No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Moldova?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Moldova 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 — Chișinău: ≈ 7,380 km, about 9.5 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 Moldova without a visa on a Canada passport?

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

Moldova 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; Moldova passport: 73.
Citizens of Canada and Moldova can travel together visa-free to 69 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Iceland, Barbados, Grenada, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Portugal, Norway, Netherlands, and France.
Citizens of Moldova, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Moldova

Travelling to Moldova: good to know

Ottawa — Chișinău: about 7,380 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +9 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Chișinău 21:00.
Local currency: Moldovan Leu.
Languages: Romanian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MDL 18.
Moldova is the 84th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.