Canada Travel Advisory

Local Situation: 4.0 / 5

Please reconsider your need to travel to Canada. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.

Regional Situation: 3.8 / 5

Canada shares a land border with United States. For these two countries, the Advisory Index is 3.8.

Canada with its capital Ottawa is a country in North America (Northern America), slightly larger than the US (9,984,670 km²). The country is located Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US. The climate can be described as varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north. The landscape is mostly plains with mountains in west and lowlands in southeast. With a population of about 33.68 million citizens.

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Basic Statistics and Facts

Environmental problems and natural hazzards

These are problems Canada is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.

Environmental problems

• air pollution and resulting acid rain severely affecting lakes and damaging forests
• and forestry activities
• and vehicle emissions impacting agricultural and forest productivity
• coal-burning utilities
• industrial
• metal smelting
• mining
• ocean waters becoming contaminated due to agricultural

Natural hazzards

• continuous permafrost in north is a serious obstacle to development
• cyclonic storms form east of the Rocky Mountains, a result of the mixing of air masses from the Arctic, Pacific, and North American interior, and produce most of the country's rain and snow east of the mountains
• the vast majority of volcanoes in Western Canada's Coast Mountains remain dormant

Top Industries and Agricultural Products

These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Canada. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.

Industries

1. chemicals
2. fish products
3. food products
4. natural gas
5. paper products
6. petroleum
7. processed
8. transportation equipment
9. unprocessed minerals
10. wood

Agriculture products

1. barley
2. dairy products
3. fish
4. forest products
5. fruits
6. oilseed
7. tobacco
8. vegetables
9. wheat

Canadian Imports and Exports

These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Canada.

Export products

1. aircraft
2. aluminum
3. chemicals
4. crude petroleum
5. electricity
6. fertilizers
7. industrial machinery
8. motor vehicles
9. natural gas
10. parts

Import products

1. chemicals
2. crude oil
3. durable consumer goods
4. electricity
5. equipment
6. machinery
7. motor vehicles
8. parts

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the current travel advisory for Canada?

Canada is currently rated at 4,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 5 official sources. Please reconsider your need to travel to Canada.

Is it safe to travel Canada in 2021?

The score is rather high (4,0) and you should avoid all non-essential travel to Canada. Maybe pick another location.

How many travel advisories do you know for Canada?

We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 5 individual sources for Canada.

What is the current Corona virus situation in Canada?

There are currently 870,033 officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in Canada. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently 22,017 officially reported deaths related to this disease in Canada.

What is the size of Canada?

Canada has a size of 9,984,670 km² or 3,855,101 mi² which is slightly larger than the US.

Common Frequently Asked Questions

For non-country specific questions, please check our global F.A.Q.