Canada to Hong Kong
Pet Shipping from Canada to Hong Kong
We provide international pet transport from Canada to Hong Kong, planned around its import rules, the Canadian winter and your move date.
Book door-to-door pet relocation, or only the parts you need.
- Airline booking
- The travel crate
- The CFIA export paperwork
- Check-in at your Canadian airport
- Pickup in Hong Kong with delivery to your new address
Hong Kong at a glance
Full requirementsFor Hong Kong, the CFIA’s list of pet export certificates sends readers to the agriculture department there instead of a CFIA form. The department warns that a dog or cat arriving without proper documents may face at least 4 months of quarantine at the owner’s expense or be sent back.
- Microchip
- An ISO or AVID chip; should none be readable on arrival, the owner or agent provides a scanner, or the animal may be returned
- Rabies vaccination
- Between 30 days and 1 year before export. For a first vaccination, the animal was at least 90 days old
- Other vaccinations
- For dogs: distemper, parvovirus and infectious canine hepatitis. For cats: feline panleukopenia, or infectious enteritis, and cat flu. Given 14 days to 1 year before export
- Import permit
- The Special Permit, issued 5 working days after AFCD receives the application and fee; the fee itself is on our cost page for this route
- Health certificate
- VC-DC2 or an equivalent, one animal each, dated no more than 14 days before export and endorsed by the CFIA, with the vaccination history attached. It attests that the animal has lived in Canada for the last 180 days or since birth, with no rabies reported in any animal but bats within 10 km of its home during that time
Pet Shipping from Canada to Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, or AFCD, classifies the places a dog or cat can arrive from, and Canada is in Group II. An animal from Canada enters on a Special Permit, whose attached terms list every condition it must satisfy. If you would like a simple overview of international moves first, start with our guide to international pet shipping destinations. Bringing a pet the other way, into Canada? See our guide to bringing a pet to Canada.
Which route does a pet take into Hong Kong?
Only as manifested cargo, routed as directly as possible. Read on 25 September 2026, the Group II terms, form DC-02v05, rule out excess and hand-carried baggage, and ask for AFCD’s approval before any stop in a Group IIIA or IIIB country or place. The crate is labelled to IATA’s Live Animals Regulations. Form PC101, which the captain or the carrier’s staff complete, confirms the pet never left its crate and met no other animal on the way.
What are the entry requirements for pets going to Hong Kong?
The short answer
From Canada, a dog or cat needs AFCD’s Special Permit, granted before final travel plans are made and good for one consignment within 6 months, and a health certificate on AFCD’s form VC-DC2 or an equivalent, signed by the pet’s own vet and endorsed by an official CFIA veterinarian.
Which pets can enter Hong Kong?
Four dog types cannot be imported into Hong Kong at all: the Pit Bull Terrier, also known as the American Staffordshire Terrier, the Japanese Tosa, the Dogo Argentino and the Fila Braziliero, along with any crossbreed of them. A Staffordshire Bull Terrier is allowed but travels with a statutory declaration confirming the breed. A dog or cat under five months old must not be imported, and neither may an animal more than four weeks pregnant.
The five month floor comes from the permit terms. The notes printed on VC-DC2 state it another way: an animal not yet 5 months old is held in quarantine until it is, and one below 60 days cannot come in. Check a young animal with AFCD before planning its move. A Bengal cat, or a cross of one, needs documents certifying five or more generations of domestic ancestry. The Group II terms are stated not to apply to Savannah cats.
Birds have an AFCD import page of their own, and so do reptiles, rodents and other small pet mammals. A disability assistance dog comes in under a separate arrangement described on AFCD’s dogs and cats page, and an emotional support dog does not count as one. Ready to start? Request a quote.
What vet work and documents does a pet need for Hong Kong?
