I travel on a Cdn passport and looked into this last year. Since EU accession last year you do not need a visa for short term travel (less than 90 days) anywhere in the EU, including Poland, Czech, Slovakia and the Baltics. (We did this circuit last summer so I know it works!) You do still need Visas for Russia and good ol' Belarus, who charge the earth (something like $200 USD) for a simple transit Visa because it's the only way they can get hard currency. I don't know what a tourist visa costs. Do be careful if you plan a train trip in this region, because you'll have to have a Belarusian transit visa if your train passes through any portion of the country. It used to be that the train from Lithuania to Poland had one stop in Belarus, and this adds a hefty amount to the cost of the trip! Now you can do the trip bypassing Belarus, but it pays to be sure before you get stopped at the border. Russian visas for Canadians are over $100 US, as well.
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