Federal Government Halts Mandatory Quarantine Hotel Stay for Fully Vaccinated Eligible Travellers to Canada

As of 12:01am EST on July 5^th, fully vaccinated travellers who are eligible to enter Canada and who comply with the specific eligibility criteria will not be required to quarantine, stay at a government-authorized accommodation or complete a day-8 test.

This is applicable for both land and air travellers.

Travellers must enter their information into the most recent update of the ArriveCAN app (updated July 5^th) in order to enter Canada.

Those who are not fully-vaccinated and/or entered the country before 12:01am EST on July 5^th must continue to follow current travel restrictions including:

• 3-night hotel stopover (for air travel)
• 14-day quarantine
• Pre-arrival, day-1 and day-8 testing
• Submission of information to ArriveCAN before entering Canada
• Non-essential travel to Canada continues to be prohibited and Canadians are reminded that now is not the time to travel.

Eligible Travellers Include:

• Canadian Citizens
• Permanent Residents
• International Students
• Worker Permit Holders
• Temporary Foreign Works
• Persons travelling for Family Reunification

Accepted vaccines:

• Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
• Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
• AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccine
• Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine – single dose

Vaccines not currently accepted for fully vaccinated status in Canada:

• Bharat Biotech (Covaxin, BBV152 A, B, C)
• Cansino (Convidecia, Ad5-nCoV)
• Gamalaya (Sputnik V, Gam-Covid-Vac)
• Sinopharm (BBIBP-CorV, Sinopharm-Wuhan)
• Sinovac (CoronaVac, PiCoVacc)
• Vector Institute (EpiVacCorona)
• Other

The list of accepted vaccines may expand in the future.

More information Here.