Canadian Travel with Criminal History

Based on these 2 (related) websites, it looks like admissibility depends on several factors.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility/reasons.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/inadmissibility/overcome-criminal-convictions.html

The severity of the same crimes, if committed in Canada, and how long you've been a model citizen since, seem to have the greatest effect on your admissibility. Like us going south, a lot of times it's up to the CBP or CBSA agent you get when you get to the port of entry.

If you've been admitted to Canada before, maybe our border agents haven't asked if you've ever been arrested? The CBP agents ask that one, once in a while where we cross. Either way, honesty is probably the best policy.

If it hasn’t come up when you’ve crossed in the last five yrs what makes you think it would. They have all the records of your travels and as much information as they need and let you cross. I think they have some common sense.

FLY 4 FUN wrote:
I think your best bet is to contact the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and discuss your situation. I would hate to show up at a border and get turned away when you could have known in advance your admissibility. I don't think there is a statute of limitations on when you had convictions, so best to talk to somebody that can tell you what will happen.

Seems to be excellent advice to me.

I think your best bet is to contact the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and discuss your situation. I would hate to show up at a border and get turned away when you could have known in advance your admissibility. I don't think there is a statute of limitations on when you had convictions, so best to talk to somebody that can tell you what will happen.