A classification places the Canadian passport in the eighth row of the most powerful travel documents in the world, according to the London firm Henley & Partners.
The most recent edition of the Henley passport index, published on July 22, Canada occupies eighth place, ex æquo with the United Arab Emirates and Estonia.
This Henley & Partners’ firm in citizenship is based on data provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and classifies passports according to the number of destinations accessible without visa each quarter.
Thus, holders of a Canadian passport can go to 184 countries without prior visa. The Canadian passport dropped into the scale, where it previously occupied the seventh position and gave access to 188 destinations without visa in January.
The Canada’s travel document continues to surpass the American passport, which fell in July 2025 in tenth place.
The Canadian passport exceeded that of the United States for the very first time in January 2025 since the creation of the Henley & Partners index in 2006.
The United States could get out of the top 10 in the coming months to come.
In 2014, the United States shared first place with the United Kingdom.
Singapore continues its dominance of the classification, having access to nearly 193 countries. At the bottom of the ranking is Afghanistan, which only allows an entry to 25 countries.
The most powerful passports in 2025
1. Singapore (193 destinations)
2. Japan, South Korea (190)
3. Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain (189)
4. Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden (188)
5. Greece, New Zealand, Switzerland (187)
6. United Kingdom (186)
7. Australia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland (185)
8. Canada, Estonia, United Arab Emirates (184)
9. Croatia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia (183)
10. Iceland, Lithuania, United States (182)
