A global travel advisory is currently in effect. The Government of Canada therefore recommends that all citizens avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice. “Non-essential travel” means travel for tourism, recreation, and entertainment.
The Government of Canada requires people travelling to Canada by air, regardless of citizenship, to follow testing and quarantine requirements. To learn more about the entry requirements, click here.
International flights carrying passengers are permitted at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport. Arriving international passengers must comply with entry conditions determined by the Government of Canada. To learn more about these conditions, click here.
A global travel advisory remains in effect. The Government of Canada therefore recommends that all citizens avoid non-essential travel outside Canada until further notice.To learn more about the Government of Canada's recommendations for out-of-country travel, click here.
Travelers must meet several requirements issued by the Government of Canada before taking a flight to or within Canada. These include temperature checks, boarding health questions and mask wear on flights within Canada. For the full list of requirements, click here.
No test or proof of vaccine is required at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport when you travel to Canada. We recommend that travellers check the requirements of the province or territory they are traveling to and contact their airline to find out more about their regulations. Information on Canadian provinces and territories is available on the Destination Canada website.
As of April 20, 2020, the Government of Canada is requiring travellers to wear a removable non-medical mask or face cover that is large enough to cover their mouth and nose while in Canadian airports and aboard aircraft. In addition, all passengers and non-passengers are required to wear a face cover at the CATSA security checkpoint.
All passengers and employees of Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport must wear a mask or face cover at all times when in the terminal. Children under the age of 2 and people with breathing difficulties or disabilities, or those who are unable to remove their face cover unassisted, are not required to wear a mask.
Learn more about making a mask here.
For more information on the Government of Canada’s requirements, click here.
The airport does not provide masks. Please make sure you have one before you arrive at the airport. You can also buy masks at the Relay convenience store located in the secure airside zone after the security checkpoint.
Visit the CATSA website for travel advice.
All travellers must meet strict requirements set by the Canada Border Services Agency when crossing the Canadian border. To prepare for entry into Canada, travellers can consult the requirements checklist for entering Canada. They must also wear a mask, use the ArriveCAN and CanBorder mobile applications to transmit the required mandatory information and follow standard border crossing procedures (not related to COVID-19).
You may pick up or drop off a passenger. You are welcome to use CellPARQ, a free cell phone parking lot that lets you stay in the car and pick up your loved ones in front of the terminal when they’re ready to leave.
Some stores and restaurants are temporarily closed or have modified their business hours. You will find the details of the opening hours of the businesses in the Shops and restaurants section.
Since September 7, 2021, foreign nationals who qualify for the fully vaccinated traveller exemption can enter Canada for discretionary travel.
Air travellers must meet several government-issued requirements before boarding a flight to Canada. To read the checklist of requirements for entering Canada by plane depending of the vaccination status, click here.
Travel restrictions have been put in place at all points of entry into the country by the Government of Canada. To validate your right to enter the country on the government website, click here. The final decision on entry and quarantine is made by a government official at the point of entry, based on information presented to him at the time of entry.
Air travellers must meet several government-issued requirements before boarding a flight to Canada. To read the checklist of requirements for entering Canada by plane depending of the vaccination status, click here.
Upon returning to Canada, travellers from international destinations must comply with federal requirements and possible additional provincial or territorial requirements issued by the governments of Canada. To learn more about the restrictions, click here.
The government has established a comprehensive list of requirements that must be met to ensure the successful return of travellers to Canada. For complete procedures, see the Flying to Canada requirements checklist.
Since August 9, 2021, Transport Canada has removed the requirement for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) to perform pre-board temperature screening of passengers on all domestic flights and international departures (including Transborder), as well as airport workers.
Learn more about the measures taken by CATSA: https://www.catsa-acsta.gc.ca/en/covid19-response
In order to make travellers aware of the need to maintain physical distancing whenever possible, YQB has implemented a poster campaign and plays audio reminders in the busiest areas of the terminal.
Visit the Advice for Travellers - Protecting Yourself and Others page to learn about the health measures we’re taking to protect airport passengers and employees.
Airlines are responsible for sanitizing their aircraft. If you have questions about aircraft cleaning, we encourage you to contact your airline directly so you can better understand its precautionary measures.
Note that under the Quarantine Act, airlines must inform the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) of any cases of illness prior to their aircraft’s arrival in Canada. This allows the PHAC to implement appropriate measures for sick passengers before the aircraft arrives.
Public health authorities are solely responsible for contact tracing (tracking an infected person’s movements and identifying people who may have been in contact with that person). The PHAC manages international flight information and all notices to passengers, crew, or the general public.
All travellers 5 years of age or older, regardless of citizenship, must provide proof of a COVID-19 test result to enter Canada.
All travellers must provide one of the accepted types of tests, not an antigen test, including those who are fully vaccinated.
For complete details and testing requirements, see the section “Entering Canada by Air: Testing for COVID-19 for Travellers” issued by the Canadian government.
The Government of Canada has put in place an emergency order on quarantine, isolation, and other obligations under the Quarantine Act.
You must demonstrate that you have a suitable plan for quarantine. You’re expected to make these plans, within your own means, before travelling to Canada. Foreign nationals who do not have a suitable plan may be denied entry into Canada.
Use ArriveCAN to submit your travel and quarantine plans.
For all the details regarding the mandatory quarantine, click here.
To learn more about ArriveCAN, click here.
For all the details regarding the vaccinated travellers entering Canada, click here.
If a traveler has symptoms such as fever, onset or worsening of a cough, difficulty in breathing, or sudden loss of smell without nasal congestion with or without loss of taste, they should stay at home. home and contact their airline to make arrangements to change their travel plan.
A COVID-19 screening clinic is installed at YQB for the exclusive use of passengers arriving at Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport by an international flight.
If you wish to be tested for COVID-19 in anticipation of a trip abroad, please contact one of the clinics on the list of private laboratories recognized by the Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec and which have accepted to carry out the tests and certificates prescribed for travellers and nationals.
Passengers are strongly recommended to research the requirements for their travel plans before arriving at the airport. Refer to official government sources in the region that you are travelling to, or use a third-party service, such as the interactive map from Destination Canada (domestic travel) or Sherpa (international travel).