No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Argentina?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Argentina and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Canada: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Ottawa — Buenos Aires: ≈ 9,070 km, about 12 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Argentina without a visa on a Canada passport?

Yes, citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Argentina for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Argentina visa rules at a glance

With a Canada passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 34 with a visa on arrival and 33 with an e-visa; 18 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Canada passport ranks 37th of 199.
Canada passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Argentina passport: 106.
Citizens of Canada and Argentina can travel together visa-free to 100 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Iceland.
Citizens of Argentina, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Argentina

Travelling to Argentina: good to know

Ottawa — Buenos Aires: about 9,070 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Buenos Aires 15:00.
Local currency: Argentine Peso.
Languages: Guarani and Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ARS 1,524.
Argentina is the 110th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.