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🇨🇦 Free Canada Visa Photo Size and Requirements

✓ Verified specSource: IRCC · verified 2026-08-08
Requirements
Canvas
35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi
Head height
31–36 mm
Background
Plain white or light-coloured
Digital file
min 420 × 540 px · max 5 MB
Prints needed
2
Also: 3.5 × 4.5 cm · 1.38 × 1.77 in · 413 × 531 px at 300 dpi · 827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi
Good to know
•No commercial-photographer requirement on the visa/permit route
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