Travel and COVID-19

Staying close to home can help contain the spread of COVID-19. Some provinces and territories may have extra regulations about interprovincial travel. Please check your destination for any COVID-19 related domestic travel information.

All international travellers returning to British Columbia are required by law to self-isolate for 14 days upon their arrival and complete a self-isolation plan. To learn how to complete the self-isolation plan and what to do when you return to B.C. see:

• Government of BC: Self-Isolation on Return to B.C.

For more information about returning to Canada after travel see:

• BC Centre for Disease Control: Travel
• Government of BC: Returning Travelers (PDF 211KB)
• Government of BC: Travel Affected by Covid-19
• Government of BC: Welcoming home a friend or family member (PDF 209KB)
• Government of Canada: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Travel restrictions and exemptions

The Province, through Service BC, will follow up with international travellers in self-isolation. Service BC may contact returning travellers by phone or text message to ensure they have the support they need to complete their mandatory self-isolation. Service BC can also help travellers create or change self-isolation plans to ensure public safety.

For more information on the Province of BC’s new Travelers’ Program or if you have questions about self-isolation after returning to Canada, call Service BC at 1-888-COVID19.  

For information from other provincial and territorial governments, see:

• Alberta: Covid-19 info for Albertans
• Manitoba: Travellers' Information
• New Brunswick: Information for Travellers
• Newfoundland and Labrador: Travel Advice
• Northwest Territories: Travel and Moving Around
• Nova Scotia: Novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Nunavut: COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)
• Ontario: Returning from travel
• Prince Edward Island: For Travellers
• Quebec: Avoid travelling from one region to another or from one city to another
• Saskatchewan: Self-Isolation
• Yukon: COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update

For information on flights, cruises and public events with a confirmed case of COVID-19, visit BC Centre for Disease Control, Public Exposures.

Find more information about COVID-19 and how to protect yourself, your family and your community, see Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Last updated: April 25, 2020