# Travel and living abroad — Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services

For Travel and living abroad, blood service is Canadian Blood Services; waiting period is 21 days; condition is after return from travel outside of Canada, the U.S., Europe or Antarctica; outcome is temporary deferral, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Criterion:** Travel and living abroad
- **Blood service:** Canadian Blood Services _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Waiting period:** 21 days _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Condition:** after return from travel outside of Canada, the U.S., Europe or Antarctica _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Outcome:** temporary deferral _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> after return from travel outside of Canada, the U.S., Europe or Antarctica there is a waiting period of 21 days before donating blood, platelets or transfusable plasma.

## Source

- https://www.blood.ca/en/blood/am-i-eligible-donate-blood/eligibility/travel-living-abroad

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
Part of [Blood donor deferral criteria compared across national blood services](https://referencesource.org/blood-donor-deferral-criteria/).