Consulate General of Cuba toronto canada

Thanks for your service. Excellent in responding to my email as well in person service. It's less busy around noon as most people have been already served. Just keep in mind the business hours ( open until 1 and closed on Wednesday).

been calling and cannot contact them! phone is out of service looks like

They are not professional, do not answer calls, information is not clear & consistent.

Americans are all too often reactionary their opinions on Cuba are ignorant reflections constituted by lives spent absorbing US government and corporate propaganda. Free education and health care for all.

If you are not a Canadian citizen or a holder of a permanent resident card you need a tourist visa to Cuba!!!! If you are a temporary resident of Canada (living here with a study or work permit) the consulate (and the Cuban consulate website, and the Cuban visa chat line) says you don't need a tourist visa and will only offer you a tourist card instead (it's what actual Canadians get on arrival). BUT once you reach the airport you will be refused boarding by the airlines. The airport and airlines say the consulate is wrong (Yes, I ended up talking to multiple airlines about this). The consulate says the airlines are wrong. Either way it would be cheaper to just get a real $88 tourist visa if you aren't a Canadian citizen or permenat resident. Saves you multiple fights with both the Canadian airports and the Cuban consulates. I missed 3 days of my 7 day holiday to Cuba because I'm a Sri Lankan living here under a work visa and the consulate issued me a travel card instead of a full visa and the airline refused me boarding. Went back to the consulate and they said it's their country and their rules and they were in the right. Somehow after multiple fights I'm getting refunded for having to rebook flights and all that by the airline. But my point is. If you want a hassle free trip to Cuba and you are living in Canada as a temporary resident, just demand a full visa from the consulate and be done with it.