Canada to the Philippines
Pet Shipping from Canada to the Philippines
We provide international pet transport from Canada to the Philippines, 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 the Philippines with delivery to your new address
The Philippines at a glance
Full requirementsBefore a pet leaves Canada, the Philippines’ Bureau of Animal Industry wants its import clearance approved, and it caps a single importation at three pets.
- Microchip
- Readable by an ISO-compatible reader; for another chip type, the owner supplies a scanner
- Rabies vaccination
- Opening dose no earlier than 84 days of age, and two weeks or more ahead of the SPSIC request; in date on arrival
- Other vaccinations
- For dogs, distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, parainfluenza and leptospirosis; for cats, panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis and calicivirus; 14 or more days ahead of the request
- Parasite treatment
- Internal and external treatment 7 to 91 days before the clearance application
- Import permit
- An SPSIC approved by the Bureau of Animal Industry, good for 60 days and for no more than three pets
Pet Shipping from Canada to the Philippines
A move from Canada to the Philippines turns on one document issued there before the pet sets off. The Bureau of Animal Industry’s import clearance, the SPSIC, has to be approved first, stays valid for 60 days, and is what the Canadian certificate is then written against, so the vet work comes before it and the CFIA endorsement after it. 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.
Approved Routes and Entry into the Philippines
On arrival the Bureau separates animals travelling with a passenger from those collected as freight. For the first, carried aboard or checked in, its Veterinary Quarantine Officer wants printed copies of the approved SPSIC and the original veterinary certificate. For the second, released at the cargo terminal, it wants the same pair plus an air waybill bearing the airline’s arrival stamp. The airline decides which option a flight allows, so tickets wait until the clearance is approved and the crate size is known.
What are the entry requirements for pets going to the Philippines?
The short answer
From Canada, the Bureau of Animal Industry asks a dog or cat for its approved import clearance, a microchip an ISO-compatible reader can read, each listed vaccination, treatment against internal and external parasites between 91 and 7 days ahead of the clearance application, and finally a veterinary health certificate dated within 10 days before departure.
Which pets can enter the Philippines?
A dog or cat from Canada has to be 120 days or older when the import clearance is applied for, and its first rabies shot has to come at an age of 84 days or more and 14 or more days ahead of the application; a pet fresh from its annual booster can travel at once, the Bureau of Animal Industry says. It turns away an animal that is pregnant on the day of application, and accepts a mother only when her young were born at least 12 weeks before the trip and a licensed veterinarian has certified the family healthy. No more than three pets can share one importation.
The vaccinations have to stay in date until arrival. The Bureau also wants the vaccination card to match the veterinary certificate, with consignor and consignee written exactly as that document gives them, so it is the paper to proofread before the CFIA appointment.
With complete documents, the Bureau says, a pet may leave the airport on the day it lands, and payment for the SPSIC can be made at the Veterinary Quarantine office there. The Bureau’s page, read 23 September 2026, mentions no quarantine when the paperwork is complete. Ready to start? Request a quote.
What vet work and documents does a pet need for the Philippines?
Before the SPSIC can be requested, the pet needs a microchip that an ISO-compatible scanner can detect, or its owner brings a reader for the chip it has. The opening rabies dose must be 14 or more days old by the application. Dogs also need cover against canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parvovirus and parainfluenza, plus leptospirosis, and cats panleukopenia, viral rhinotracheitis and calicivirus, with at least 14 days between each and the application. Internal and external parasite treatment falls between 91 and 7 days ahead of it. The request is filed online with those records, proof of the chip and a photo of the animal, in PDF or JPG files of less than 5 MB each. After approval, your own vet completes the certificate, and a CFIA veterinarian endorses it at a booked appointment, which has to happen before departure.
| Requirement | the Philippines, from Canada |
|---|---|
| Microchip | Readable by an ISO-compatible reader; for another chip type, the owner supplies a scanner |
| Rabies vaccination | Opening dose no earlier than 84 days of age, and two weeks or more ahead of the SPSIC request; in date on arrival |
| Other vaccinations | For dogs, distemper, hepatitis, parvovirus, parainfluenza and leptospirosis; for cats, panleukopenia, rhinotracheitis and calicivirus; 14 or more days ahead of the request |
| Parasite treatment | Internal and external treatment 7 to 91 days before the clearance application |
| Import permit | An SPSIC approved by the Bureau of Animal Industry, good for 60 days and for no more than three pets |
| Health certificate | Completed by your veterinarian no more than 10 days ahead of the flight, with CFIA endorsement while the animal is still in Canada |
| Quarantine | Same-day release when the documents are complete, according to the Bureau |
Three pages sit behind this checklist. The CFIA’s list of pet export certificates, read 22 September 2026, names one for dogs and cats going to the Philippines, and its page on endorsement appointments, read the same day, explains how that certificate is signed off. The Philippine side comes from the pet import guidance the Bureau of Animal Industry posts, read 23 September 2026.
Planning Timeline for Pet Shipping to the Philippines
Age decides the start for a young animal: its opening rabies shot can come at 84 days old, and it cannot be entered for the SPSIC until 120. For a grown pet with current vaccinations, the parasite treatment and the SPSIC come first. Everything after has to fit inside the clearance’s validity: the flights, a certificate dated no more than 10 days before takeoff, and the endorsement, requested with as much notice as possible because walk-ins are not accepted.
Our Vietnam and Indonesia pages cover two other routes out of Canada in the region.
For a line by line breakdown of what this route costs, see our cost page for Canada to the Philippines.
Every Pet Travels Differently
Different destinations, different routes, different challenges.
Destination-Focused Planning
The Bureau of Animal Industry lists what the veterinary certificate has to show, including each vaccine by brand and the date its protection ends. We compare the certificate with that list and with the SPSIC ahead of the CFIA appointment.
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 the Philippines
Request a QuoteWhich Canadian airports will my pet fly from to the Philippines?
The departure airport follows from which airline will carry the pet and in what way, not from a fixed list, and a road transfer to a more distant airport can be booked as its own service. At the Philippine end, the Bureau of Animal Industry’s procedure on landing applies at any international port of entry, with one set of papers for a pet travelling with its owner and another, adding the air waybill, for a pet collected at the cargo terminal.
When is the best time to fly a pet from Canada to the Philippines?
Air Canada’s page on travelling with pets, read 16 September 2026, restricts animals in its baggage compartment in the cold months by date, temperature and aircraft, as our fall and winter restrictions guide sets out. The same page’s summer table, which bars pets from the baggage compartment on certain routes, has no row for the Philippines. The season is weighed against whichever airline carries the pet.
How much does it cost to move a pet from Canada to the Philippines?
Every move is priced individually, because the route from Canada, airline fees, your pet’s size and crate, the season, and the Philippines’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-the Philippines move?
Any part can be booked by itself: flights, the travel crate, the SPSIC application and the CFIA certificate, check-in with the airline where the pet departs, and collection on arrival with delivery to your new home. Door-to-door relocation is one choice; booking only the paperwork or only the flight is another.
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