Do Canadian citizens need a visa for India?

Yes. As of the Government of Canada's July 2026 guidance, a tourist visa is required, allowing stays of up to 180 consecutive days, and your passport must be valid at least six months from arrival with two blank pages. India also requires an e-Arrival Card, completed online up to 72 hours before arrival via the Indian Bureau of Immigration website, visa portal, or official app. These rules change — recheck travel.gc.ca close to your departure.

I hold an OCI card — anything different for me?

Yes: you must present your Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card to both enter and exit India. Separately, Canadian-Pakistani dual citizens face different visa procedures — check the Government of Canada's India page for the specifics that apply to you.

Is Air India's Toronto flight actually nonstop?

Partly, as of July 2026. The eastbound Toronto–Delhi leg (AI188) has operated nonstop, but the westbound AI187 has run via a refuelling stop in Vienna because Pakistan's airspace is closed to Indian carriers — a ban renewed monthly and currently extended through July 24, 2026. If the return routing matters to you, check the operated flight, not just the filed schedule.

How long is the flight?

The route averages about 15 hours 55 minutes over 11,632 km, but direction matters in 2026: eastbound Toronto–Delhi has been scheduled around 14h40m–15h in summer, while westbound Delhi–Toronto has run about 16h10m–17h05m because Air Canada's routing avoids Russian airspace. Air India's westbound Vienna stop can add more time on top of that.

What's the time difference between Toronto and Delhi?

India Standard Time is UTC+5:30 year-round, with no daylight saving. That puts Delhi 9.5 hours ahead of Toronto during Eastern Daylight Time (summer) and 10.5 hours ahead during Eastern Standard Time (winter).

Is there a Canadian travel advisory for India?

As of July 2026, the official level is "Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)" — the parenthetical matters, because stricter avoid-travel advisories apply to specific regions, such as areas near the Pakistan border. The same guidance flags malaria, dengue, typhoid, and Japanese encephalitis, and recommends Hepatitis A vaccination for travellers to areas where the disease is present, which includes India. Read the full travel.gc.ca page before you commit to plans.

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Delhi route guide

At 11,632 kilometres (7,228 miles), Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) has ranked as Air Canada's longest route by flight time, and in 2026 airspace closures shape its schedule more than geography does. Demand from Toronto runs deep enough that Air Canada briefly added a second daily frequency in March 2026. This guide covers who flies the route, why "nonstop" currently needs a footnote, and what to expect once you land.

Airlines on this route

As of July 2026, two Star Alliance carriers sell Toronto–Delhi, adding up to roughly a dozen eastbound departures a week. Air Canada has flown the route nonstop in both directions, daily and year-round, on the 300-seat Boeing 777-200LR; Air India's eastbound AI188 has run nonstop five times weekly through July (planned to rise to seven weekly in August), while its westbound AI187 has operated via a Vienna refuelling stop during Pakistan's airspace closure to Indian carriers. One-stop itineraries cluster around Gulf and European hubs — Abu Dhabi is the connection point picked most often in KAYAK's route data — though Reykjavik also shows up as a connector in that same data. If a true nonstop matters to you, confirm the operated routing rather than the filed schedule.

Airline	Code	Service (as of July 2026)
Air Canada	AC	Nonstop in both directions, daily year-round on the 300-seat Boeing 777-200LR; the summer 2026 schedule is filed as AC42/AC43 with an evening Toronto departure (about 19:40). Westbound blocks have run roughly 16h10m–17h05m because the routing avoids Russian airspace.
Air India	AI	Eastbound AI188 has run nonstop 5x weekly in June–July 2026, planned at 7x weekly for August; westbound AI187 has operated via a Vienna refuelling stop during the Pakistan airspace closure. A switch from the 777-300ER to the 787-9 is planned from August 2026.
Etihad Airways	EY	One-stop via Abu Dhabi — the connection point chosen by 23% of KAYAK users picking one-stop flights on this pair; Etihad's stopover programme has offered up to two free hotel nights in Abu Dhabi.
Emirates	EK	One-stop via Dubai; a common option in Toronto–Delhi search results.
Qatar Airways	QR	One-stop via Doha.
Turkish Airlines	TK	One-stop via Istanbul.
British Airways	BA	One-stop via London Heathrow.

