Travel Warnings for Canadians
The latest Global Health Travel Advisories and Travel Notices are shown below.
Similar to US State Department Travel Warnings and US State Department Travel Advisories, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health Agency of Canada publish and maintain public notices of caution to travelers, but from a public health perspective.
We have consolidated these public health advisories and travel alerts from these agencies and present them here for your convenience.
This up-to-date listing of the current Medical Travel Health Alerts, Current Global Travel Health Notices, Travel Health Advisories and Travel Warnings
allows you to stay informed about current potential travel health problems in your destination, prompting you to take the recommended precautions when planning your trip.
Please take a minute to review this list before you reach for your passport to ensure you are adequately prepared for travel to your destination with travel health vaccinations or other travel safety precautions.
Each Travel Advisory is marked by a colour corresponding to a Travel Health Alert Level. Please refer to the Travel Alert Level Key below for more information.
This current list of Medical Travel Health Warnings and Alerts is consolidated with the latest Travel Health information for your convenience from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).
If you wish to view more detailed information, clicking on each Travel Alert listed below will open a new window to the issuing site for further details on that Travel Advisory.
This page is updated daily, so check back often to stay abreast of the latest developments in travel health safety related to your travel destination.
Global Travel Health Warning Alert Level Key
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Level 1:
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Watch. Practice Usual Travel Health Precautions. Reports of sporadic cases. Usual or slightly increased risk.
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Level 2:
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Alert. Practice Special or Enhanced Precautions. Limited outbreak or change in existing disease patterns. Increased risk.
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Level 3:
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Avoid all non-essential travel. Large-scale outbreak in a large geographic area. High risk.
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Level 4:
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Avoid all travel to the area. Outbreak expanding; inadequate containment measures. Very high risk.
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Alert List last updated: Jan 20, 2021
| Date | Type | Travel Alert Description | Level | Source |
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1/16/2021
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New
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Pandemic COVID-19 all countries: avoid non-essential travel outside Canada
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3
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PHAC
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1/4/2021
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New
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Polio in Africa
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2
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CDC
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12/11/2020
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New
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Rift Valley Fever in Mauritania
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1
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CDC
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11/30/2020
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New
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Yellow Fever in Nigeria
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2
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CDC
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10/14/2020
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New
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Dengue in the Americas
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1
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CDC
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10/13/2020
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New
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West Nile Virus in Spain
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1
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CDC
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10/6/2020
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New
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Polio in Asia
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2
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CDC
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10/6/2020
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New
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Diphtheria in Vietnam
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Measles in Africa
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Leptospirosis in Fiji
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Chikungunya in Chad
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Dengue in Asia and the Pacific Islands
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Malaria in Burundi
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Chikungunya in Ethiopia
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Dengue in Africa and the Middle East
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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XDR Typhoid Fever in Pakistan
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1
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CDC
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9/30/2020
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New
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Health Infrastructure Breakdown in Venezuela
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3
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CDC
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2/4/2020
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New
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Polio: Advice for travellers
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2
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PHAC
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12/24/2019
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New
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Zika virus: Advice for travellers
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2
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PHAC
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10/18/2019
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New
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Lassa fever in Nigeria
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1
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PHAC
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10/10/2019
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New
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Extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Pakistan
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1
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PHAC
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10/2/2019
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New
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Yellow fever in Nigeria
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1
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PHAC
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9/3/2019
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New
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia
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1
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PHAC
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7/23/2019
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New
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Cholera in Yemen
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1
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PHAC
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7/23/2019
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New
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Global Measles Notice
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1
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PHAC
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5/10/2019
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New
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Rubella in Japan
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2
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PHAC
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1/28/2019
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New
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Avian influenza
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1
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PHAC
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1/22/2019
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New
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Diphtheria: Global update
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1
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PHAC
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