Canada COVID Travel Gets Easier for Great Lakes Cruises

Thunder Bay, Ontario

"Since April 1, 2022, Canada has updated its policy on travel, now allowing visitors who are vaccinated and carrying proof of it to enter the country."

A fixture of the Great Lakes cruise industry, Canada announced that it will begin charting a new way forward for its pandemic-era travel. This comes after years of travel restrictions that have protected citizens, but posed a challenge to all forms of travel to Canada and the businesses that benefit from it. For most as of late, a negative COVID test or quarantine was required for entry.

Since April 1, 2022, Canada has updated its policy on travel, now allowing visitors who are vaccinated and carrying proof of it to enter the country. While not requiring a negative test might seem like a simple change to some, this re-opens cruise lines to the prospects of cruising to and from Canada.

Toronto, Ontario

Back to Back-and-Forth

Before all this began, cruise lines could simply hop between destinations, visiting a Canadian city one day, then a US destination, and then back to Canada. This became significantly more difficult when testing was required to enter each destination.

With virtually every cruise line requiring full vaccination, travelers will once again be able to visit the lovely cities and towns of Canada with ease. The country draws millions of visitors each year across all its Great Lakes cruises destinations, from the incredibly diverse metropolis of Toronto all the way to the naturally beautiful Thunder Bay on the Lake Superior North Shore. 

Not limited to just Great Lakes cruises, this also helps travelers who wish to cruise the St Lawrence Seaway, which runs all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, opening up all sorts of grand adventures. We expect some of our cruise lines -- who'd temporarily opted out of travel between the US and Canada -- to once again return to travel between these beautiful countries. As they do, we look forward to connecting you with the best Great Lakes cruises and North American cruises available.

Thousand Islands, Canada

Check out our current Great Lakes cruise itineraries to book your next visit to Canada.