🇨🇦 Canada
Vast wilderness, multicultural cities, and coast-to-coast-to-coast landscapes from rainforest to tundra.
🌍 View on the globe- Continent
- North America
- Capital
- Ottawa
- Best time to go
- June to September; December to March for skiing
- Currency
- Canadian dollar (CAD)
- Languages
- English, French
Quick guide: Canada essentials
🛂 Visa & entry
US citizens need only a passport. Visa-exempt travellers (including the UK, the EU, Australia and Japan) need an online eTA to fly in. Everyone else needs a visitor visa.
💉 Vaccines & health risks
Routine vaccines only.
🚗 Driving
Drive on the right. Foreign licences are valid for short visits (usually 3 to 6 months, depending on the province); bring an International Driving Permit if your licence isn't in English or French. Winter tyres are mandatory in Quebec from December to March and on many BC highways.
🏥 Healthcare & emergencies
Excellent, but visitors aren't covered by provincial health plans and bills are high; get travel insurance. Emergencies: 911.
⚖️ Drug laws
Cannabis is legal for adults (19 in most provinces, 18 in Alberta, 21 in Quebec), bought from licensed stores. Taking it across any international border, including into US states where it's legal, is a crime. Other drugs are illegal.
🎉 Nightlife & party scene
Montréal is the party capital (bars open until 3 am, big summer festivals), plus Toronto's King West and Queen West and Vancouver's Granville Street. Drinking age 18 in Alberta, Manitoba and Quebec, 19 elsewhere.
Last reviewed 2026-10-17. Entry, health and legal rules change and can depend on your passport; always confirm with official sources before you travel.
City guides
Toronto
Canada's biggest city, with neighbourhoods representing nearly every culture on earth.
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Montréal
A French-speaking city of festivals, bagels, and European-style streets.
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Vancouver
Mountains meet the Pacific in a city where you can ski and kayak on the same day.
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All cities in Canada (1,036)
- Toronto 2,600k
- Montréal 1,600k
- Vancouver 600k
- Calgary 1,020k
- Ottawa 812k
- Edmonton 712k
- Mississauga 669k
- North York 636k
- Winnipeg 632k
- Scarborough 600k
- Québec 529k
- Hamilton 520k
- Brampton 434k
- Surrey 395k
- Laval 377k
- Halifax 359k
- Etobicoke 348k
- London 347k
- Oshawa 309k
- Victoria 290k
- Windsor 278k
- Markham 262k
- Gatineau 242k
- Vaughan 239k
- Kitchener 234k
- Longueuil 229k
- Burnaby 203k
- Ladner 200k
- Saskatoon 199k
- Richmond Hill 186k
- Barrie 182k
- Richmond 182k
- Nepean 180k
- Regina 176k
- Oakville 166k
- Burlington 164k
- Greater Sudbury 158k
- Abbotsford 152k
- Saguenay 144k
- Coquitlam 140k
- St. Catharines 132k
- Sherbrooke 129k
- Lévis 126k
- Kelowna 125k
- Cambridge 120k
- Trois-Rivières 120k
- Guelph 116k
- East York 115k
- Kingston 114k
- Moncton 109k
- Sydney 106k
- Milton 102k
- Delta 102k
- Dartmouth 101k
- Thunder Bay 99k
- St. John's 99k
- Waterloo 97k
- Terrebonne 95k
- Ajax 90k
- Kanata 90k