Canadians Travelling Abroad
For vacations, business travel, family visits, and international trips.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
Travel with greater confidence.
Whether you're leaving Canada, visiting family here, welcoming parents from overseas, studying abroad, or travelling frequently, travel insurance can help protect you from unexpected medical and trip-related costs.
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Emergency Medical Coverage
Protection against eligible emergency medical costs while travelling.
Visitors to Canada
Coverage options for family members and other visitors coming to Canada.
Flexible Options
Coverage for single trips, longer stays, or frequent travel.
Personalized Quotes
Compare options based on your destination, age, trip length, and needs.
What is travel insurance?
Travel insurance helps protect against certain unexpected costs that can arise while travelling or staying outside your usual province or country of residence. Depending on the plan, coverage may include emergency medical expenses and optional trip-related protection.
Who can travel insurance help?
Different travellers have different needs, which is why the right policy depends on the purpose and length of the trip.
Visitors to Canada
For family members, friends, and other visitors staying temporarily in Canada.
Parents Visiting Family
Coverage options for parents and relatives spending extended periods in Canada.
Super Visa Visitors
Insurance solutions designed to help satisfy applicable Super Visa insurance requirements.
Students
Coverage options for eligible students studying away from their home country or province.
Seniors
Travel medical options that consider age, trip duration, and medical history.
Frequent Travellers
Multi-trip options may be more convenient for people travelling several times each year.
Why travel medical coverage matters
Medical treatment outside your home province or country can be expensive, and provincial health coverage may not cover the full cost of care abroad. Travel medical insurance is designed to help protect against eligible emergency expenses such as physician services, hospitalization, ambulance transportation, and other covered emergency treatment, subject to the terms of the policy.
The best time to understand your travel coverage is before you need to use it.
What can travel insurance help with?
Available benefits depend on the plan selected, but coverage may include:
Emergency Medical Care
Eligible physician, hospital, diagnostic, and treatment costs.
Emergency Transportation
Eligible ambulance or medically necessary transportation expenses.
Trip Cancellation
Optional protection for certain eligible prepaid costs if a covered event prevents travel.
Trip Interruption
Optional coverage for certain expenses if a covered event disrupts a trip already underway.
Baggage
Some plans offer protection for eligible lost, delayed, or damaged baggage.
Travel Assistance
Many policies provide emergency assistance resources while you are travelling.
Travel insurance for different situations
There is no single travel policy that fits everyone. The goal is to match the coverage to the traveller and the trip.
Emergency Medical Insurance
Designed primarily to protect against eligible unexpected emergency medical costs while travelling.
- Canadians travelling outside their province or country
- Visitors coming to Canada
- Longer stays and family visits
Trip Protection
Optional coverage focused on certain financial risks associated with cancelling or interrupting a trip.
- Trip cancellation
- Trip interruption
- Certain baggage or travel disruption benefits depending on the policy
Single-Trip & Multi-Trip Options
Coverage can be structured for one specific trip or multiple trips during a policy period.
- Single-trip travellers
- Frequent travellers
- Different maximum trip durations available
How getting a quote works
Travel insurance can often be quoted quickly once the key trip details are known.
Tell me about the traveller
Share the travellers' ages, residency or visitor status, and relevant trip circumstances.
Tell me about the trip
Destination, departure and return dates, length of stay, and type of travel help determine appropriate options.
Review available plans
Gisele compares suitable options and explains key differences in benefits and policy terms.
Select your coverage
Choose the plan that best fits your trip, circumstances, and budget.
What affects the price or available coverage?
Travel insurance pricing depends heavily on the traveller and the trip.
Age
Premiums and available plans can vary significantly by age.
Trip Duration
Longer stays generally cost more than shorter trips.
Destination
Destination and geographic coverage can affect available options.
Coverage Amount
The selected medical coverage limit can affect premium.
Medical History
Health history may affect eligibility, pricing, or policy conditions.
Coverage Type
Emergency medical only versus broader trip protection affects cost.
Why work with Gisele?
Travel policies can look similar at first but differ in eligibility, benefit limits, medical questionnaires, and policy conditions. Gisele helps you compare appropriate options and understand the important differences before you travel.
- Options for Canadians and visitors to Canada
- Super Visa insurance support
- Single-trip and multi-trip solutions
- Help comparing available providers
- Clear explanation of important policy conditions
Common questions
TRAVEL WITH CONFIDENCE
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Let's find coverage that fits your trip.
Tell Gisele where you're going, who's travelling, and for how long, and she can help you review suitable options.