TRAVEL INFORMATION – GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND ADVISORIES

The Government of Canada provides online travel information at www.travel.gc.ca to over 220 nations worldwide. It provides country-by-country information and advice on security, entry and exit information, health, laws and culture, natural disasters and climate, and assistance while travelling in the respective countries.

It addition, it publishes travel advisories for Canadians travelling and living abroad. These advisories are updated nearly daily. The website also notes that if the country an individual is visiting is subject to a travel advisory, travel health insurance or trip cancellation insurance may be affected.

checking advisories when planning and shortly before embarking on your travels

The website also publishes a potpourri of information such as things to know when applying, renewing or replacing a lost passport, how to prepare for air travel, and how to register as a Canadian abroad such that the Government will notify those abroad in case of an emergency abroad (such as a natural disaster or civil unrest) or a personal event at home.

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