Travel to Canada by car. Vaccine requirements for 13 and under?

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@KateGregory's answer discusses vaccination in detail, but not proof of negative COVID tests. As far as I know, everyone in your group needs (since everyone is older than 5) to show proof of a negative COVID test (PCR) taken within the previous 72 hours (see link)

Required to show a pre-entry molecular test
Required to use ArriveCAN
Required to take an arrival test if selected

There's a lot of grumbling about the negative COVID test requirement, so there's a chance it will be relaxed by late December, but those are the rules right now.

There's more on the nuts and bolts of testing in this answer.

update 8 Dec 2022: pre-entry tests are no longer required for Canadians traveling to the US for < 72 hours (see here), but AFAICT the requirement is still there for US citizens traveling to Canada for a short time.

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Children who are travelling with fully vaccinated adults are allowed in but must semi-quarantine.

To be specific:

  • unvaccinated children under 12 years of age who are accompanying a parent, step-parent, guardian or tutor who qualified as a fully vaccinated traveller when they entered Canada. For the next 14 days, the children: must take pre-entry, arrival and Day-8 tests (unless under the age of 5); can’t attend school, camp or daycare; can’t attend large crowded settings, indoors or outdoors, such as an amus*m*nt park or sporting event; can’t take buses, subways, trains or other crowded transportation; must follow all the requirements in the children’s handout provided at the border

  • Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated youth 12 to 17 years of age are subject to the 14-day quarantine, and all testing requirements for pre-entry, arrival and Day-8 tests, whether or not they are accompanied by travellers who qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller.

I am pretty sure "the 14-day quarantine" for your 14 year old is not the "avoid crowded stuff" the under-12's have to do but rather the "stay in your room and see no-one" that adults have to do. In other words, everyone over 12 is treated the same. Since you are aiming for end of December, I would suggest getting your 14 year vaccinated. There is time for both doses.

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