Canada eTA cost: the official fee for every traveller
Independent site, not a government service: you apply only on the Government of Canada website, canada.ca.
Choose your passport and the number of travellers: the calculator multiplies the official fee and converts it into euros at the ECB rate.
The Canadian eTA costs CAD 7 per person, the fee set by section 294.1 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, about €4.47 at the ECB rate of October 23, 2026. It is by far the cheapest of the travel authorisations on this site, and the one that lasts longest: up to 5 years, or until the passport expires if that comes first, for any number of trips by air. There is no child rate and no family rate: each traveller, babies included, needs an eTA linked to their own passport and pays the same CAD 7, so a family of four pays CAD 28. The fee is paid by card on canada.ca at the end of the form and is not refunded, even if the eTA is refused or not used. A traveller who does not qualify for an eTA applies for a visitor visa, whose processing fee is CAD 100 and which also requires biometrics. Any price above CAD 7 per person for an eTA includes a third party’s service charge.
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The eTA fee by group size
The fee is the same for every traveller. This table multiplies CAD 7 and converts the total at the ECB reference rate of October 23, 2026.
| Travellers | Official fee | In euros |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CAD 7 | ≈ €4.47 |
| 2 | CAD 14 | ≈ €8.94 |
| 3 | CAD 21 | ≈ €13.41 |
| 4 | CAD 28 | ≈ €17.87 |
| 5 | CAD 35 | ≈ €22.34 |
| 6 | CAD 42 | ≈ €26.81 |
What you pay for
One application per person and, if approved, an authorisation linked to the passport, valid for up to 5 years or until the passport expires. It covers any number of flights to Canada and transits through Canadian airports. It does not cover work or study permits, which have their own fees, and it does not guarantee entry.
Over five years, the cheapest authorisation
Because the eTA lasts up to 5 years, a frequent visitor pays CAD 7 once where the same five years would mean three UK ETAs at £20 each and three ESTAs at USD 40.62 each. The comparison only holds if the passport stays valid: a new passport means a new eTA.
When a site asks for more
The official form lives on canada.ca. Other websites fill in the same form and charge a service fee on top of the CAD 7; the decision still comes from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and is not faster. If you have a price in front of you, enter it below to see how much is not the government fee.
Check a price you were quoted
You would pay on top of the official fee
€74.53
17.7 times the official price
| Official, per person | CAD 7 ≈ €4.47 |
| Official, whole group | €4.47 |
| Price asked, whole group | €79.00 |
Apply only at canada.ca
If you need a visa instead
Citizens of visa-required countries, and of countries eligible only under conditions who do not meet them, apply for a visitor visa: the processing fee is CAD 100, plus a separate biometrics fee, and the delay is counted in weeks. The Canada eTA page explains who falls into which group, and the green card page covers US permanent residents.