Thinking about moving to Europe?
Canadian news has been full of talk about Canadians one day living and working in the EU visa-free. That is a conversation, not a rule. This site covers both: what is actually being discussed, and the routes you could use today.
Start here: visa-free movement between Canada and the EU does not exist. If you want to move in the next few years, you will be using one of the national routes each member state already operates — or an EU passport through ancestry, if you qualify.
Latest from the tracker
Carney and Macron discuss visa-free EU living and working for Canadians
Reporting from the Wall Street Journal and Reuters says Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Emmanuel Macron have discussed allowing Canadians to live and work visa-free in the EU as part of exploring an 'associate member' arrangement. This is an early-stage political discussion, not current law.
Guides to routes that exist today
Citizenship by descent: the strongest route, if you qualify
If a parent or grandparent was a citizen of an EU country, you may already be eligible for an EU passport — the one route that gives full free movement. Here's how to check, and why the rules keep tightening.
Portugal: the routes Canadians actually use
How Canadians typically move to Portugal today — remote-work and passive-income residence permits, job-seeker and work routes, and what to check before you commit.
Spain: the routes Canadians actually use
Spain's main long-stay options for Canadians — the digital nomad visa, the non-lucrative visa, and work-based permits — plus the practical traps to check first.