Healthcare insurance as a Spanish tourist/visitor

[IsabelHernando]

Hello everyone.

I will be staying in Montreal for a few months as a tourist/visitor at a friends' place, and I have no idea if I have any kind of healthcare coverage at all. I am from Madrid, Spain, and am part of both the Social Security Insurance and a Private Healthcare insurance here.

Thank you so much in advance.

 

[Rob_TO]

Hello everyone.

I will be staying in Montreal for a few months as a tourist/visitor at a friends' place, and I have no idea if I have any kind of healthcare coverage at all. I am from Madrid, Spain, and am part of both the Social Security Insurance and a Private Healthcare insurance here.

Thank you so much in advance.

You certainly won't be covered by any province in Canada.

So you need to check on your own if your private healthcare covers travel medical emergencies. Nobody here can possibly tell you that.

 

[IsabelHernando]

Ok, thank you very much!

 

[Steevy]

If you have a private health insurance plan back home, you may ask your provider whether or not you have travel insurance coverage as it might be included in your health insurance package.

If not, you may either purchase a travel insurance policy from an insurance provider in Spain or a Visitors to Canada insurance from a Canadian company. While travel insurance policies offer a greater amount of coverage in most cases, it is a bit of hassle to get the claim paid for as opposed to having a Canadian insurance.

You can calculate a personal quote and see what are your options with Canadian providers here - Visitors to Canada Insurance