The vaccinations and the microchip go on one health certificate per animal, VC-DC2 or an equivalent, signed by the pet’s vet and endorsed at a local CFIA office, by appointment only, before the pet leaves Canada. Read on 25 September 2026, the Group II permit terms and VC-DC2 ask for no rabies antibody titre test. AFCD’s airport office offers a free check of copies of the finished documents before the pet is shipped.
| Requirement | Hong Kong, from Canada |
|---|---|
| Microchip | An ISO or AVID chip; should none be readable on arrival, the owner or agent provides a scanner, or the animal may be returned |
| Rabies vaccination | Between 30 days and 1 year before export. For a first vaccination, the animal was at least 90 days old |
| Other vaccinations | For dogs: distemper, parvovirus and infectious canine hepatitis. For cats: feline panleukopenia, or infectious enteritis, and cat flu. Given 14 days to 1 year before export |
| Import permit | The Special Permit, issued 5 working days after AFCD receives the application and fee; the fee itself is on our cost page for this route |
| Health certificate | VC-DC2 or an equivalent, one animal each, dated no more than 14 days before export and endorsed by the CFIA, with the vaccination history attached. It attests that the animal has lived in Canada for the last 180 days or since birth, with no rabies reported in any animal but bats within 10 km of its home during that time |
| Quarantine | Exemption is possible for a Group II animal only on full compliance with the permit terms; otherwise AFCD can send it back or quarantine it for a period its Senior Veterinary Officer sets, at the owner’s cost |
All of these were read on 25 September 2026 except the CFIA’s appointment page, consulted three days earlier. From AFCD come the import rules for dogs and cats, the requirements for Group II places, the permit terms, DC-02v05, the VC-DC2 certificate, the application steps and the free document check. The CFIA sources are its pet export page, dated 31 March 2025, and its guide to booking an endorsement.
Planning Timeline for Pet Shipping to Hong Kong
AFCD’s published steps for Group II start with the permit and then the vaccinations. A pet short of a rabies shot dated 30 days or more before export, or of the other vaccinations 14 or more, gets those next. Book the CFIA endorsement early: VC-DC2 is dated within the 14 days before export and endorsed before the pet leaves. AFCD will look over copies of the documents at its airport office and wants 24 hours’ notice of the flight landing, and a dog aged 5 months or over is then given a Hong Kong dog licence at the owner’s expense.
Mainland China is a different file entirely, including a rabies titre. Start with our China page.
For a line by line breakdown of what this route costs, see our cost page for Canada to Hong Kong.
Every Pet Travels Differently
Different destinations, different routes, different challenges.
Because timelines, airline rules, and Hong Kong’s entry requirements all affect each other, we build a plan that fits your pet and your move date.
Destination-Focused Planning
Because the Special Permit comes before the vet appointments on this route, its terms fix the vaccination dates.
Smart Routing and Logistics
We help choose practical routes, travel windows, and handoff procedures so your pet’s trip is safer and more predictable.
Personalized Support
Pet Travel Advisors assigns a move coordinator who keeps you updated and checks details before travel so nothing important is missed.
Questions about moving a pet to Hong Kong
Request a QuoteWhich Canadian airports will my pet fly from to Hong Kong?
Whichever one the airline carrying the pet as manifested cargo departs from, on the direct routing AFCD’s terms ask for. A drive to a farther airport can be booked as a service of its own.
When is the best time to fly a pet from Canada to Hong Kong?
Hong Kong takes pets only as manifested cargo, so the airline’s freight rules set the date. Air Canada Cargo’s restrictions, read 15 September 2026, rebook a warm-blooded animal when the ground temperature reaches 29.5°C at departure, destination or a connection, and name Asia among the places covered by its heat restrictions from 1 July to 31 August. Its holiday and colder-month limits are in our guide to fall and winter pet travel restrictions, and another airline’s cargo policy is read on its own terms.
How much does it cost to move a pet from Canada to Hong Kong?
Every move is priced individually, because the route from Canada, airline fees, your pet’s size and crate, the season, and Hong Kong’s requirements all change the total. Tell us your city and timing and we’ll put together an estimate: request a quote.
How does Pet Travel Advisors handle a Canada-to-Hong Kong move?
Each can be booked alone: applying for the Special Permit, a manifested cargo reservation, a travel crate, VC-DC2 and its CFIA endorsement, check-in before departure, and meeting the pet in Hong Kong to take it on to its new address. Door-to-door relocation covers the whole list.
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Book door-to-door pet relocation, or only the parts you need.