One Tier. Three Inclusions. $750 CAD for the Land Portion.
Umrah Packages Canada is a TICO-registered Umrah specialist based in Toronto, Ontario, with 20+ years of Umrah and Hajj coordination experience, and the economy tier answers a specific question: what is the least I can spend and still perform Umrah properly. The answer from Canada in 2026 is $750 CAD for the land portion, and here is exactly what that buys.
A 3-star Makkah hotel within reach of the Masjid al-Haram, commonly Nawazi Watheer or Dar Al Eiman Al Khalil, for five nights. Umrah visa processing, filed as a Nusuk eVisa through the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah portal, including the permanent-resident route. Saudi ground transport, which means a driver meets you at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) in Jeddah and the transfers between your hotel and the airport are prepaid. Seven-night versions add a Madinah leg near Masjid an-Nabawi and run toward $1,150 CAD, and the upper end of the economy band at $1,670 CAD buys a closer-in property or a longer stay.
What it does not buy is airfare. That is the whole design. Land-only exists so that a pilgrim who is comfortable booking their own seat on Saudia, Turkish Airlines, Emirates, or Qatar Airways keeps that saving instead of paying a margin on it. Most economy bookings come from Scarborough and Mississauga families flying out of Toronto Pearson (YYZ), from Cote-des-Neiges and St-Laurent pilgrims leaving Montreal-Trudeau (YUL), and from students in Surrey and Burnaby pricing their own fare out of Vancouver (YVR).
What Cheap Umrah Packages Trade Away, Said Plainly
Every economy Umrah page on the internet promises value. Very few explain the trade-off, so here it is.
The money you save comes out of distance to the Masjid al-Haram. A 3-star economy hotel is a fifteen to twenty-five minute walk from the Haram, or a shuttle ride. You repeat that walk for the five daily prayers and again for Tawaf around the Kaaba and Sa’i between Safa and Marwah, and during peak prayer times, in heat, it is real. For a fit traveller in their thirties it is nothing. For a parent carrying a tired child, or for an elderly pilgrim, it changes the character of the trip.
The second trade-off is room standard. Economy properties are clean and functional. They are not the Clock Tower complex with Kaaba-view rooms, and the quad occupancy that makes the price work means four people sharing.
The third is flexibility during peak windows. Economy inventory in Ramadan and December is thin and goes early. If you want the cheapest tier during a peak window, book far ahead or accept a property further out. Pilgrims set on the last ten nights usually compare this tier against our Ramadan Umrah packages, which run $2,041 to $2,247 CAD with flights and a 15 to 20 percent peak premium.
We would rather you knew all three before paying than discovered them on arrival. If any of them is a dealbreaker, the Gold and all-inclusive tiers exist for exactly that reason.
Land-Only Versus Full Package: Which Fits a Canadian Pilgrim?
Choose land-only if you track fares, you are flexible on routing, you are travelling outside peak season, or you already have Aeroplan points or a travel credit toward a ticket. The saving is the airfare itself: land-only starts at $750 CAD while the all-inclusive 4-star tier with return flights starts at $2,195 CAD.
Choose all-inclusive if you want one CAD number, you are booking for parents who should not be managing a connection alone, you are travelling during Ramadan or the December break when fares spike, or you simply do not want to think about it.
There is no moral hierarchy between the two. The Umrah is identical. What differs is how much of the logistics you want to own.
One thing to watch if you go land-only: book the flight and the hotel dates in the right order. Pilgrims occasionally lock a cheap fare that arrives a day before their hotel block opens, which turns a saving into an unplanned night in Jeddah. Send us the fare before you buy it and we will sanity-check the dates against the hotel.
Is an Unregistered Cheap Deal Safe? What TICO Protects at the Economy Tier
The lowest price in a search result is not always a package. Sometimes it is a listing posted by an intermediary with no registration, no contract with the hotel, and no obligation to you once your deposit clears.
UPC is TICO registered, which means the Travel Industry Council of Ontario supervises how we handle your money. Your deposit is protected under Ontario’s Travel Industry Act whether you booked the $750 CAD economy tier, the $3,299 CAD Platinum tier, or one of our Hajj packages. The protection does not scale down with the price.
That matters more at the economy end, not less. A budget pilgrim who loses a deposit to an unregistered reseller has lost the whole trip, not an upgrade.
| What you are comparing | Typical Provider | Umrah Packages Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Published economy pricing | Quote first, price later | $750 to $1,670 CAD published per person |
| Hotel distance | Described as “central” | Walking or shuttle time stated for each property |
| Written quote | Turnaround varies | Itemised CAD quote within 4 business hours |
| Deposit protection | Depends on the seller’s registration | TICO registered, Ontario Travel Industry Act |
| Canadian PR card holders | Rarely addressed | Nusuk eVisa eligibility confirmed in writing before deposit |
How the Nusuk Umrah eVisa Works for Canadian Citizens and PR Card Holders
The Umrah visa service at this tier is the same one we run at every tier. The UPC visa team files through the Nusuk platform, checks your photo against Saudi specification before submission, and confirms whether biometric self-enrolment through the Saudi Visa Bio app is required for your case.
Canadian permanent residents travelling on a PR card are eligible; a Canadian passport is not needed. We verify your documents and confirm eligibility in writing before a deposit is requested, which matters particularly at this tier where the deposit may represent a meaningful share of the total.
A meningococcal ACWY vaccination certificate is strongly recommended, obtained at least ten days before travel, available from any Canadian pharmacy or travel clinic. Saudi Arabia softened the strict entry mandate for tourist eVisa holders in 2024, but Canadian and Saudi health authorities still advise it. We check that date against your departure so it never becomes the thing that stops you boarding. Full detail sits on the Umrah visa page.
Four Price Factors. Economy Umrah Packages From $750 to $1,670 CAD.
Nights. Five nights sits at the floor. Seven nights with a Madinah leg moves you toward $1,150 CAD.
Hotel distance. Moving from a shuttle-dependent property to one within walking range of the Haram is the single largest jump inside the economy band.
Season. Shoulder months are materially cheaper than Ramadan or the December school break for an identical room.
Occupancy. Quad is the basis for the published figure. Triple and double supplements are quoted separately, and a couple travelling alone will pay more per person than a family of four.
These are September 2026 CAD rates. Searching for an Umrah travel agency near you? Our team works by phone and written quote with pilgrims in every province, so a family in Brampton, Calgary, or Ottawa gets the same economy pricing as one in Toronto. Send your city, your dates, and your ceiling. The written itemised quote comes back in Canadian dollars within four business hours, and there is no payment required to see it.
