Canada travel health
Required is not recommended: the first is what the border asks about, the second is what a clinic would suggest. Both, for Canada, then the number to dial and what care costs a visitor. Applies to every guide in Canada: Banff & the Rockies, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City.
Required to enter
Nothing. No vaccination certificate is asked for at the border.
Recommended
- Routine vaccinations up to date
Emergency number
911
Care for visitors
Good but costly
Excellent, and expensive for visitors — there is no reciprocal arrangement with most countries, and an emergency admission runs to thousands of dollars. Travel insurance with a high medical limit is essential. In the Rockies, mountain rescue is coordinated by Parks Canada and is not billed, but the helicopter and hospital that follow are.
Wildlife and weather rather than illness. Carry bear spray on trails and know how to use it. Hypothermia is possible in any month at altitude, and snow closes passes well outside winter.
The general rules — clinic timing, water, mosquitoes, insurance — are in travel health tips.
The guides in Canada
Banff & the RockiesCanadaTurquoise lakes under peaks that go straight up
VancouverCanadaA glass city between the mountains and the sea, and it rains
TorontoCanadaHalf the city was born somewhere else, and you can eat your way through the proof
MontrealCanadaA French city with North American winters and a festival for everything
Quebec CityCanadaThe only walled city north of Mexico, and it takes winter seriously