Government of New Brunswick

Registering Travel into New Brunswick

As part of New Brunswick’s COVID-19 recovery effort, travellers entering New Brunswick from outside of Atlantic Canada by land, air or sea must register so information can be collected to support Public Health.

You can register online or, if you do not have an email address, by phone before you travel. This helps speed up screening at the border. It also helps you determine what documents you will need at screening so that you can avoid being turned away.

If your travel is related to work, information on testing and modified self-isolation can be found here.

On this page

How to register

Twinned communities in Quebec

Atlantic Bubble

Approved reasons for entry

Frequent traveller pass

Health screening

What you will need to register

What you will need at the border

Supporting documents you will need

Border entry points

USA/International travellers

Residents of Campobello Island

Student travellers

How to register

Review the list of what you need to register and have the information ready.
Register by phone or if you do not have an email address, online.
If registering online, complete the fields as directed. Fields that must be completed are noted with an asterisk (*).
Once your registration (online or by phone) has been approved, you will receive a confirmation number for your travel approval by email. Ensure that noreply.registration@gnb.ca is on your list of safe senders so that your confirmation email does not end up in your spam folder.
You will receive approval within five business days from the date you applied.
Print or have an electronic copy of your confirmation number on a mobile device so that you can present it when you arrive at a New Brunswick point of entry.

Twinned communities in Quebec

Travel at Campbellton by residents of Listuguj First Nation and Pointe-à-la-Croix, Quebec for the purpose of accessing essential goods and services is now restricted to between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and is limited to twice within a seven-day period. “Essential goods and services” means: necessities of life (including groceries and clothing) and supporting services (including butchery for hunted game), health care (including physician and hospital care, prescriptions, and medical equipment and supplies), goods and services requires for their work, banking and financial services, transportation (including automotive repair), animal care, and funeral or visitation services for members of the immediate family of the traveler. Travellers for heath care may be accompanied by one support person. Travel for essential goods and services is limited to two crossings into New Brunswick per week and is conditional on pre-registration, except for travel in a medical emergency.

For those applying to travel into New Brunswick from Listuguj or Pointe-à-la-Croix for essential supplies, use the travel category “Other”.

If you have been using the Quebec Twinning travel for commuting for work, medical or custody, please apply using those categories of travel.

Atlantic Bubble

Residents from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador entering from Atlantic Canada will no longer be required to register before entering the province and will no longer be screened.

Individuals whose primary residence is not in the Atlantic provinces but who are travelling into New Brunswick after completing the required 14 days of self-isolation in another Atlantic province will still have to pre-register.

Travellers entering New Brunswick from outside of Atlantic Canada must have a confirmation from the New Brunswick Travel Registration Program. Most traveller registrations are rapidly confirmed. Travellers coming from outside Atlantic Canada should register at least five days before their travel into New Brunswick.

Approved reasons for entry

If you will need to travel to New Brunswick frequently, click here to learn more about applying for a frequent traveller pass.

You are travelling through New Brunswick to reach another destination
You are returning home to New Brunswick
Your travel is work-related
You have child custody arrangements in New Brunswick
You are moving to New Brunswick to take up residence
Your travel is related to a medical appointment
You are a resident of the Atlantic provinces You are resident of a Canadian province or territory who is asymptomatic coming to visit immediate family in New Brunswick (Select ‘Other’ on your registration)
You are resident of a Canadian province or territory who is asymptomatic coming to visit property you own in New Brunswick (Select ‘Other’ on your registration)
You are travelling to pick up or drop off a student (Select ‘Other’ on your registration)
You are attending a funeral (Select ‘Other’ on your registration)
You have obtained authorization for a compassionate exemption (Select ‘Other’ on your registration)

Frequent traveller pass

If you travel to and from New Brunswick daily for work, to fulfill a custody order, or to receive medical treatment, you may apply for a frequent traveller pass online or by phone.

If you travel to or from New Brunswick frequently for work, follow these instructions when applying online:

Under “Reason for Entry”, choose “Work-related (NB Resident)” or “Work-related (Non-NB Resident)” as applicable.
In the section “Detailed Reason for Entry”, enter “frequent traveller pass” and provide the information to support your registration.
While you must indicate your first date of arrival to New Brunswick, you are not required to enter a “leaving” date.

