You must purchase Super Visa insurance from a Canadian insurance company. It should cover health care, repatriation, and hospitalisation. It must have a minimum coverage level of CAD 100,000 and be valid for each time the parent or grandparent enters Canada. Upon entry, the parent or grandparent must be able to present proof of their Canadian Super Visa insurance to an officer at the port of entry.

Super Visa insurance is designed to cover parents and grandparents of Canadian citizens or permanent residents travelling to Canada and planning to stay for up to two years. If you or your relative don’t fit the qualifications for a Super Visa, you may have other options for visitor visas and travel insurance. Many people travel to Canada for temporary stays of less than six months using visitor visas or their passports if they come from a visa-exempt country.

Those interested in sponsoring their parents or grandparents to live in Canada permanently may also be interested in the Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship Program (PGP). This program allows Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents and grandparents to become Canadian permanent residents. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accept a record-high 30,000 applications through the PGP in 2021.