The document not only determines whether a visa is required or not... But also whether the blue Canadian travel document RTD (1951 convention) is accepted (A few rare countries of the European Union, in fact, would refuse even attach a visa to the Canadian documents, and do not recognize it)
I will transcribe here directly the information available at this moment, with the country abbreviations to decipher them all... BUT, it must be kept in mind that this information will not always be the same, it will always be necessary to check the latest version.
Version of the document on which I take the information below:
(Tab number ''0'', title: notification of the exel document, ''This publication is based on information communicated by the Member States to the Commission at 01/02/2023'')
BE | BG | CZ | DK | DE | EE | EL | ES | FR | HR | IT | CY | LV | LT | LU | HU | MT | NL | AT | PL | PT | RO | SL | SK |
Conclusion : Spain and Portugal need a visa vor canadian rtd holder ( A visa application seems possible for Spain according to this last document... But not so long ago, a few months back, this document was not even recognized by Spain! )
* Country codes :
European Union (EU)
Belgium | (BE) | Greece | (EL) | Lithuania | (LT) | Portugal | (PT) |
Bulgaria | (BG) | Spain | (ES) | Luxembourg | (LU) | Romania | (RO) |
Czechia | (CZ) | France | (FR) | Hungary | (HU) | Slovenia | (SI) |
Denmark | (DK) | Croatia | (HR) | Malta | (MT) | Slovakia | (SK) |
Germany | (DE) | Italy | (IT) | Netherlands | (NL) | Finland | (FI) |
Estonia | (EE) | Cyprus | (CY) | Austria | (AT) | Sweden | (SE) |
Ireland | (IE) | Latvia | (LV) | Poland | (PL) | | |
See here :
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Country_codes
2.2.1. States | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
yes = visa exempted | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Countries | Category of persons | BE | BG | CZ | DK | DE | EE | EL | ES | FR | HR | IT | CY | LV | LT | LU | HU | MT | NL | AT | PL | PT | RO | SL | SK | FI | SE | IS | NO | CH | LI |
CANADA | Refugees | | yes | | | yes | | | | | yes | yes | | | | | yes | | | | | | | yes | yes | | | | | | |
CANADA | Stateless persons | | yes | | | yes | | | | | yes | yes | | | | | yes | | | | | | | yes | | | | | | | |