2024 Travel Advisory: Country Risk Levels
The Canadian government has released its 2024 travel advisory, categorizing countries based on travel risk levels. These advisories help travelers understand potential dangers and make informed decisions before traveling.
This guide provides an overview of countries listed under each risk level. Use this information to plan your travels and stay aware of the risks associated with different destinations.
Afghanistan | Avoid all travel |
Albania | Take normal security precautions |
Algeria | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
American Samoa | Take normal security precautions |
Andorra | Take normal security precautions |
Angola | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Anguilla | Take normal security precautions |
Antarctica | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Antigua and Barbuda | Take normal security precautions |
Argentina | Take normal security precautions |
Armenia | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Aruba | Take normal security precautions |
Australia | Take normal security precautions |
Austria | Take normal security precautions |
Azerbaijan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Azores | Take normal security precautions |
Bahamas | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Bahrain | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Bangladesh | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Barbados | Take normal security precautions |
Belarus | Avoid all travel |
Belgium | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Belize | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Benin | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Bermuda | Take normal security precautions |
Bhutan | Take normal security precautions |
Bolivia | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Bonaire | Take normal security precautions |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Botswana | Take normal security precautions |
Brazil | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
British Virgin Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Brunei | Take normal security precautions |
Bulgaria | Take normal security precautions |
Burkina Faso | Avoid all travel (with regional advisories) |
Burundi | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Cabo Verde | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Cambodia | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Cameroon | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Canary Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Cayman Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Central African Republic | Avoid all travel |
Chad | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Chile | Exercise a high degree of caution |
China | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Colombia | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Comoros | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Cook Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Costa Rica | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Croatia | Take normal security precautions |
Cuba | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Curaçao | Take normal security precautions |
Cyprus | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Czechia | Take normal security precautions |
Denmark | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Djibouti | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Dominica | Take normal security precautions |
Dominican Republic | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Ecuador | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Egypt | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
El Salvador | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Equatorial Guinea | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Eritrea | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Estonia | Take normal security precautions |
Eswatini | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Ethiopia | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Falkland Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Fiji | Take normal security precautions |
Finland | Take normal security precautions |
France | Exercise a high degree of caution |
French Guiana | Take normal security precautions |
French Polynesia | Take normal security precautions |
Gabon | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Gambia, The | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Georgia | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Germany | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Ghana | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Gibraltar | Take normal security precautions |
Greece | Take normal security precautions |
Greenland | Take normal security precautions |
Grenada | Take normal security precautions |
Guadeloupe | Take normal security precautions |
Guam | Take normal security precautions |
Guatemala | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Guinea | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Guinea-Bissau | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Guyana | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Haiti | Avoid all travel |
Honduras | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Hong Kong | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Hungary | Take normal security precautions |
Iceland | Take normal security precautions |
India | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Indonesia | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Iran | Avoid all travel |
Iraq | Avoid all travel |
Ireland | Take normal security precautions |
Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Italy | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Jamaica | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Japan | Take normal security precautions |
Jordan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Kazakhstan | Take normal security precautions |
Kenya | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Kiribati | Take normal security precautions |
Kosovo | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Kuwait | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Kyrgyzstan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Laos | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Latvia | Take normal security precautions |
Lebanon | Avoid all travel |
Lesotho | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Liberia | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Libya | Avoid all travel |
Liechtenstein | Take normal security precautions |
Lithuania | Take normal security precautions |
Luxembourg | Take normal security precautions |
Macao | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Madagascar | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Malawi | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Malaysia | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Maldives | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Mali | Avoid all travel |
Malta | Take normal security precautions |
Marshall Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Martinique | Take normal security precautions |
Mauritania | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Mauritius | Take normal security precautions |
Mayotte | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Mexico | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Micronesia (FSM) | Take normal security precautions |
Moldova | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Monaco | Take normal security precautions |
Mongolia | Take normal security precautions |
Montenegro | Take normal security precautions |
Montserrat | Take normal security precautions |
Morocco | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Mozambique | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Myanmar | Avoid all travel |
Namibia | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Nauru | Take normal security precautions |
Nepal | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Netherlands | Exercise a high degree of caution |
New Caledonia | Avoid non-essential travel |
New Zealand | Take normal security precautions |
Nicaragua | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Niger | Avoid all travel |
Nigeria | Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories) |
Niue | Take normal security precautions |
North Korea | Avoid all travel |
North Macedonia | Take normal security precautions |
Northern Marianas | Take normal security precautions |
Norway | Take normal security precautions |
Oman | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Pakistan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Palau | Take normal security precautions |
Panama | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Papua New Guinea | Avoid non-essential travel |
Paraguay | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Peru | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Philippines | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Poland | Take normal security precautions |
Portugal | Take normal security precautions |
Puerto Rico | Take normal security precautions |
Qatar | Take normal security precautions |
Réunion | Take normal security precautions |
Romania | Take normal security precautions |
Russia | Avoid all travel |
Rwanda | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Saint-Barthélemy | Take normal security precautions |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Take normal security precautions |
Saint Lucia | Take normal security precautions |
Saint Martin | Take normal security precautions |
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon | Take normal security precautions |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines | Take normal security precautions |
Samoa | Take normal security precautions |
San Marino | Take normal security precautions |
Sao Tome and Principe | Take normal security precautions |
Saudi Arabia | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Senegal | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Serbia | Take normal security precautions |
Seychelles | Take normal security precautions |
Sierra Leone | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Singapore | Take normal security precautions |
Sint Maarten | Take normal security precautions |
Slovakia | Take normal security precautions |
Slovenia | Take normal security precautions |
Solomon Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Somalia | Avoid all travel |
South Africa | Exercise a high degree of caution |
South Korea | Take normal security precautions |
South Sudan | Avoid all travel |
Spain | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Sri Lanka | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Sudan | Avoid all travel |
Suriname | Take normal security precautions |
Sweden | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Switzerland | Take normal security precautions |
Syria | Avoid all travel |
Taiwan | Take normal security precautions |
Tajikistan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Tanzania | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Thailand | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Timor-Leste (East Timor) | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Togo | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Tokelau | Take normal security precautions |
Tonga | Take normal security precautions |
Trinidad and Tobago | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Tunisia | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Türkiye | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Turkmenistan | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | Take normal security precautions |
Tuvalu | Take normal security precautions |
Uganda | Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories) |
Ukraine | Avoid all travel |
United Arab Emirates | Exercise a high degree of caution |
United Kingdom | Exercise a high degree of caution |
United States | Take normal security precautions |
Uruguay | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Uzbekistan | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Vanuatu | Take normal security precautions |
Venezuela | Avoid all travel |
Vietnam | Exercise a high degree of caution |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Take normal security precautions |
Yemen | Avoid all travel |
Zambia | Take normal security precautions (with regional advisories) |
Zimbabwe | Exercise a high degree of caution |