No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Uruguay?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Uruguay 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 — Montevideo: ≈ 9,150 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: 90 days

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

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

Uruguay 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; Uruguay passport: 96.
Citizens of Canada and Uruguay can travel together visa-free to 91 countries, for example: Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Belize, Dominica, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Saint Lucia, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Iceland, and Barbados.
Citizens of Uruguay, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Uruguay

Travelling to Uruguay: good to know

Ottawa — Montevideo: about 9,150 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +3 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Montevideo 15:00.
Local currency: Uruguayan Peso.
Languages: Spanish.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UYU 40.
Uruguay is the 112th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.