Canadian travellers will soon need to pay for a special pass just to enter Europe

If a European getaway is on your travel radar for later this year or next, there's a new step worth including into your planning, and it comes with a price tag attached. According to the Government of Canada's updated travel guidance , the European Union is preparing to launch its European Travel Information and Authorisation System , or ETIAS, sometime in the last quarter of 2026. Once it's live,…