Canada has scrapped an official advisory urging its citizens to shun non-essential foreign travel, given its successful campaign to inoculate people against Covid-19, the country's top medical officer said.

Hours later, Canada's most populous province, Ontario, issued a timeline to lift all remaining Covid-19 restrictions, with the aim of removing all proof of vaccination and mask requirements by March 2022, Reuters reported.

“The beginnings of the transition away from the more blanket approach really recognises vaccines are very effective at preventing severe outcomes,” Chief Medical Officer Theresa Tam told a briefing.

According to official data, just under 82 per cent of eligible Canadians had been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Oct 8.