No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Cape Verde?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Cape Verde and can stay up to 30 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 — Praia: ≈ 5,910 km, about 8 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

Can I travel to Cape Verde without a visa on a Canada passport?

Yes, citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Cape Verde for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Cape Verde 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; Cape Verde passport: 39.
Citizens of Canada and Cape Verde can travel together visa-free to 24 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Ecuador, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Tunisia, Palestine, Sao Tome and Principe, Angola, Rwanda, and Micronesia.
Citizens of Cape Verde, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Cape Verde

Travelling to Cape Verde: good to know

Ottawa — Praia: about 5,910 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 8 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +5 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Praia 17:00.
Local currency: Cape Verdean Escudo.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ CVE 97.
Cape Verde is the 40th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.