Manulife Financial
CoverMe
CoverMe™ Travel for Visitors to Canada Single-Trip Plan Details

Whether you're travelling to Canada to visit family or friends, for leisure travel, for a few days or a few months, CoverMe Travel insurance can provide you and your family with insurance protection.

You might also consider this travel insurance if you are a Canadian who is not eligible for a government health insurance plan, if you are in Canada on a work or student visa; or a new immigrant awaiting government health insurance plan coverage.

During your coverage period, you can also travel outside of Canada for up to 30 days (excluding your country of origin), as long as your side trip originates and terminates in Canada and does not exceed 49% of your total number of coverage days.

Emergency Medical

To protect yourself from the cost of emergency medical treatment, you have two options, Plan A or Plan B.

Plan A

Plan A does not provide coverage for pre-existing medical conditions for which medication has been taken, received or prescribed and/or treatment has been received in the 180 days before the effective date of insurance. Family coverage is available up to age 54.

Plan B

Plan B provides coverage for your stable (within 180 days before the effective date of the insurance) pre-existing medical conditions

Deductible Savings are available for Plans A and B.

Emergency Medical Benefits*

These emergency medical benefits are covered:

  • Emergency medical attention received in or out of the hospital
  • Coverage for paramedical services up to $300 by profession
  • Ambulance transportation
  • Emergency dental treatment
  • Expenses related to death
  • Repatriation home due to a medical emergency.
  • Additional expenses for meals and hotel
  • Visit to bedside if travelling alone
  • Childcare expenses
  • Return Home of Children
  • Trip Break

*Please note: If the claim is a result of an act of terrorism, emergency medical benefits may be limited. Other conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. Please see the policy for details.

Trip Interruption

If you have pre-paid travel arrangements and want to protect yourself if your trip is interrupted, this insurance is available for purchase with all plans and provides coverage for an individual trip.

Trip Interruption Benefits*

  • Up to $1,500 for Single Coverage and $5,000 for Family Coverage
  • Reimbursement of prepaid portion of the trip that is non-refundable and non-transferable to another travel date if your trip is interrupted due to a covered event

Highlights Of Covered Events:

  • Your or your travel companion's, medical condition or death;
  • Your or your travel companion's immediate family member's, medical condition or death;
  • Admittance to a hospital in an emergency or the death of the person whose guest you are during your trip

*Please note: If the claim is a result of an act of terrorism, emergency medical benefits may be limited. Other conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. Please see the policy for details.

Travel Accident

Travel Accident insurance* is available for purchase with all plans and provides coverage for an individual trip.

  • If an accidental bodily injury causes you to die, to become completely and permanently blind in both eyes or to have two limbs fully severed above the wrist or ankle joints, within 365 days of the accident, Manulife Financial will pay $50,000.
  • If an accidental bodily injury causes you to become completely and permanently blind in one eye or have one limb fully severed above a wrist or ankle joint, within 365 days of the accident, Manulife Financial will pay $25,000.
  • If you have more than one accidental bodily injury during the trip, Manulife Financial will pay the applicable insured sum only for the one accident that entitles you to the largest benefit amount.

*Please note: If the claim is a result of an act of terrorism, emergency medical benefits may be limited. Other conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. Please see the policy for details.

Top-Up

The Top-Up option extends your emergency medical coverage on Multi-Trip plans, as below.

  • Top-Up coverage must be purchased before your multi-trip plan expires and is subject to an extra premium charge.
  • Single-Trip Emergency Medical Plan A is used to top up Multi-Trip Emergency Medical Plan A.
  • Single-Trip Emergency Medical Plan B can be used to top-up Multi-Trip Emergency Medical Plan B. Top-ups can be purchased for maximum trip duration of 365 days.

Premiums

CoverMe Visitors to Canada Travel insurance premiums are easy to plan for. Following are our rate charts and some guidelines to consider:

Premium Rate Chart

Top-Ups

  • Premium rate is in $CDN per person.
  • Emergency Medical Family Coverage rates are 2x the premium rate of the oldest traveller under age 55.
  • Trip Interruption and Travel Accident Family Coverage rates are 3x the premium rate of the oldest traveller under age 55.
  • Rates are subject to change without notice.
  • Premium due is based on:
    1. The plan purchased;
    2. The age at the effective date of insurance
  • Number of coverage days for Single-Trip plans must include:
    1. The date of departure;
    2. The date of return
    3. The number of days in between
  • Coverage will not take effect if your method of payment is not honoured.

Deductible Savings

The published rates for the Emergency Medical Plans include a $75 CDN deductible. The following deductible options are available for Emergency Medical Plans only:

Deductible Options* $0 $75 $500 $1,000
Applicable Savings/Surcharge 5% surcharge 0% surcharge 15% savings 20% savings
* $CDN per insured per emergency medical claim