Canadian passport holds on to seventh spot in international mobility ranking
The Canadian passport has retained a spot in the top 10 of an annual international mobility ranking of passports.
This year it remains at seven, a ranking it shares with six other countries whose passports open 182 doors without a visa.
The Henley Passport Index says it collects exclusive passport data from the International Air Transport Authority. It compares 199 passports and 227 destinations.
“Updated monthly, the Henley Passport Index is considered the standard reference tool for global citizens and sovereign states when assessing where a passport ranks on the global mobility spectrum,” according to the Index’s site.
This year, Canada shares seventh spot with Australia, Czechia, Latvia, New Zealand, Slovakia and Slovenia. Canadians now have visa-free access to 182 countries, up from 181 in January, having received a recent passport boost from China.
In 2016, Canada sat at ninth, then bounced back and forth between eighth and seventh through to this year.
This U.S. passport sits at tenth this year, falling from fourth in 2016. At present Americans have visa-free access to 179 countries.
Singapore is the only country in the 2026 number one spot, with citizens enjoying visa-free travel to 192 countries. The second spot is shared by Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Sweden is third.
Currently, Canadians require a visa or an e-visa to travel to the following countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, and Yemen.
As National Post has previously reported , Canadians applying for a passport might want to do so soon since the fees are increasing on March 31.
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