No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe and can stay up to 15 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 — São Tomé: ≈ 9,390 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: 15 days

Can I travel to Sao Tome and Principe without a visa on a Canada passport?

Yes, citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Sao Tome and Principe for up to 15 days. A valid passport is enough.

Sao Tome and Principe 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; Sao Tome and Principe passport: 28.
Citizens of Canada and Sao Tome and Principe can travel together visa-free to 25 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Gambia, Kosovo, and Palestine.
Citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Sao Tome and Principe

Travelling to Sao Tome and Principe: good to know

Ottawa — São Tomé: about 9,390 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — São Tomé 18:00.
Local currency: São Tomé & Príncipe Dobra.
Languages: Portuguese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ STN 21.
Sao Tome and Principe is the 114th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.