Apostille and legalization by destination
Every country, grouped by the route a Canadian document takes to get there: an apostille alone, or an apostille followed by embassy legalization.
No country matches that name. Every destination is covered: start a request and tell us where the document is going. Start a request
Most requested destinations
Each has its own page with the full route, the documents people usually send, and what to watch for.
- United Arab EmiratesApostille, then embassy legalization
- QatarApostille, then embassy legalization
- KuwaitApostille, then embassy legalization
- LebanonApostille, then embassy legalization
- EgyptApostille, then embassy legalization
- JordanApostille, then embassy legalization
- NigeriaApostille, then embassy legalization
- HaitiApostille, then embassy legalization
- Côte d'IvoireApostille, then embassy legalization
- KenyaApostille, then embassy legalization
- CameroonApostille, then embassy legalization
- DR CongoApostille, then embassy legalization
- IranApostille, then embassy legalization
- ThailandApostille, then embassy legalization
- Sri LankaApostille, then embassy legalization
- IraqApostille, then embassy legalization
- AlgeriaApostille only · no embassy stage
- VietnamApostille only · no embassy stage
- IndiaApostille only · no embassy stage
- ChinaApostille only · no embassy stage
- PhilippinesApostille only · no embassy stage
- PakistanApostille only · no embassy stage
- MoroccoApostille only · no embassy stage
- TürkiyeApostille only · no embassy stage
- Saudi ArabiaApostille only · no embassy stage
- FranceApostille only · no embassy stage
- ItalyApostille only · no embassy stage
- United KingdomApostille only · no embassy stage
- United StatesApostille only · no embassy stage
- MexicoApostille only · no embassy stage
- BrazilApostille only · no embassy stage
- South KoreaApostille only · no embassy stage
- JapanApostille only · no embassy stage
- ColombiaApostille only · no embassy stage
- TunisiaApostille only · no embassy stage
- PortugalApostille only · no embassy stage
- SpainApostille only · no embassy stage
- SenegalApostille only · no embassy stage
- RomaniaApostille only · no embassy stage
- UkraineApostille only · no embassy stage
- PolandApostille only · no embassy stage
- BangladeshApostille only · no embassy stage
- GermanyApostille only · no embassy stage
Every country, A to Z
Pick a country to start a request with it filled in. Those marked “Guide” also have a page of their own.
Apostille only
163 countries and territoriesA party to the Hague Apostille Convention. One Canadian apostille is accepted directly, with no embassy stage.
- Albania
- Algeria Guide
- American Samoa
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh Guide
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil Guide
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China Guide
- Colombia Guide
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France Guide
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Georgia
- Germany Guide
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India Guide
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy Guide
- Jamaica
- Japan Guide
- Jersey
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mexico Guide
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco Guide
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan Guide
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines Guide
- Poland Guide
- Portugal Guide
- Puerto Rico
- Réunion
- Romania Guide
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia Guide
- Senegal Guide
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea Guide
- Spain Guide
- Suriname
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia Guide
- Türkiye Guide
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Ukraine Guide
- United Kingdom Guide
- United States Guide
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam Guide
- Virgin Islands, British
- Virgin Islands, U.S.
- Wallis and Futuna
Apostille, then consular legalization
70 countries and territoriesOutside the Convention. After the Canadian apostille the document is legalized at that country’s embassy or consulate.
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon Guide
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire Guide
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- DR Congo Guide
- Egypt Guide
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Greenland
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti Guide
- Iran Guide
- Iraq Guide
- Jordan Guide
- Kenya Guide
- Kiribati
- Kuwait Guide
- Laos
- Lebanon Guide
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria Guide
- North Korea
- Palestine, State of
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar Guide
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka Guide
- Sudan
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand Guide
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates Guide
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
By province of issue
Documents reach us by courier from anywhere in Canada. Which authority apostilles them depends on where they were issued.
Own apostille office
- QuebecMinistère de la Justice du Québec
- OntarioOfficial Documents Services, within the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement
- AlbertaAlberta Ministry of Justice
- British ColumbiaOrder in Council Administration Office, within the Ministry of Attorney General
- SaskatchewanMinistry of Justice and Attorney General
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa
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