Canada announced the end of its border vaccine requirement, including for truckers
In September 2022, Ottawa said all COVID-19 entry rules would end Oct. 1, but the U.S. requirement for Canadian drivers stayed in place.
On Sept. 26, 2022, the federal government announced that all COVID-19 entry restrictions, testing, quarantine and isolation requirements for people entering Canada would end on Oct. 1, 2022. That included the vaccine requirement that had applied to cross-border truck drivers since Jan. 15, 2022.
What ended on Oct. 1
From Oct. 1, 2022, travellers entering Canada, regardless of citizenship, no longer had to:
- submit public health information through ArriveCAN
- show proof of vaccination
- take pre-arrival or arrival tests
- quarantine or isolate because of COVID-19
- monitor and report symptoms after arrival
The Public Health Agency of Canada said modelling showed Canada had largely passed the peak of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 wave. It also cited high vaccination rates, lower hospitalization and death rates, and the availability of boosters, rapid tests and treatments.
The U.S. rule stayed
On Sept. 30, 2022, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) reminded carriers that the U.S. vaccine requirement for drivers entering that country remained in effect. It said the U.S. government had not said whether or when it would drop its own mandate, and that the CTA was working with the American Trucking Associations and U.S. officials on the issue.