the federal government announced plans for Canada’s new travel rules.
The updated requirements now include requiring incoming visitors to have a negative COVID-19 test prior to flying, as well as stronger quarantine enforcement measures upon arrival.
On December 31, the Government of Canada explained in a statement what the new protocol is going to look like:
all passengers arriving in Canada will have to test negative for COVID-19 before boarding a flight.
Per the Government of Canada’s most recent statement, this will come into effect as of January 7, 2021, at 12:01 a.m. EST.
To be allowed into Canada, visitors must have documentation of a negative test result, which will be presented to the airline “prior to boarding a flight to Canada.”
It must be a COVID-19 molecular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and it has to be taken within 72 hours of the traveller’s scheduled departure.