No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Tunisia?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Tunisia and can stay up to 120 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 — Tunis: ≈ 6,910 km, about 9 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 120 days

Can I travel to Tunisia without a visa on a Canada passport?

Yes, citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Tunisia for up to 120 days. A valid passport is enough.

Tunisia 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; Tunisia passport: 36.
Citizens of Canada and Tunisia can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Haiti, Belize, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Ecuador, Morocco, Senegal, Gambia, Turkey, Palestine, Japan, Rwanda, Micronesia, and Fiji.
Citizens of Tunisia, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Tunisia

Travelling to Tunisia: good to know

Ottawa — Tunis: about 6,910 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 9 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +7 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Tunis 19:00.
Local currency: Tunisian Dinar.
Languages: Arabic.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TND 2.95.
Tunisia is the 68th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.