If you travel to fulfill a custody order, follow these instructions when applying online:

Under “Reason for Entry”, choose “Custody”.
In the section “Detailed Reason for Entry”, enter “Custody” and provide the information to support your registration.
While you must indicate your first date of arrival to New Brunswick, you are not required to enter a “leaving” date.

If you travel for recurring medical appointments, follow these instructions when applying online:

Under “Reason for Entry”, choose “Medical - Recurring”.
In the section “Detailed Reason for Entry”, enter “Recurring medical appointments/treatment” and provide the information to support your registration.
While you must indicate your first date of arrival to New Brunswick, you are not required to enter a “leaving” date.

Multi-use registration for visitors from border areas of Quebec

For those applying to travel to Campbellton from Listuguj or Point-à-la-Croix for essential supplies, use the travel category “Other”.

If you have been using the Quebec Twinning travel for commuting for work, medical or custody, please apply using those categories of travel.

Health screening

It is essential that we protect everyone from the risks of COVID-19. If you answer yes to any of the health-related questions, you are not permitted to travel into New Brunswick. If you have registered and your answers to any of the health questions change the day of travel, your registration is no longer valid and your travel into New Brunswick is prohibited.

What you will need to register

(All travellers, including residents of New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada)

Your contact information
Your originating address and the address you will be travelling to, including the postal code
Your reason for travelling
The date you will be entering and leaving New Brunswick (if applicable)
The names of children travelling with you
If you are travelling by land, your licence plate number and point of entry
If you are travelling by air, your flight number and point of entry
If arriving via the Digby ferry, the time and date of your arrival
The required documents for your travel reason (see the table below)

What you will need at the border

Your registration, either printed or visible on a mobile device (if you do not have a printer or mobile device, you may provide your registration number)
Any isolation order generated by the system as part of your registration (if applicable)
Valid identification such as your driver’s licence, provincial health card, or other government-issued photo identification.
If travelling from outside the Atlantic Bubble, any required supporting documents (see the table below)

Supporting documents you will need

See the table below to determine what documents you will need to register and bring with you to the border:

Reason for entry	Supporting documents required
Twinned communities in Quebec	Twinning with communities in Avignon and Temiscouata Municipal Counties in Quebec has been suspended.
Travelling through New Brunswick	For travellers from outside the Atlantic Provinces, a letter or document supporting your reason for travel. For example, an accommodation reservation, a letter from the owner of a property where you will stay, proof of new employment, or proof of new residence.
New Brunswick residents crossing the border for work outside the Atlantic Bubble	If daily travel, a letter from your employer including job, days and hours of work If urgent unplanned work on critical infrastructure, a letter from your employer describing work, timeframe, travel and isolation plan
Resident of another province from outside the Atlantic Bubble working in New Brunswick	If daily travel, a letter from the employer including job, days and hours of work If contract, documentation showing that you are part of a WorkSafeNB Travel Plan and/or Isolation Plan (if applicable) If urgent unplanned work on critical infrastructure, a letter from employer describing work, timeframe, travel and isolation plan
Child custody arrangements	A copy of your Custody Agreement; or A letter signed by both parents highlighting the agreement
Moving to New Brunswick	Documentation such as a mortgage, lease or rent agreement, property tax form, or posting message if applicable.
Medical	Note from a medical practitioner.
Post secondary school pick up or drop off	Proof of enrolment at school; or A rent or lease agreement
Funeral	Must be an immediate family member attending the funeral or burial service for your parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling or significant other. You will require: An obituary or funeral announcement; or A letter from a funeral home confirming the date of service and your relationship to the deceased
Compassionate travel	Compassionate travel from outside Atlantic Canada requires prior authorization. Click here to learn more about compassionate travel and how to apply for authorization.
Returning home to New Brunswick	Proof of residence in New Brunswick such as a mortgage, rent, lease agreement, property tax document, or your health card.
Other	If your request does not fall into one of the above categories, please provide a reason and any documents that support your request. Canadian residents from outside Atlantic Canada visiting property they own in New Brunswick should register as “Other” and indicate that they are a “Canadian resident from outside Atlantic Canada owning property in New Brunswick. Required to self-isolate for 14 days.” Canadian residents from outside Atlantic Canada visiting immediate family members in New Brunswick should register as “Other” and indicate that they are a “Canadian resident from outside Atlantic Canada visiting immediate family in New Brunswick. Required to self-isolate for 14 days.”

