Canada named the world’s safest country for travel in 2024

According to a report by Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP) released in late 2023, Canada has been recognized as the world’s safest country for travelers in 2023-2024.
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The rankings are based on an average of all metrics from BHTP’s State of Travel Insurance research, which evaluates six key sub-category scores. BHTP incorporates its survey findings with additional indices, such as the Global Peace Index and safety ratings from the U.S. State Department. It also includes averaged GeoSure Global safety scores for major cities in each country.
This comprehensive approach allows BHTP to calculate a weighted score that accurately reflects each country’s overall safety for travelers.
More: To read BHTP’s full 2023-2024 report, including information on changes in BHTP rankings over the years, caveats and the history and methodology of these rankings.
Canada’s ranking is up five spots from a year ago
Up from sixth place in BHTP’s rankings last year, Canada has ascended to the top spot in the rankings for the world’s safest places to travel this year.
According to the report, key reasons for Canada’s high ranking include “cold weather and low population density, [which] make for safe travels.”
Further, each of the top 15 countries in BHTP’s rankings was given a dedicated section in this year’s report, which included a section titled “what you need to watch out for.”
For Canada, this section identified wildfires as an area of concern for travellers, noting that “Canada’s plethora of forests were seemingly all burning, which has reduced air quality in most major Canadian cities. This made travel to Canada difficult for people with respiratory conditions.”
Still, the quote included in Canada’s dedicated section of the report (from Gap Year Travel Store) sums up travel safety across the country this way, saying “as travelling destinations go it really doesn’t get much safer than Canada … Violent crime is comparatively low and there is a low incidence of gun-related crime.”
Breaking down Canada’s ranking by sub-category
BHTP’s report uses the following dimensions to produce an overall ranking of the safest countries for travel:
- Safety from violent crime
- Safety from terrorism
- Transportation safety*
- Health measures (including disease)
- Safety for groups (women, travellers of colour and LGBTQ+ travellers)
Notably, Canada ranked first in all sub-categories included as part of this year’s ranking. Click here to view the top 10 countries according to each sub-category.
*BHTP notes that transportation safety includes “countries with either well-developed road and transportation systems (everywhere but Iceland) or a limited need to travel far (Iceland).”

BHTP rankings by age and income
BHTP also notes that survey respondents for the 2023-2024 version of these rankings “had wildly different perceptions of the world’s safest countries depending on their age and income.”
Still, in most cases, Canada remained in the top four safest countries for travel according to these sub-groups.
In comparison to the overall rankings, the following indicates how Canada’s place in BHTP’s rankings would have differed if presented based on the responses from specific groups of respondents.
Millennials
Among Millennials surveyed by BHTP, Canada ranked fourth for overall travel safety, following Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom (UK).
Gen Z
Canada was ranked the safest country for travel among Gen Z respondents, maintaining the top position in this category.
Respondents with Household Incomes Over $200,000
For respondents with household incomes exceeding $200,000, Canada was ranked second for travel safety, behind only Portugal.
Respondents Spending Over $25,000 Annually on Travel
Among those spending more than $25,000 annually on travel, Canada ranked sixth, following the Netherlands, Hungary, the UK, the Bahamas, and Portugal.
“Mature” Respondents
While the report does not define the age qualifying as “mature,” respondents in this category ranked Canada ninth for overall travel safety. The countries ahead of Canada were:
- Iceland
- South Korea
- Sweden
- Japan
- Denmark
- Norway
- New Zealand
- Ireland
Parents
For parents responding to the survey, Canada was ranked the safest country for travel.
LGBTQ+ Travelers
(Continuation of the LGBTQ+ section not provided; feel free to share more for a complete summary.)
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