No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Colombia?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Colombia 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 — Bogotá: ≈ 4,540 km, about 6 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 Colombia without a visa on a Canada passport?

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

Colombia 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; Colombia passport: 84.
Citizens of Canada and Colombia can travel together visa-free to 80 countries, for example: Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Iceland, Barbados, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of Colombia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Colombia

Travelling to Colombia: good to know

Ottawa — Bogotá: about 4,540 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 6 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Bogotá 13:00.
Local currency: Colombian Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ COP 3,256.
Colombia is the 25th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.