Click here for a complete list of documents that can be used at points of entry.

Border entry points

• Campbellton

• Lac-Baker

• Edmundston (Saint-Jacques)

• Matapedia (Flatlands)

USA/International travellers

Travellers entering New Brunswick from the United States or other international locations outside of North America, and whose travel has been approved by Canada Border Services Agency must also register their travel through the New Brunswick Travel Registration Program.

Travellers arriving from a country other than the United States – You must enter through the Canada Border Services Agency. Click here for more information or call 1-800-461-9999.

Anyone granted entry into Canada is permitted to enter New Brunswick. You will be required to self-isolate for 14 days under the federal Quarantine Act unless exempt, and upon entering New Brunswick, must follow the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer of Health.

International travellers approved by the Canadian Border Services Agency are required to complete a provincial traveller registration. If an international traveller’s flight to New Brunswick has a connection or layover in another province, they are permitted to start their self isolation once in New Brunswick. However, if they remain in that location for any longer, they must self isolate in that province for 14 days prior to continuing to New Brunswick. If this situation includes travel from a non-Atlantic province then they must self isolate again in NB for 14 days.

Travellers using a phone number from outside of Canada or the United States should enter the number in the comments section of their application.

Residents of Campobello Island

Anyone who travels outside of the Atlantic Provinces, including those travelling through or from the United States, must register before entering New Brunswick. Travellers must also satisfy any requirements of Canada Border Services Agency for entry into Canada.

That includes travellers entering New Brunswick at Campobello Island. It also includes residents of the island who are returning to Campobello after travelling through Maine. Similarly, residents of Campobello entering other parts of New Brunswick (including St. Stephen or Milltown) following travel through Maine must also register.

If you frequently cross the border for work, to facilitate children sharing their time between parents under an order or agreement providing for joint custody, or for recurring medical appointments, follow these instructions when applying online:

Under “Reason for Entry”, choose the option that corresponds with your situation.
In the section “Detailed Reason for Entry”, enter and provide the information to support your registration.
While you must indicate your first date of arrival to New Brunswick, you are not required to enter a “leaving” date

If you cross the border for other reasons:

Under “Reason for Entry”, choose “Other,”
In the section “Detailed Reason for Entry”, enter and provide the information to support your registration.
Under “What date you are returning to NB?” provide the date you will be travelling.

Student travellers

International Students

Students coming to New Brunswick from outside Canada must follow any directives from the Government of Canada including orders under the federal Quarantine Act and, upon entering New Brunswick, follow the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer of Health. Students coming to New Brunswick from outside Canada who must make a connection or layover in another province may undertake their federal self-isolation once in New Brunswick. International students spending time in another province for any other reason must complete their 14 days of isolation in that province before entering New Brunswick and will be directed to self-isolate for a further 14 days if arriving from any province outside of Atlantic Canada.

Travellers using a phone number from outside of Canada or the United States should enter the number in the comments section of their application.

Travellers arriving from the United States – For entry into Canada and Canada-U.S. border restrictions, visit the Government of Canada page here and the Canada Border Services Agency page here or call 1-800-461-9999. Travellers entering New Brunswick from the United States or other international locations outside of North America, and whose travel has been approved by Canada Border Services Agency must also register their travel through the New Brunswick Travel Registration Program.

Travellers using a phone number from outside of Canada or the United States should enter the number in the comments section of their application.

Travellers arriving from a country other than the United States – You must enter through the Canada Border Services Agency. Click here for more information or call 1-800-461-9999. Travellers entering New Brunswick from the United States or other international locations outside of North America, and whose travel has been approved by Canada Border Services Agency must also register their travel through the New Brunswick Travel Registration Program.

