Australia visa for Canadian citizens
eTA (travel authorization)
🇨🇦 Canadian passport → 🇦🇺 Australia: no visa, but an eta (online authorisation) is required.
How it works
Register online before you fly (minutes, small fee). It links to your passport electronically — airlines check it at check-in, so don't leave it to the airport.
Heads-up: Australia commonly asks for proof of onward travel (visa/eTA stage and airline check-in).
Before the airport: run the "Will I board?" checklist for this route →
Beyond Australia: the Canada passport
The 🇨🇦 Canada passport ranks #24 of 199 worldwide, entering 161 destinations without a visa arranged in advance (see the world ranking).
Also visa-free on the Canada passport: 🇫🇯 Fiji (120 days), 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (120 days), 🇰🇮 Kiribati (90 days) — all 161 open destinations.
Going the other way? Australian citizens visiting Canada need no visa, but an eTA (online authorisation) is required.
Never get caught out
Visa rules change with little notice. Get one email when Australia changes its entry rules for Canadian passports.
Capital Canberra · Currency Australian dollar ($) · Dialling +61
Before you travel
Sorting your Australia trip on the Canada passport:
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