Help cover emergency medical expenses while visiting Canada
Canada has lots to offer, including free health care but only for its residents. Without travel insurance for visitors to Canada, emergency medical expenses could leave you burdened with hefty bills. Manulife CoverMe Travel Insurance for Visitors to Canada helps cover unexpected medical expenses such as prescription drugs, hospital and healthcare practitioner services, so you don’t end up paying out-of-pocket.
Travel medical insurance for visitors to Canada
All plans meet the requirement for super visa for parents and grandparents.
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Basic This plan provides travel medical insurance for visitors to Canada. With coverage for emergency medical expenses, you can focus on experiencing Canada.
- Covers up to the limit you select to a maximum of C$200,000
- No medical questionnaires required
- No coverage for pre-existing medical conditions
- No age limit
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Standard Get medical insurance for visitors to Canada to help cover the cost for medical emergencies in Canada —even with some pre-existing medical conditions.
- Covers up to the limit you select to a maximum of C$200,000
- Coverage for pre-existing medical conditions that did not exist within 180 days prior to the effective date1
- Includes dental and accidental death and dismemberment coverage
- Apply up to age 85
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Enhanced Our most comprehensive health coverage for visitors to Canada, this plan helps protect you from emergency medical costs, even if you have a stable pre-existing medical condition.
- Covers up to the limit you select to a maximum of C$200,000
- Coverage for pre-existing medical conditions that have been stable2 for at least 180 days
- Includes dental, and accident death and dismemberment benefits
- Apply up to age 85 (medical questionnaire required for age 55+)
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Why Manulife
Our visitors to Canada insurance plans are comprehensive and flexible – all have the following benefits:
- Access to Manulife’s Travel Assistance 24/7, 365 days a year
- 10-day free look period — review your policy for 10 days and return it if it’s not right for you
- Side trips are covered when you travel to another destination from Canada3
- Meet the requirements for travel insurance for super visa
FAQs
Medical insurance for visitors to Canada is highly recommended to protect you from paying out-of-pocket for expensive healthcare services in case of a medical emergency, and medical insurance for super visa is mandatory.
It is best to purchase travel insurance for visiting Canada before your arrival. If you purchase the insurance after you arrive, there is a waiting period before you’re covered.
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Submit a travel claim Visit our dedicated travel portal to start a claim. First-time on the site? Simply register, activate your account, and sign in.
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1 No coverage is provided for pre-existing medical conditions that existed within 180 days prior to the effective date. For example, if your travel date and policy effective date is June 30th, then any pre-existing medical conditions that existed between January 1st and June 30th are not covered.
2 A pre-existing medical condition is considered stable when all of the following statements are true:
- There has not been any new treatment prescribed or recommended, or change(s) to existing treatment (including a stoppage in treatment), and
- There has not been any change in medication, or any recommendation or starting of a new prescription drug, and
- The medical condition has not become worse, and
- There has not been any new, more frequent or more severe symptoms, and
- There has been no hospitalization or referral to a specialist, and
- There have not been any tests, investigation or treatment recommended, but not yet complete, nor any outstanding test results, and
- There is no planned or pending treatment.
3 A side trip is any trip taken to other countries from Canada (starts and ends in Canada) during the duration of your policy. Side trips do not cover your country of origin. Side trips must not exceed the lesser of 30 days/policy or 49% of the total number of coverage days in your policy.
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