No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Guatemala?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Guatemala 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 — Guatemala City: ≈ 3,690 km, about 5 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 Guatemala without a visa on a Canada passport?

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

Guatemala 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; Guatemala passport: 78.
Citizens of Canada and Guatemala can travel together visa-free to 76 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Dominica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Iceland, Barbados, Costa Rica, Panama, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Citizens of Guatemala, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Guatemala

Travelling to Guatemala: good to know

Ottawa — Guatemala City: about 3,690 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Guatemalan Quetzal.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ GTQ 7.64.
Guatemala is the 13th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.