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
libya Libya Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
liechtenstein Liechtenstein Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
lithuania Lithuania Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 14:14:17
luxembourg Luxembourg Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:40:49
macao Macao Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
madagascar Madagascar Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
malawi Malawi Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
malaysia Malaysia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 13:39:37
maldives Maldives Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
mali Mali Avoid all travel 2025-02-20 13:36:59
malta Malta Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:35:56
marshall-islands Marshall Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
martinique Martinique Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
mauritania Mauritania Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
mauritius Mauritius Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:34:51
mayotte Mayotte Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
mexico Mexico Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-19 11:43:27
micronesia-fsm Micronesia (FSM) Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:33:41
moldova Moldova Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
monaco Monaco Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:20:07
mongolia Mongolia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 13:17:52
montenegro Montenegro Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
montserrat Montserrat Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
morocco Morocco Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 13:14:25
mozambique Mozambique Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 13:10:20
myanmar Myanmar Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
namibia Namibia Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
nauru Nauru Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
nepal Nepal Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
netherlands Netherlands Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
new-caledonia New Caledonia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-21 13:17:51
new-zealand New Zealand Take normal security precautions 2025-02-26 12:56:18
nicaragua Nicaragua Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
niger Niger Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
nigeria Nigeria Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
niue Niue Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
north-korea North Korea Avoid all travel 2025-02-25 08:35:55
north-macedonia North Macedonia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
northern-marianas Northern Marianas Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
norway Norway Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
oman Oman Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-27 08:25:43
pakistan Pakistan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
palau Palau Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
panama Panama Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-27 08:21:59
papua-new-guinea Papua New Guinea Avoid non-essential travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
paraguay Paraguay Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
peru Peru Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
philippines Philippines Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
poland Poland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
portugal Portugal Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
puerto-rico Puerto Rico Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
qatar Qatar Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
congo-brazzaville Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 09:30:45
reunion Réunion Take normal security precautions 2025-02-27 10:46:40
romania Romania Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
russia Russia Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
rwanda Rwanda Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 09:30:45
saint-kitts-and-nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saint-lucia Saint Lucia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saint-martin Saint Martin Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saint-vincent-the-grenadines Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saint-barthelemy Saint-Barthélemy Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saint-pierre-et-miquelon Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
samoa Samoa Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
san-marino San Marino Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 14:40:58
sao-tome-and-principe Sao Tome and Principe Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
saudi-arabia Saudi Arabia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-27 08:24:34
senegal Senegal Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
serbia Serbia Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
seychelles Seychelles Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
sierra-leone Sierra Leone Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
singapore Singapore Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
sint-maarten Sint Maarten Take normal security precautions 2025-02-19 13:07:19
slovakia Slovakia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
slovenia Slovenia Take normal security precautions 2025-02-19 13:09:26
solomon-islands Solomon Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-19 13:10:37
somalia Somalia Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
south-africa South Africa Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-19 13:12:00
south-korea South Korea Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
south-sudan South Sudan Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
spain Spain Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-21 10:30:54
sri-lanka Sri Lanka Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-19 13:13:29
sudan Sudan Avoid all travel 2025-02-19 13:14:36
suriname Suriname Take normal security precautions 2025-02-19 13:15:48
sweden Sweden Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-19 13:19:05
switzerland Switzerland Take normal security precautions 2025-02-19 13:44:25
syria Syria Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
taiwan Taiwan Take normal security precautions 2025-02-25 09:00:56
tajikistan Tajikistan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
tanzania Tanzania Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:04:40
thailand Thailand Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:10:31
timor-leste-east-timor Timor-Leste (East Timor) Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
togo Togo Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
tokelau Tokelau Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
tonga Tonga Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
trinidad-and-tobago Trinidad and Tobago Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:12:05
tunisia Tunisia Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:18:09
turkiye Türkiye Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:22:32
turkmenistan Turkmenistan Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-18 15:41:41
turks-and-caicos-islands Turks and Caicos Islands Take normal security precautions 2025-02-21 10:28:27
tuvalu Tuvalu Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
uganda Uganda Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 09:30:45
ukraine Ukraine Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
united-arab-emirates United Arab Emirates Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-20 08:24:46
united-kingdom United Kingdom Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
united-states United States Take normal security precautions 2025-02-20 09:16:01
uruguay Uruguay Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 08:26:36
uzbekistan Uzbekistan Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-20 09:27:17
vanuatu Vanuatu Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
venezuela Venezuela Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
vietnam Vietnam Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-18 15:41:41
virgin-islands-u-s Virgin Islands (U.S.) Take normal security precautions 2025-02-18 15:41:41
yemen Yemen Avoid all travel 2025-02-18 15:41:41
zambia Zambia Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) 2025-02-25 09:30:45
zimbabwe Zimbabwe Exercise a high degree of caution 2025-02-20 09:36:29
English Destination Risk level Last updated

This table provides:

  • Destination: The name of the country or territory. Clicking on the link will take you to a dedicated page with more in-depth advice for that specific location.
  • Risk Level: Indicates the current advisory level using the icons described above, giving you an immediate visual assessment of the risk.
  • Last Updated: Shows the date when the advisory was last reviewed and updated. Always check this date to ensure you have the most current information.

Remember that “regional advisories” mentioned in some entries indicate that specific areas within a country may carry a different risk level than the national advisory. Always click through to the destination page for complete details.

Travel Advice from Other Governments: A Broader Perspective

For a well-rounded understanding of destination safety, it can be beneficial to consult travel advisories issued by other countries as well. Comparing advice from multiple sources can provide a broader perspective. The Canadian government also recommends checking travel advice from these trusted allies:

Conclusion: Prioritize Safety with Canada Travel Advisories

Before you embark on any international trip, consulting the Canada Travel Advisory for your destination is an indispensable step. These advisories are your best resource for understanding potential risks and ensuring your safety and security abroad. By staying informed and prepared, you can travel with greater confidence and peace of mind. Always remember to check for updates regularly, even after you’ve booked your trip, as situations can change rapidly. Safe travels!

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