York Quarantine Information

Students 18 years and older must meet the requirements of a fully vaccinated traveller to enter Canada and do not need to quarantine unless informed otherwise by customs officials upon entry.

Students 17 years and under do not need to qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller to enter Canada but must quarantine upon entry. These travellers must also take an arrival COVID test and a Day-8 test.

For any further questions, please attend a Travel to Canada webinar or email quarantine@yorku.ca (or regscs@yorku.ca if you are a School of Continuing Studies student) with your student number and travel date clearly indicated in the subject line.

Students who are 17 years of age or under and not fully vaccinated can receive a 14-night quarantine plan.
*Note: York University only covers quarantine costs for students once and for essential, non-discretionary travel. York University only covers quarantine costs at one of our participating hotels booked via York’s Travel to Canada Documentation Request Form. If you plan on making quarantine arrangements elsewhere, you will be responsible for the cost.

For more information, choose the option below that best describes your situation.

 

I qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller.
  • I am a new or continuing international student; and
  • I have received a full schedule of a COVID-19 vaccine accepted for travel.

I do not qualify as a fully

vaccinated traveller.
  • I am an international student 17 years of age or under; and
  • I am coming to Canada for the purpose of studying.

Latest Updates
  • As of April 25th 2022, all fully vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to provide a quarantine plan upon entry. See here for more information. All travellers entering Canada will continue to be required to input their information in ArriveCAN within 72 hours of arrival in Canada.
  • As of April 1st 2022, fully-vaccinated travellers will no longer be required to submit a pre-arrival Covid-19 test. See here for more information. All travellers entering Canada will continue to be required to input their information in ArriveCAN within 72 hours before arrival in Canada.
  • Please keep up to date with the Canadian Government Covid-19 entry requirements here.
  • As of January 15, 2022, all travellers entering Canada must be fully vaccinated with one of the accepted COVID vaccines, including international students over the age of 18.  After January 14, 2022, international students who are not fully vaccinated with an approved COVID-19 vaccine will be prohibited from entering Canada.  See here for more information.
  • As of November 30, 2021 Canada will expand the list of COVID-19 vaccines that travelers can receive to be considered fully vaccinated for the purpose of travel to Canada. The list will include Sinopharm (Beijing), Sinovac and COVAXIN, matching the World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing. More information can be found here.
  • Effective October 30th the Government of Canada has announced vaccination requirements to board a flight or train within Canada. See here for more details.
  • As of July 5 at 12:01am, fully vaccinated travellers may be exempt from some quarantine requirements. See Canada's requirements for entry for fully vaccinated travellers for more details.