Canada Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA)

A refugee travel document or an alien passport/travel document issued to non-citizens are not eligible for an eTA (the guide states the applicant needs a visa or other travel document instead); this enum therefore lists only the eligible document types.

The three-letter country code matching the passport's "Code", "Issuing country", or "Authority" field.

A national of a visa-required country is not eligible to apply for an eTA.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Enter the number at the top of the passport's biographic (photo) page, not any number on the first page or at the bottom of the biographic page. Most passport numbers are 8-11 characters; no hyphens, spaces, or other special characters. Be careful distinguishing the letter O from the number 0, and the letter I from the number 1 — an incorrect passport number can prevent boarding and require reapplying.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Enter exactly as it appears on the passport, per the guide's detailed name-transcription rules: keep apostrophes and hyphens; use the passport's machine-readable zone to determine name order; for filial or spousal relationship markers (e.g. "bin", "bint", "ibn", "ben", "ould", "épouse de"/"ep."), omit the relationship word and the relative's name from both name fields; omit titles, prefixes, suffixes, and academic/honorific qualifiers unless they appear in the machine-readable zone; only Roman-script characters (including French accents) are accepted.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. See lastName's description for the passport-transcription rules that also apply here.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. YYYY-MM-DD, as it appears on the passport. If the exact date is unknown, give as much information as possible.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. The guide names this field in the same instruction as date of birth, country/territory of birth, and city of birth, but — unlike marital status or occupation — does not itself enumerate its value options, so it is modeled here as free text rather than an enum.

As shown in the passport's place-of-birth field.

As shown in the passport's place-of-birth field; if none is shown there, enter the applicant's actual city/town/village of birth.

YYYY-MM-DD, from the passport's biographic (photo) page.

YYYY-MM-DD, from the passport's biographic (photo) page. The eTA is valid up to 5 years, but no later than this date.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. If the applicant previously submitted a Canadian application (e.g. a study permit, work permit, or visitor visa) they will have a UCI, found on IRCC correspondence or the issued immigration document. If unknown, enter "NA" or the immigration document number instead.

married requires a marriage recognized under both the country of performance's law and Canadian law. common_law requires having lived together continuously in a marital-type relationship for at least one year.

Select the closest match if nothing is identical.

Select the option that best describes the applicant's job, from a list dependent on the chosen occupation category (not itself enumerated in the source guide, so modeled here as free text).

The employer's name, or the school's name if the applicant is a student.

Where the employer or, for a student, the school is located.

City/town where the employer is located, or, for a student, where the school is located.

The year the applicant started working for the employer or studying at the school.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Used to communicate with the applicant about the application. A parent applying for a minor may enter their own email address.

If applicable.

Do not enter apartment/unit/suite numbers here; use residentialAddressUnit instead.

Include the standard identifier spelled out in full (e.g. "Street", "Road", "Avenue", "Boulevard") — abbreviations such as "Ave." are not accepted.

If necessary.

The applicant's permanent home address; do not enter a temporary residence or a P.O. box — the application will be refused.

Country or territory of the applicant's permanent home address.

If applicable.

Postal or ZIP code of the applicant's permanent home address.

If applicable.

Per the Official Languages Act, the Government of Canada provides information and services in both English and French. The application form itself is only in English or French, though field descriptions are offered in more languages.

If true, also give plannedTravelDate and, if the flight is confirmed, plannedDepartureTime.

Required when knowsTravelDate is true. YYYY-MM-DD.

Only if the applicant has confirmed flight details.

Background question 1. If true, also give refusalOrDenialDetails.

Required when hasBeenRefusedVisaOrDeniedEntry is true. For each incident: the country that refused/denied/ordered removal, and the reasons given.

Background question 2. If true, also give criminalHistoryDetails.

Required when hasCriminalHistory is true. For each incident: where (city, country), when (month/year), the nature of the offence, and the sentence.

Background question 3. If true, also give isTuberculosisContactAHealthcareWorker.

Required when hasTuberculosisContactOrDiagnosis is true (background question 3a). If true, also give hasEverBeenDiagnosedWithTuberculosis.

Applicable when isTuberculosisContactAHealthcareWorker is true (background question 3b).

Background question 4. Select none_of_the_above if none apply.

Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. The applicant's electronic signature, given by typing their full name (or, if a representative or parent/guardian is applying on behalf of someone else, that person's name). The CAD $7 fee is paid immediately after this step.