With Canada dropping its pre-arrival COVID-19 test requirements, its easier now than it has been in the last two years to hop a plane or head out on a cross-border road trip.
But how many North Shore residents are ready to indulge some international wanderlust?
North Shore News polled online readers with the question: Are you ready to start travelling internationally now that Canada is dropping pre-arrival COVID-19 tests?
The poll ran from March 18 to April 6 on our website. Of the 2,024 votes, we can determine that 801 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
As of April 1, fully vaccinated travellers are no longer required to show proof of a negative COVID test before being allowed into the country by land, air or sea.
Still in place, however, is a requirement to fill out a questionnaire using the federal government's arriveCAN app no more than 72 hours before arrival.
Canada Border Services staff may still randomly select travellers to take a test upon entry, although they will not be required to quarantine while waiting for results.
Those who have not been fully vaccinated will still have to do a test before being allowed to cross the border, and they are still not allowed to board trains, planes or ferries. Children under five are exempt.
Results are based on an online study of adult North Shore News readers who are located in North Vancouver and West Vancouver. The margin of error – which measures sample variability – is +/- 2.17%, 19 times out of 20.
North Shore News uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
