Visitors to Canada Insurance
Are you planning to visit or settle in Canada? Visitors to Canada insurance provides essential coverage in case of medical or dental emergencies during your stay.
Ideal coverage for:
- Tourists visiting from abroad
- International students and foreign workers
- Newcomers to Canada
- Individuals without a public health insurance plan
Customize Your Coverage to Meet Your Needs
Emergency Medical Care
Provides coverage for accidents or illnesses
- Insurance coverage options per traveller: $50,000, $100,000, or $150,000.
- Side trips: Enjoy the same coverage while travelling to other destinations worldwide during your stay in Canada.
- Trip break: You can return to your country of residence and come back to Canada without terminating your policy.1
Coverage Details
In case of a medical emergency due to illness or accident while in Canada or on a side trip, we cover:
- Hospitalization (semi-private room)
- Emergency dental care
- Medical and paramedical treatments
- Transportation expenses (ambulance or taxi service, repatriation to your country of permanent residence if your medical condition requires it)
- Subsistence allowance (accommodation, meals, essential phone calls, taxi transportation, childcare expenses for accompanying dependent children)
Please note that certain medical expenses are not covered. This includes costs related to:
- Trip undertaken for medical purposes
- Non-urgent, experimental or elective treatments
- Treatments received in your country of permanent residence
- High-risk sports or activities
- Suicide and self-inflicted injury
- Use of alcohol, drugs and other intoxicating substances
- Illegal acts
- Acts of war and civil unrest
The policy has other exclusions, including some due to pre-existing medical conditions.
Take Control of Your Travel Insurance
- Access your insurance policy anywhere, anytime
- Add or remove travellers
- Extend your trip coverage
- Adjust your travel dates
24/7 Travel Assistance Service
- Destination information
- Medical assistance
- Personalized guidance and advice
Frequently Asked Questions
This insurance is for individuals not covered by a public health insurance plan. It is available to immigrants, permanent residents awaiting public health coverage, foreign workers, students, Canadian citizens returning after time abroad, Super Visa applicants and holders, and visitors to Canada.
Yes, you can purchase our Visitors to Canada insurance within 30 days of your arrival. If you are currently covered by a similar insurance plan from another provider, contact us before your coverage ends to purchase Blue Cross coverage.
Yes, Visitors to Canada insurance is available to individuals aged 79 and under.
Yes, we offer Visitors to Canada insurance that meets Super Visa requirements, with coverage options of $50,000, $100,000, or $150,000.
Yes, trips outside of Canada are covered as long as they meet the following criteria:
- The trip must begin and end in Canada.
- It must occur entirely within the coverage period.
- It must not exceed 30 days.
- It cannot take place in your country of permanent residence.
Additionally, the total duration of all trips taken outside Canada during the coverage period must not exceed 49% of the contract duration.