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

We are US citizens family of five. Both me and my wife have been vaccinated for covid 19 with pfizer. We can bring proof via our vaccine cards showing both doses. I have three children a 13 year old, a 7 year old, and a six year old.

If we are coming from michigan into canada do my kids need to be vaccinated? Do any of us need proof of negative covid 19? Plan is to travel to Canada to meet family at the end of December of this year.

We do not plan to stay in canada at all. We will visit windsor for about 6-8 hours and return back to Michigan. So there is absolutely no plan to stay any days.

Best Answer

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 amusement 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.