Polish Consulate General in Vancouver

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

In 2025, Poland’s consulate general in Vancouver received 139 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 137. 2 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 1.4%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 2.1%. The number of applications was almost unchanged (140 in 2024).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.4% (2023) to 2.1% (2024).

Poland issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in Canada; this office handled 22% of their 635 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Toronto 17.0%, Montreal 22.3% and Ottawa 10.7%, which makes Vancouver 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; Poland’s rate worldwide was 15.8%. Poland received the 11th largest number of applications of the 23 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 19.7% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Canada.

The Polish embassy is in Ottawa, about 3,540 km away. The Polish consulate general in Vancouver is one of 8 missions of Poland in Canada. Consulates: Montreal and Toronto. Honorary consulates: Calgary, Edmonton, Windsor and Halifax. Canada in turn has an embassy in Warsaw.

About the Polish consulate general in Vancouver

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Poland in Vancouver. The head of mission on record is Aleksandra Kucy. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: West Hastings Street 1177, V6E 2K3 Vancouver. The record for the Polish consulate general in Vancouver includes a phone number, an e-mail address, a fax number and an official website.

Polish citizens travelling to Canada

Before flying to Canada, Polish citizens must obtain an ETA online; stays of up to 180 days are allowed.

When the Polish consulate general in Vancouver is closed

Expect the Polish consulate general in Vancouver to be shut on Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026 and New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027, and often on Independence Day (Narodowe Święto Niepodległości) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, a holiday in Poland.

Before visiting the Polish consulate general in Vancouver

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

Near the Polish consulate general in Vancouver

Within 1 km of the Polish consulate general in Vancouver there are 22 other foreign missions.