Portuguese Embassy in Ottawa

Canadian citizens can visit Portugal without a visa for up to 90 days.

In 2025, Portugal’s embassy in Ottawa received 143 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 132. 11 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 7.7%. In 2024 it had been 0.0%: the rate rose by 7.7 points, a sharp increase. Applications rose by 16% compared with 2024 (123).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.0% (2024) to 11.3% (2023).

Portugal issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Canada; this office handled 4% of their 3,536 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Toronto 10.0%, Montreal 15.6% and Vancouver 68.9%, which makes Ottawa the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Canada, 9.0% of applications were refused in 2025; Portugal’s rate worldwide was 23.3%. Portugal received the 5th largest number of applications of the 23 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 42.4% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Canada.

The Portuguese embassy in Ottawa is the only mission of Portugal in Canada on record. Canada in turn has 3 missions in Portugal, its embassy being in Lisbon.

About the Portuguese embassy in Ottawa

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Portugal in Ottawa. The head of mission on record is Bernardo Fernandes Homem De Lucena.

Address and contact

Address: Island Park Drive 645, K1Y 0B8 Ottawa. The record for the Portuguese embassy in Ottawa includes an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Portuguese citizens travelling to Canada

Portuguese citizens need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for Canada, obtained online before travel, for stays of up to 180 days.

When the Portuguese embassy in Ottawa is closed

The Portuguese embassy in Ottawa closes on Canada’s public holidays, the next being Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Portugal such as Restoration of Independence (Restauração da Independência) on Tuesday 1 December 2026.

Before visiting the Portuguese embassy in Ottawa

Current procedures for the Portuguese embassy in Ottawa, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.