====== ArriveCAN ======

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**ArriveCAN** is a Canadian mobile application which served as a [[vaccine passport]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. It was required by the [[Government of Canada]] to submit [[COVID-19 vaccines|COVID-19 vaccine]] status and [[quarantine]] plans.((//COVID-19: Use ArriveCAN to enter Canada.// (2022, June 27). Government of Canada. http://archive.today/2022.07.02-122151/https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/arrivecan.html))

===== History =====

==== Development ====

ArriveCAN was created by a development team hired by [[GC Strategies]] through a pre-existing contract with the [[Canada Border Services Agency]] (CBSA).((Clark, C. (2022, October 24). //Nobody knows what happened with ArriveCan, but it sure was lucrative for some.// The Globe and Mail. http://archive.today/2022.10.24-165744/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-nobody-knows-what-happened-with-arrivecan-but-it-sure-was-lucrative/)) The app launched in April 2020.((Johnson, M. (2023, June 1). //$54 Million ArriveCAN Boondoggle Leads to Calls for Transparency.// Open Jaw. https://web.archive.org/web/20230603041953/https://openjaw.com/newsroom/other-news/2023/06/01/54-million-arrivecan-boondoggle-leads-to-calls-for-transparency/))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://www.canada.ca/en/border-services-agency/services/arrivecan.html|Website]]