Spanish Consulate General in Toronto

Canadian citizens do not need a visa for Spain: stays of up to 90 days are visa-free.

2025 figures: 1,333 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Spain’s consulate general in Toronto, and 1,196 visas were issued. 76 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 6.0%. The refusal rate rose by 4.6 points from 1.4% in 2024. Applications rose by 61% compared with 2024 (827).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 0.3% (2023) to 6.0% (2025).

Spain issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in Canada; this office handled 64% of their 2,074 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Montreal 3.0% and Ottawa 4.6%, which makes Toronto the highest 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; Spain’s rate worldwide was 14.6%. Spain received the 7th largest number of applications of the 23 Schengen states represented here.

The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Canada.

For matters it cannot handle, the Spanish embassy in Ottawa is responsible. Besides the Spanish consulate general in Toronto, Spain has 2 other missions in Canada. Consulates: Montreal. Canada in turn has 3 missions in Spain, its embassy being in Madrid.

About the Spanish consulate general in Toronto

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Spain in Toronto. Consulates handle passports, civil registration and, for many countries, visa applications for their district.

Address and contact

The record for the Spanish consulate general in Toronto includes an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town.

Spanish citizens travelling to Canada

Spanish citizens do not need a visa for Canada, but they need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before departure; it covers stays of up to 180 days.

When the Spanish consulate general in Toronto is closed

The next closures of the Spanish consulate general in Toronto for public holidays in Canada are Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027; it may also close for Constitution Day (Día de la Constitución) on Sunday 6 December 2026.

Before visiting the Spanish consulate general in Toronto

Current procedures for the Spanish consulate general in Toronto, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.