Canada visa for French citizens
eTA (travel authorization)
🇫🇷 French passport → 🇨🇦 Canada: 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: Canada commonly asks for proof of onward travel (airline check-in and border).
Before the airport: run the "Will I board?" checklist for this route →
Beyond Canada: the France passport
The 🇫🇷 France passport ranks #4 of 199 worldwide, entering 165 destinations without a visa arranged in advance (see the world ranking).
Also visa-free on the France passport: 🇲🇽 Mexico (180 days), 🇧🇷 Brazil (90 days), 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda (180 days) — all 165 open destinations.
Going the other way? Canadian citizens visiting France need no visa — visa-free for up to 90 days.
Never get caught out
Visa rules change with little notice. Get one email when Canada changes its entry rules for French passports.
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Before you travel
Sorting your Canada trip on the France passport:
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