Do Bahamas passport holders need a visa for Canada?

7.1 (1) A foreign national referred to in paragraph 7(2)(a) who is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa and who is either seeking to enter Canada by air to remain on a temporary basis or seeking to enter Canada by vessel directly from St. Pierre and Miquelon to remain on a temporary basis is required to obtain an electronic travel authorization before entering Canada, unless they are exempt from that requirement under subsection (3).

SCHEDULE 1.1(Subsection 12.05(1.1) and paragraph 190(1)(a))Country Andorra Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Chile Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Federal Republic of Germany Finland France Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Papua New Guinea Poland Portugal Qatar Republic of Korea Samoa San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Spain Sweden Switzerland United Arab Emirates

190 (1) A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they (a) are a citizen of a country listed in Schedule 1.1; (b) are (i) a British citizen, (ii) a British overseas citizen who is re-admissible to the United Kingdom, or (iii) a citizen of a British overseas territory who derives that citizenship through birth, descent, naturalization or registration in one of the British overseas territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Island, Saint Helena or Turks and Caicos Islands; or (c) are a national of the United States or a person who has been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

(4) The period authorized for a temporary resident’s stay ends on the earliest of (a) the day on which the temporary resident leaves Canada without obtaining prior authorization to re-enter Canada;

(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), the period authorized for the stay of a temporary resident is six months or any other period that is fixed by an officer on the basis of (a) the temporary resident’s means of support in Canada; (b) the period for which the temporary resident applies to stay; and (c) the expiry of the temporary resident’s passport or other travel document. Marginal note:Authorized period begins (3) The period authorized for the stay of a temporary resident begins on (a) if they are authorized to enter and remain in Canada on a temporary basis, the day on which they first enter Canada after they are so authorized; (a.1) if they have become a temporary resident in accordance with subsection 46(1.1) of the Act, the day on which their application to renounce their permanent resident status is approved; and (b) in any other case, the day on which they enter Canada.