Ottawa will provide the next steps for the Canada/United States border and international travel today.
This past week Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hinted the country may allow fully vaccinated Americans to cross into Canada as soon as mid-August, and international travellers to become eligible for entry in September.
The Canadian border with the United States has been closed to non-essential travel since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began to widen. On July 5 the federal government loosened restrictions on fully vaccinated travellers already eligible to enter Canada, including citizens, permanent residents and students, allowing them to skip mandatory quarantines if they presented a negative COVID test at the border and completed a test given upon arrival in Canada.
Partially vaccinated or non-vaccinated travellers are still required to quarantine for 14 days and those flying into the country must still stay for three days at a government approved hotel while awaiting COVID-19 test results.
Trudeau has said non-vaccinated tourists will not be allowed into Canada for some time to come.
