A family of three (couple plus a 10-year-old) from India asked how much bank balance a Canada tourist visa needs. The thread combined the official position with practical rules of thumb:
- There is no official minimum. The most-repeated point: IRCC sets no fixed amount for a visitor visa. You're expected to show funds proportionate to your actual trip — number of travelers × number of days × (accommodation + food + local transport + incidentals), plus flights.
- Members' practical benchmarks (INR, at the time of the thread): one member suggested roughly ₹7–8 lakh total with the balance held in an account at least ~6 months old; another suggested ₹8–10 lakh per person as a comfortable figure. These are community heuristics, not requirements — the calculation-based approach in point 1 is what officers actually assess.
- Supporting documents members paired with the balance: last 3 months of bank statements and the past 2 years of income tax returns. Seasoned funds (sitting in the account for months) read far better than a sudden large deposit.
- Check the official source. Members explicitly advised reading the current requirements on canada.ca for visitor visas from your country before filing — figures and document lists in group threads age quickly.