Pre-entry test requirements
All travellers 5 years of age or older, regardless of citizenship, must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test result. At this time, proof of having a vaccine does not replace a valid test result.
You must:
- take the test within 72 hours of the scheduled departure time of your flight to Canada
- provide one of the accepted types of tests, not an antigen test
- keep proof of your test results for the 14-day period that begins on the day you enter Canada
Airlines will refuse boarding to travellers who are unable to provide a valid molecular test result.
You must present an accepted test result (paper or electronic proof) which must include:
- Traveller name and date of birth
- Name and civic address of the laboratory/clinic/facility that administered the test
- The date on which the test was conducted
- The type of test conducted
- The test result
Arrival testing at the airport
You will be required to take a test before leaving the airport. You will also be provided with a COVID-19 At Home Specimen Collection Kit to use for your test on day 10 of your mandatory quarantine. Following the arrival test, you will need to go to your reserved hotel to await test results.
At the hotel
If you received a specimen collection kit, and you arrived in either Calgary, Montreal or Vancouver airports, please register for your Day 10 test on your first day in Canada using the information provided within the kit. This will ensure you are reminded via email or text to take your Day 10 test.
Take your Day-10 test
On day 10 of your mandatory quarantine, you must take another COVID-19 test. You must stay in your place of quarantine until you receive a negative test result.
