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MIButterfly

(3,499 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2026, 08:42 PM Jun 20

Does anybody know anything about Canadian laws about passports? [View all]

Many countries want your passport renewed at least six months before it expires. Is Canada one of them? Reason I ask is I'm going on a cruise to New England and Canada in October and my passport expires in February of next year. That's only four months. I tried looking it up online and couldn't find out anything about it.

I was going to put this post in the Canada forum but it says it's for Canadian DUers and I'm not Canadian.

Thank you in advance for any assistance or suggestions you can give me.

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Does anybody know anything about Canadian laws about passports? [View all] MIButterfly Jun 20 OP

Not mentioned on several of the pages TommyT139 Jun 20 #1

Thank you, TommyT139! MIButterfly Jun 20 #4

Is there a branch of the Canadian Embassy nearby? mwmisses4289 Jun 20 #2

Thank you, mwmisses4289! MIButterfly Jun 20 #5

That is a good rule of thumb to follow Fiendish Thingy Jun 20 #3

Thank you, Fiendish Thingy! MIButterfly Jun 20 #7

I ran into this potential problem a couple years ago RockCreek Jun 20 #6

Thank you, RockCreek! MIButterfly Jun 20 #8

Canadian here, as far as I know, you can travel to Canada with a passport expiry 6 mos or less Bev54 Jun 20 #9

Thank you, Bev54! MIButterfly Jun 20 #10