Owning a Canadian passport comes with a host of benefits, including the ability to travel to many countries visa-free.
But how does Canada's passport compare to other countries?
A new ranking has revealed the top passports in the world for 2024, and how the Canadian passport stacks up against them.
While it isn't the world's most powerful passport, Canada's passport offers several benefits that would make any Canuck proud to own it.
Nomad Capitalist, which created the ranking, says its index goes beyond evaluating passports based on the number of countries they can visit.
"While most indices–and most people–think of a passport only in terms of travel privileges, we understand that citizens of different countries deal with very different requirements to pay tax, live freely, comply with regulations, and avoid scrutiny when travelling," they say.
The company looked at 199 passports and ranked them based on the criteria of visa-free travel, taxation laws, global perception, dual citizenship and personal freedom to determine the most powerful.
What is the most powerful passport in 2024?
According to the ranking, Switzerland possesses the world's most powerful passport for 2024.
Swiss passport holders can travel to 121 countries visa-free and can enter a total of 176 destinations either without a visa, through a visa on arrival, or via an eTA.
Nomad Capitalist says the country affords citizens "exceptionally high levels of liberty and privacy," and the country’s neutrality ensures that Swiss nationals remain "some of the most respected travellers in the world."
The country also freely allows residents to hold dual citizenship and allows citizens to relocate to avoid tax.
How strong is the Canadian passport?
A person holds Canadian passports.
Canada's passport is tied for 36th place in the ranking alongside Slovenia and Japan.
"[Canada's] passport ranking relative to other global passports is calculated by relying on the Canada government's approach not just to travel, but also to international taxation laws, global perception, dual citizenship, and personal freedom as just the number of countries Canada passport holder may visit won't tell the whole story," says Nomad Capitalist.
Canadian passport holders can visit a total of 172 destinations, either without a visa, through a visa on arrival, or via an eTA. Of these, citizens can visit 119 countries visa-free.
Canada also received a taxation score of 20, meaning that the country allows citizens to relocate to avoid tax.
For perception, which is used to determine how each country's citizens are received and recognized, Canada received a score of 40, meaning that Canadian citizens experience intermediate hostility when travelling.
When it comes to dual citizenship, however, Canada fared quite well, receiving a score of 50 (the highest score) which indicated that citizens are almost always allowed to hold other citizenships.
Finally, Canada received a score of 30 for freedom, meaning that citizens "have intermediate freedom," according to Nomad Capitalist.
This is the lowest the Canadian passport has ranked in 2024.
The passport was ranked the seventh most powerful in the world by the Passport Index in January. A subsequent ranking by Henley and Partners placed it in the 6th spot for top passports globally.