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Canada · B1/B2

Visitor – business or tourism · For short visits to the U.S. for business meetings (B-1) or tourism, family visits and medical treatment (B-2). Most visitor visas are issued as a combined B-1/B-2.

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B1/B2 visas issued to people from Canada · February 2026
13

That is 2 fewer than in January 2026 (15) — -13.3%.

B1/B2 visas made up 1.3% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 1.9% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
-13.3% vs January 2026 (15)+0.0% vs February 2025 (13)

All published months together: 1,302

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Canada · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 202513
  • Jan 202615
  • Feb 202613
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  • Jan 2026 is 2 (15.4%) higher than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is the same as Dec 2025.
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Total issued 131513
Total131513
Total visas issued
15
Latest 12 months · Canada · B1/B2 · January

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  1. E2572
  2. E1106
  3. G417
  4. K116
  5. B1/B215
  6. L211

Canada · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

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  • 2025202
  • 202628
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Month20252026Change
January1515 +0.0%
February1313 +0.0%
March15––
April23––
May31––
June15––
July16––
August15––
September13––
October19––
November14––
December13––

When is it busy? Canada · B1/B2

Busiest month: March (11.5% of a typical year). Quietest: September (6.5%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

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Average of 7 full years (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Each bar is that month's share of the year's total. Years with missing months are left out. It shows when visas are issued, not when people apply.

Canada · B1/B2: all published months

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Oct '1837
Nov '1827
Dec '1832
Jan '1922
Feb '1926
Mar '1929
Apr '1923
May '1935
Jun '1922
Jul '1927
Aug '1939
Sep '1925
Oct '1921
Nov '1914
Dec '1919
Jan '2028
Feb '2023
Mar '2018
Apr '202
May '201
Jun '200
Jul '200
Aug '204
Sep '201
Oct '207
Nov '203
Dec '202
Jan '213
Feb '211
Mar '217
Apr '213
May '215
Jun '216
Jul '213
Aug '210
Sep '211
Oct '212
Nov '216
Dec '219
Jan '224
Feb '229
Mar '2210
Apr '227
May '2210
Jun '2213
Jul '2216
Aug '2210
Sep '2219
Oct '2218
Nov '2215
Dec '2216
Jan '2314
Feb '2314
Mar '2322
Apr '2313
May '2313
Jun '2311
Jul '2321
Aug '2330
Sep '2315
Oct '2322
Nov '2313
Dec '2310
Jan '2416
Feb '2422
Mar '2420
Apr '2417
May '2411
Jun '2416
Jul '2418
Aug '2418
Sep '2414
Oct '2417
Nov '2413
Dec '2412
Jan '2515
Feb '2513
Mar '2515
Apr '2523
May '2531
Jun '2515
Jul '2516
Aug '2515
Sep '2513
Oct '2519
Nov '2514
Dec '2513
Jan '2615
Feb '2613