When to go

Delhi Tourism, the city's official tourism body, points to October through March as the comfortable window to visit. Government of Canada travel advice puts India's monsoon at June to September, when heavy rain can cause flooding and infrastructure damage, with cyclone risk on the coasts running roughly April to December. Diwali falls on Sunday, November 8 in 2026, with the five-day festival running November 6–10 — historically a heavy travel-demand period on India routes. The catch on winter trips is fog: Delhi's airport has a designated fog season (the DGCA's window runs December 10 to February 10), and dense fog cancelled 66 flights there on January 2, 2026, with another early-January episode producing roughly 128 cancellations. If you travel between mid-December and early February, treat schedule disruption as a real possibility and pad any onward connections.

Arrival and practicalities

Terminals at both ends

Air Canada and Air India have both departed from Toronto Pearson Terminal 1. In Delhi, every international flight uses Terminal 3; the refurbished Terminal 2, which reopened in October 2025, handles domestic flights for Air India and IndiGo — so an onward domestic connection may involve a terminal change.

Terminal 3 to the city

The Delhi Metro Airport Express Line links Terminal 3 to New Delhi railway station in roughly 15–20 minutes, running at up to 120 km/h. Service has operated from about 5:00 a.m. to 11:40 p.m., with trains every 10 minutes at peak and every 15 off-peak. We could not confirm current fares, so check locally — and if your flight lands late in the evening, have a backup plan in case a delay pushes you past the last train.

Departure times and the clock

In the summer 2026 schedules, Air Canada's nonstop has left Toronto in the evening (about 19:40) and arrived in Delhi late the following evening; Air India's AI188 has left midday (about 12:30) and arrived early-to-mid afternoon the next day. India Standard Time is UTC+5:30 year-round with no daylight saving, so Delhi runs 9.5 hours ahead of Toronto in summer and 10.5 hours ahead in winter.

What "nonstop" means on this route right now

Pakistan's airspace has been closed to Indian-registered and Indian-operated aircraft since late April 2025, renewed monthly — as of this writing, through July 24, 2026. Air India has rerouted many North America flights south over the Arabian Sea with refuelling stops in Vienna or Copenhagen, adding up to about three hours; its westbound Toronto flight has operated via Vienna. Air Canada is not covered by that ban, but it avoids Russian airspace, flying roughly 1,000 miles beyond the great-circle path — which is why westbound flight times have run 16 to 17 hours against a route average of about 15h55m.

Questions travelers ask

Do Canadian citizens need a visa for India?: Yes. As of the Government of Canada's July 2026 guidance, a tourist visa is required, allowing stays of up to 180 consecutive days, and your passport must be valid at least six months from arrival with two blank pages. India also requires an e-Arrival Card, completed online up to 72 hours before arrival via the Indian Bureau of Immigration website, visa portal, or official app. These rules change — recheck travel.gc.ca close to your departure.
I hold an OCI card — anything different for me?: Yes: you must present your Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card to both enter and exit India. Separately, Canadian-Pakistani dual citizens face different visa procedures — check the Government of Canada's India page for the specifics that apply to you.
Is Air India's Toronto flight actually nonstop?: Partly, as of July 2026. The eastbound Toronto–Delhi leg (AI188) has operated nonstop, but the westbound AI187 has run via a refuelling stop in Vienna because Pakistan's airspace is closed to Indian carriers — a ban renewed monthly and currently extended through July 24, 2026. If the return routing matters to you, check the operated flight, not just the filed schedule.
How long is the flight?: The route averages about 15 hours 55 minutes over 11,632 km, but direction matters in 2026: eastbound Toronto–Delhi has been scheduled around 14h40m–15h in summer, while westbound Delhi–Toronto has run about 16h10m–17h05m because Air Canada's routing avoids Russian airspace. Air India's westbound Vienna stop can add more time on top of that.
What's the time difference between Toronto and Delhi?: India Standard Time is UTC+5:30 year-round, with no daylight saving. That puts Delhi 9.5 hours ahead of Toronto during Eastern Daylight Time (summer) and 10.5 hours ahead during Eastern Standard Time (winter).
Is there a Canadian travel advisory for India?: As of July 2026, the official level is "Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)" — the parenthetical matters, because stricter avoid-travel advisories apply to specific regions, such as areas near the Pakistan border. The same guidance flags malaria, dengue, typhoid, and Japanese encephalitis, and recommends Hepatitis A vaccination for travellers to areas where the disease is present, which includes India. Read the full travel.gc.ca page before you commit to plans.

Sources

Guide reviewed July 14, 2026. Airline schedules and entry rules change — always confirm with the official source before booking.