On this page
- Who needs a medical exam
- Who can do your medical exam
- When to get your medical exam
- What to bring
- What you need to pay for
- What to expect during your exam
- When you arrive
- Medical history questionnaire
- Physical exam
- Other possible tests
- COVID-19 vaccination
- Right to have a chaperone
- After your exam is done
- When to send your medical exam results
- How long your medical results are good for
- Getting a copy of your medical exam
Who needs a medical exam
If you plan to stay for 6 months or less
You generally don’t need a medical exam, unless you plan to work in certain jobs.
Jobs for which you need a medical exam
You may need a medical exam because of the type of job you want to do in Canada.
Examples of such jobs are:
- Jobs that bring you into close contact with people, such as
- workers in health-care settings
- clinical laboratory workers
- patient attendants in nursing and geriatric homes
- medical students admitted to Canada to attend university
- medical electives and physicians on short-term locums
- workers in primary or secondary school settings, or workers in child-care settings
- domestics
- workers who give in-home care to children, the elderly and the disabled
- day nursery employees and
- other similar jobs
- Agricultural workers who’ve visited or lived in one of these countries for more than 6 months during the past year.
If you plan to stay for more than 6 months
You need a medical exam if at least one of these applies to you:
- You lived in one or more of these countries or territories for at least 6 months in a row within the last year, or
- You’ll come to Canada to work in a job in which public health must be protected (see jobs for which you need a medical exam), or
- You’re applying for a parent and grandparent super visa.
If you need a medical exam, the visa office will tell you what to do next.
