Vaccinated U.S. citizens can begin to enter Canada Aug. 9
In this March 16, 2020, file photo, vehicles enter the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit to travel to Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency has rejected a creative plan by Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens to have Ontario residents line up inside the tunnel to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
TORONTO — Canada announced Monday it will begin letting fully vaccinated U.S. citizens into Canada on Aug. 9, and those from the rest of the world on Sept. 7.
Officials said the 14-day quarantine requirement will be waived as of Aug. 9 for eligible travelers who are currently residing in the United States and have received a full course of a COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Canada.
Public Safety Minister Bill Blai said the U.S. has not yet indicated any plan to change current restrictions at the land border. Canadians are able to fly into the United States with a negative COVID-19 test.
Commercial traffic has gone back and forth normally between the two countries since the start of the pandemic.
People pilot their boats in Burlington Harbor on Lake Champlain, in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, June 23, 2021. In non-COVID-19 summers the harbor is filled with boats from Canada, while this summer locals are hoping the governments of the United States and Canada reopen the border to routine crossers so the boaters can return. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)
