Do Gambia passport holders need a visa for Canada?

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.

(2) A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they (a) hold a passport that contains a diplomatic acceptance, a consular acceptance or an official acceptance issued by the Chief of Protocol for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on behalf of the Government of Canada and are a properly accredited diplomat, consular officer, representative or official of a country other than Canada, of the United Nations or any of its agencies, or of any international organization of which Canada is a member; (b) hold a passport or travel document issued by the Holy See; (c) hold a national Israeli passport; (d) hold a passport issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China; (e) hold a passport issued by the United Kingdom to a British National (Overseas), as a person born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong; (e.1) hold a passport issued by the United Kingdom to a British Subject which contains the observation that the holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom; or (f) hold an ordinary passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan that includes the personal identification number of the individual.

(2.1) A foreign national who is a citizen of Romania is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they hold a machine-readable passport that contains a contactless integrated circuit chip and that is issued by Romania.

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