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Canadians need visa even for shot-term trips!

In general, it is no problem for most western people to stay in the Czech Republic for less than 90 days. Only if you stay longer you probably have to get a long-term visa or do one of the famous border-trips. The only exception I know so far is Canada. They have to get a visa which is not obtainable at the border. You have to get it at a Chzech embassy in a foreign capital. If you want to avoid any problems you should get it already in Canada itself.

Introduction from the World Factbook

After World War II, Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Now a member of NATO, the Czech Republic has moved toward integration in world markets, a development that poses both opportunities and risks.