Passport services are now available at 300 Service Canada Centres across Canada, including Williams Lake, Quesnel, Vanderhoof and Prince Rupert.
At Toronto Pearson International Airport, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, while announcing the expanded service on Monday said that since 2017, passport points of service have doubled from 151 to more than 300 by using Service Canada’s nationwide service delivery network.
We offer passport services at more than 300 of our Service Canada Centres. Find one close to you! https://t.co/1wUQuc1vZ0 pic.twitter.com/OIU2zb1KgI
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“This expansion provides more access to passport services in rural and remote areas—no matter where Canadians live. Canadians have more options available when applying for or renewing 5-year and 10-year passports and child passports.”
Officers at Service Canada Centres will review passport applications for completeness, validate original supporting documents and return them on-site to applicants, collect the service fee and forward application packages for processing.
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As of May 1, 2018, approximately 64.5 percent of Canadian adults held a valid Canadian passport.
In 2017–18, Canada issued more than 4.8 million passports, which translates into more than 19,000 passports issued daily.
The expansion of passport services means that more than 97 per cent of Canadians now have access to passport services within 100 km of their home.
For fiscal year 2017-18, Service Canada met passport service standards 99.66 percent of the time, with the target being 90 percent.
The Government of Canada reminds Holiday &March Break travellers that passport services are available at over 300 passport points of service. https://t.co/qmePG4c3EZ pic.twitter.com/lLSIwyNExf
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