Pet Shipping from Canada to Indonesia
Where in Indonesia you are headed settles this before anything else does. Bali has been closed to dogs and cats since 2008. Under a Bali governor’s regulation, no person and no organisation may carry an animal the province treats as a rabies carrier across its border in either direction, and dogs, cats and monkeys are all named in that class. Nothing in the text creates an exception. A Canadian family moving to Bali is planning around a closed border, and that is better known in week one than after a kennel has been paid for.
The rest of Indonesia is a workable route from Canada. It runs on a protective rabies antibody titre, a CFIA endorsed export certificate, and a quarantine process you register for before you fly. One coordinator confirms what is actually possible for your destination before anything is booked.
Every Pet Travels Differently
Different destinations, different routes, different challenges.
Because one Indonesian province will not admit your dog at all, the first thing we establish is whether the move you are planning is legal, and only then what it takes.
Destination-Focused Planning
We work from the Indonesian quarantine agency rules, the provincial regulations that apply to your destination, and the CFIA export process.
Smart Routing and Logistics
We help choose practical routes and travel windows from your Canadian gateway, and confirm that your arrival point can actually receive your pet.
Personalized Support
Pet Travel Advisors gives you one coordinator who says early whether a Canadian departure can reach your destination, including when the answer is that it cannot.
Pet Shipping from Canada to Indonesia
Indonesia is two questions, not one. The first is national: can your pet meet the entry requirements, which centre on rabies vaccination, a protective rabies antibody titre, and a veterinary certificate that travels with the animal. The second is local, and it overrules the first: does the province you are landing in admit dogs and cats at all. Bali does not. Here is what we lock in for every Indonesia move:
- confirm what applies to your pet and route
- map out a realistic timeline
- coordinate vet steps and paperwork
- support crate readiness and routing
confirm what applies to your pet and route
How Pet Shipping from Canada to Indonesia Works
To keep everything clear, we break the process into steps:
Verify requirements and timing
We ask which province you are landing in before we ask anything about your pet, because that single answer decides whether there is a move to plan.
Build your plan and timeline
We work backward from your travel date to the titre draw and the CFIA endorsement appointment, which has to happen before departure.
Coordinate vet preparation
We keep the microchip, the rabies vaccination and the titre draw in the right order with your Canadian veterinarian.
Review documents for consistency
We check that the vaccination record, the titre result and the certificate agree with each other, because that is what the arrival inspection compares.
Confirm crate readiness and routing
We match the kennel and the routing to the carrier, and to a long haul out of Canada that will usually route through a second country.
Travel and arrival processing
The registration and prior notice with Badan Karantina Indonesia are filed from this side before you fly, and you know in advance how the arrival inspection runs.
Why the Province You Land In Settles Everything
Anyone planning a Canadian family’s move to Bali runs into the same wall, and it is worth knowing exactly what it is. In December 2008, after rabies reached the island, the Governor of Bali signed Regulation No. 88, which shut the province’s borders to what Indonesian law calls rabies-carrying animals. Dogs and cats are named in it. So are monkeys. The prohibition runs in both directions, applies to any person or organisation, and the text carries neither an expiry date nor any circumstance that would let an individual pet through.
Eighteen years on it has not been withdrawn. The province’s own agriculture department still lists it among the regulations in force, having re-posted the document in late 2025, and Bali continues to report and manage rabies cases. It is a live restriction, not a historical curiosity that a well connected agent can talk around.
Everywhere else in the archipelago, national rules govern and the move is an ordinary one. Because Indonesian provinces do set their own animal health measures, we check what applies to the particular city you are moving to before quoting anything.
- which Canadian carriers will take an animal this far shifts by season
- we settle the route and the transit point before a ticket is bought
- we check the plan against what Badan Karantina will ask for
What Happens When Your Pet Lands
Which Animals Canada Can Send
Indonesia handles an arriving animal through Badan Karantina Indonesia, and the system is built around advance registration rather than a queue at the counter. Your pet is entered into it before you fly, a prior notice goes in ahead of the flight, and the animal is declared when you land. An officer inspects it, and a release certificate is what lets it leave the airport with you.
Three documents do the work at that inspection: the record of rabies vaccination, the laboratory report showing a protective antibody titre, and the veterinary certificate. Canadian files come unstuck when these disagree with one another rather than when one is missing, so the number, the dates and the names have to read identically across all three. We reconcile them before the certificate goes to the CFIA, because that is the last point at which a correction costs nothing.
Before scheduling vet steps or flights, we confirm what applies to your pet against the Indonesian quarantine agency rules, the regulations in force in your destination province, and the CFIA export process.
Health Preparation and Documentation
The order matters. Microchip first, so the number on the certificate matches the animal. Then the rabies vaccination, then the blood draw for the antibody titre, which has to come back protective and travels with your pet as a laboratory report. The certificate is prepared last, because the CFIA endorsement appointment has to sit before departure and cannot be arranged afterwards.
Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so we confirm the current certificate, the titre threshold and the accepted laboratories for your route with the CFIA and the Indonesian quarantine agency before the first vet appointment, rather than working from a summary.
| What Indonesia checks | Indonesia, from Canada |
|---|---|
| Where you are landing | Bali will not admit dogs or cats. Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88 of 2008 bars them in both directions and states no exception |
| Identification chip | The number written on the certificate is scanned against the animal when it is inspected on arrival |
| Rabies dose | Required, and the vaccination record travels with the animal rather than following it |
| Antibody titre result | Required. A protective rabies antibody titre result has to accompany the animal |
| Export certificate | Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so the certificate for this route comes from CFIA rather than the general international one |
| CFIA endorsement | By appointment only, walk-ins refused. Fee calculated by a CFIA officer, paid online at least 3 days ahead, non-refundable. It cannot happen once your pet has left Canada |
| Filing before you fly | Badan Karantina Indonesia has to have the animal registered ahead of time, be given notice before the flight leaves, and receive a declaration once it lands |
| At the airport in Indonesia | Your pet is inspected, then released against a release certificate. The vaccination record, the titre result and the health certificate all have to say the same thing |
| Time to allow | About 6 to 10 weeks, set by the titre laboratory turnaround, the CFIA endorsement appointment and the quarantine registration |
How Early to Start From Canada
Plan on roughly 6 to 10 weeks. The rabies vaccination has to be in place before the blood draw, the titre laboratory turnaround is measured in weeks rather than days once courier time is counted, and the CFIA endorsement appointment has to be booked and paid at least three days ahead and completed before your pet leaves Canada. The quarantine registration and prior notice with Badan Karantina Indonesia happen in the same window.
None of that matters if you are heading for Bali. There the closure is the whole answer, and it is the question to settle before a single vet appointment is made.
Planning the budget? See our breakdown of what pet shipping from Canada costs, fee by fee. Elsewhere in the region: we also handle Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines.
Our pet shipping cost calculator gives a working figure, and our guide to the rabies titre test explains where a Canadian sample goes. Vietnam asks for far less than Indonesia does, and our Vietnam page shows how the two compare.
Can we take our dog to Bali?
Not lawfully, no. Bali closed itself to dogs and cats in December 2008 through Governor of Bali Regulation No. 88, which forbids any person or organisation from moving rabies-carrying animals across the province’s borders in either direction. The text names dogs, cats and monkeys, gives no expiry date, and provides no route for an individual exemption. It remains on the Bali agriculture department’s list of regulations in force, and the island is still managing rabies cases, so it is not a dormant rule. Canadians planning a Bali move should raise it with us at the idea stage, well before crates or tickets enter the picture.
Is my pet held on arrival in Indonesia?
There is no holding facility involved for a properly documented animal. Badan Karantina Indonesia registers your pet before departure, takes a prior notice ahead of the flight, receives your declaration on landing, inspects the animal and issues a release certificate. What it checks against are the vaccination record, the protective titre report and the veterinary certificate, so those three have to agree with each other exactly. We confirm the arrangements at your specific arrival airport before a booking is made, since handling differs between them.
What does Canada require to send my pet to Indonesia?
Indonesia is one of the countries the CFIA publishes specific export requirements for, so the certificate for this route is the one CFIA sets rather than the general Canadian International Health Certificate. A veterinarian licensed in Canada completes it and an official CFIA veterinarian endorses it before your pet leaves the country. Endorsement is by appointment only, walk-ins are refused, and the fee is calculated by a CFIA officer and paid online at least three days before the appointment. It is non-refundable, and it cannot be done once your pet has already left Canada.
What does Indonesia require for a pet arriving from Canada?
A rabies vaccination with the record travelling with the animal, a protective rabies antibody titre result, and a veterinary certificate. Your pet is pre-registered with Badan Karantina Indonesia, a prior notice is submitted before departure, and the animal is declared and inspected on arrival before it is released. We confirm the current titre threshold and the accepted laboratories for your route before the blood draw.
Is a rabies antibody titre needed on the Canadian side?
Yes. Indonesia treats dogs and cats as rabies-carrying species, and the quarantine agency expects a protective rabies antibody titre result to accompany the animal alongside the vaccination record and the certificate. Plan the blood draw early, because there is no rabies titre laboratory in Canada, so courier time to an accepted laboratory sits on top of the laboratory turnaround.
Which Canadian airports will my pet fly from to Indonesia?
Most routes leave from Toronto Pearson (YYZ) or Vancouver (YVR), and we choose the routing with the fewest connections from your city and the best conditions for your pet. Indonesia is a long sector with at least one connection from Canada, so the layover airport and its animal handling matter as much as the departure airport.
How much does it cost to move a pet from Canada to Indonesia?
The government side is the CFIA endorsement fee, which a CFIA officer calculates and you pay online before the appointment, plus your veterinarian for the examination, the vaccination and the blood draw, and the titre laboratory fee. The large numbers are the flight and the crate, which depend on your pet size, the season and the route. Our Canadian cost breakdown walks through each line.
How does Pet Travel Advisors handle a Canada to Indonesia move?
We start by checking your destination province, because that decides whether the move is possible at all. From there we sequence the microchip, the vaccination and the titre draw with your Canadian veterinarian, book and pay the CFIA endorsement appointment in time, handle the quarantine registration and prior notice with Badan Karantina Indonesia, arrange the crate and the routing, and tell you what happens at the arrival inspection. If the honest answer is that your destination will not accept your pet, we tell you that first rather than last.
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