Dog and Cat Exports - General

This Canadian international health certificate - PDF (255 kb) may be used to accompany pet dogs and cats to other countries. This certificate must be printed on legal paper (8.5" X 14"), no other format will be accepted.

Please note that this certificate is being provided for use where appropriate. It is imperative that you contact the appropriate veterinary authorities or the embassy for the country you are traveling to in order to obtain the current import requirements.

If this document meets the requirements set out by the importing country, then it may be downloaded, completed by a veterinarian licensed to practice veterinary medicine in Canada and then presented to an official government veterinarian to be endorsed. There will be a fee applied for this service.

There are a few countries/zones in which the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has negotiated specific veterinary health certificates, including, but not limited to, Australia, Brazil - Dogs - PDF (184 kb) Cats - PDF (168 kb), Cayman Islands, European Community, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea - Cats and Dogs- PDF (132 kb) Taiwan, New Zealand, South Africa - Dogs - PDF (175 kb) Cats - PDF (140 kb) and Indonesia - PDF (149 kb). Therefore, this document will not be accepted in those countries.

For further information or clarification on this procedure, please contact the relevant CFIA Office for the province in which you reside.