Canadian students moving to New Brunswick

Students moving to New Brunswick from Canadian provinces or territories outside of Atlantic Canada must follow the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, including self-isolating for 14 days. These students should select “Moving to NB (Non-NB Resident)” as their Reason for Entry when registering their travel at www.gnb.ca/TravelRegistration

Canadian family accompanying students moving into New Brunswick

Family members from Canadian provinces or territories outside of Atlantic Canada who are accompanying students moving to New Brunswick may enter New Brunswick for a period of not more than 24 hours and they are expected to self-isolate while in the province. These travellers should select “Other” as their Reason for Entry when registering their travel at www.gnb.ca/TravelRegistration and indicate in the Detailed Reasons for Entry that they are “Accompanying a student to New Brunswick.”

New Brunswickers accompanying students moving outside of New Brunswick

Anyone returning to New Brunswick after accompanying students who have moved outside of the Atlantic Provinces must follow the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, including self-isolating for 14 days.

Entry into Canada falls under federal jurisdiction and any inquiries should be made to the Government of Canada. Anyone coming to New Brunswick from outside Canada must follow any directives from the Government of Canada including orders under the federal Quarantine Act and, upon entering New Brunswick, follow the guidance of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, including self-isolating for 14 days.

These travellers should select “Other” as their Reason for Entry when registering their travel at www.gnb.ca/TravelRegistration and indicate in the Detailed Reasons for Entry that they are “Accompanying a student moving out of New Brunswick.”

Register for travel into New Brunswick

Before you register, please note:

Each adult entering the province, including a New Brunswicker returning after travel outside the province, needs to complete their own registration.
Persons under the age of 18 travelling with their parent or guardian may be listed on the same registration, when their parent or guardian is the primary applicant.
Persons under the age of 18 travelling alone need their own registration.
Make sure you have the required documents you will need to register.
Anyone entering the province from outside the Atlantic Provinces for approved travel is required to self-isolate for 14 days, unless exempted under New Brunswick’s State of Emergency Order.
Commercial vehicle drivers do not need to register through this process. (Commercial vehicles include trucks, tractors or trailers or a combination thereof exceeding a registered gross vehicle weight of 4,500 kg. Commercial vehicles must also have an NSC number or equivalent [i.e. CVOR or DOT number] in its vehicle registration. A bus is not considered a commercial vehicle.)
It is recommended that travellers register at least five days before their intended date of arrival in New Brunswick, though turnaround time on their registration may be faster.
Obtaining a New Brunswick travel registration is free.

More information on travel to New Brunswick and self-isolation requirements may be found on gnb.ca/coronavirus.

We cannot accept calls from outside Canada and the United States. Travellers using a phone number from outside of Canada or the United States should enter the number in the comments section of their application.

Register Now

You can register online, or by calling toll free 1-833-948-2800
(Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Atlantic and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Atlantic, except for holidays)

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If your registration is denied

If your registration is denied and you wish to have your file reviewed, you may reach out by email at TravelRegistration.EnregistrementVoyage@gnb.ca or call 1-833-948-2800 (Monday to Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Atlantic).

Privacy notice

Personal information provided to the Department of Public Safety for the New Brunswick Travel Registration Program is collected under the authority of the Renewed and Revised Mandatory Order COVID-19 issued under the State of Emergency Declaration and the Emergency Measures Act (R.S.N.B. 2011, c.147) and will be used to determine eligibility for entry into the province of New Brunswick as well as any conditions for entry.

Collected personal information will only be used by authorized government staff to fulfill the purpose for which it was originally collected. Please note that your information may be shared with public health and safety authorities in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and/or Newfoundland and Labrador for public health purposes. We do not disclose your information to other public bodies or individuals except as authorized by law.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the collection and/or use of your personal information, please contact the Program Manager, Lisa Munn at: NBTRPrivacy.EVNBConfidentialite@gnb.ca or 1-833-948-2800 (Monday to Friday, 8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Atlantic)