No visa needed

Do citizens of Canada need a visa for Uzbekistan?

Citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Uzbekistan and can stay up to 30 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 — Tashkent: ≈ 9,760 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

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

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 30 days

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

Yes, citizens of Canada don’t need a visa for Uzbekistan for up to 30 days. A valid passport is enough.

Uzbekistan 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; Uzbekistan passport: 28.
Citizens of Canada and Uzbekistan can travel together visa-free to 22 countries, for example: Haiti, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Grenada, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Palestine, Mongolia, and Kyrgyzstan.
Citizens of Uzbekistan, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Canada. Canada visa for citizens of Uzbekistan

Travelling to Uzbekistan: good to know

Ottawa — Tashkent: about 9,760 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +11 hours.
Local time: Ottawa 12:00 — Tashkent 23:00.
Local currency: Uzbekistani Som.
Languages: Russian and Uzbek.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ UZS 11,827.
Uzbekistan is the 121st closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Canada.