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Passport Canada is an independent operating agency of the Government of Canada with bureaucratic oversight provided through Foreign Affairs Canada. It operates under the auspices of the Canadian Passport Order which defines the agency. Prior to March 2005, it was known as the Passport Office.
Passport Canada is responsible for issuing, revoking, withholding, and recovering Canadian passports. Due to the agency's status as a Special Operating Agency, Passport Canada is financed through the fees collected for issuing passports and other travel documents. It does not receive direct funding from the federal government.
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Canadian Passport Order
The Canadian Passport Order was created in 1981 and amended several times. It is an Order in Council made by the Governor in Council (the Governor General of Canada acting on the advice of Cabinet).
The Canadian Passport Order is made under the authority of the Royal Prerogative, the residual authority exercised exclusively by the Crown. The Order establishes who is eligible for a Canadian passport, as well as the procedure and application process for obtaining one. The Order also establishes Passport Canada. Prior to the implementation of the Canadian Passport Order, residents of Canada could obtain a passport by completing an application and sending it in by mail to the Department of External Affairs, without having to prove their Canadian citizenship.
Under the Canadian Passport Order, Passport Canada may revoke or refuse to issue a passport on grounds specified in the Order. A passport may not be refused or revoked on grounds not specified in the Order (see Issuance and Refusal).
Passport office locations
Canadian citizens are served by the following passport offices. Canadian citizens residing in the province of Prince Edward Island or the territories of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon do not currently have access to passport offices.
- Alberta
Harry Hays Building
Suite 254
220-4th Avenue South East
Calgary AB
14331 Macleod Trail SW
Calgary (South) AB
Canada Place Building
Suite 126
9700 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton AB
- British Columbia
Suite 310
5611 Cooney Road
Richmond BC
Suite 900
13401-108th Avenue
Surrey BC
Sinclair Centre
Suite 241
757 Hastings Street West
Vancouver BC
Level 4
Bay Centre
1150 Douglas Street
Victoria BC
- Manitoba
Suite 400
433 Main Street
Winnipeg MB
- New Brunswick
Frederick Square
Suite 430
77 Westmorland Street
Fredericton NB
- Newfoundland and Labrador
TD Place
Suite 802
140 Water Street
St. John's NL
- Northwest Territories
<no Passport Canada office>
- Nova Scotia
Maritime Centre
Suite 1508, 15th Floor
1505 Barrington Street
Halifax NS
- Nunavut
<no Passport Canada office>
- Ontario
Suite 401
40 Gillingham Drive
Brampton ON
Plaza Level Standard Life Building
120 King Street West
Hamilton ON
Mezzanine Level 40 Weber Street East
Kitchener ON
Suite 201, 2nd Floor
400 York Street
London ON
Central Parkway Mall
Suite 116, 2nd Floor
377 Burnhamthorpe Road East
Mississauga ON
Joseph Shepard Building
Suite 380, 3rd Floor
4900 Yonge Street
North York ON
Level C, East Tower
C.D. Howe Building
240 Sparks Street
Ottawa ON
Suite 210
200 Town Centre Court
Scarborough ON
Landmark Building
Suite 600
43 Church Street
St. Catharines ON
2nd Floor
979 Alloy Drive
Thunder Bay ON
Suite 300
74 Victoria Street
Toronto ON
Whitby Mall
Suite 6
1615 Dundas Street East
Whitby ON
CIBC Building
Suite 503
100 Ouellette Avenue
Windsor ON
- Prince Edward Island
<no Passport Canada office>
- Quebec
Commercial Level 2
Place du Centre
200 Promenade du Portage
Gatineau (Hull) QC
Suite 500, 5th Floor
3 Place Laval
Laval QC
West Tower
Complexe Guy-Favreau
Suite 103
200 René-Lévesque Boulevard W.
Montréal QC
Fairview Pointe-Claire Shopping Center
6815 Trans-Canada Highway
Pointe-Claire QC
Place de la Cité, Tour Cominar
Suite 200, 2nd Floor
2640 Laurier Boulevard
Québec QC
Immeuble Saint-Michel
Suite 408
3885 Harvey Boulevard
Saguenay QC
Suite 112
3300 Boulevard de la Côte-Vertu
Saint-Laurent QC
- Saskatchewan
Suite 500
1870 Albert Street
Regina SK
Federal Building
Suite 405
101-22nd Street East
Saskatoon SK
- Yukon
<no Passport Canada office>
Auditor General's Report
In April 2005, the Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser gave a scathing report on Passport Canada, claiming that employees of the agency lack proper security clearance. Prior to the Auditor General's report, Passport Canada had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Corrections Canada to obtain a full list of inmates' names, as they are ineligible for a passport.
See also
- Canadian Passport
- Canadian nationality law
- Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Canada Border Services Agency
- Passport
External links
- Official site
- History of Canadian Passports
- U.S. will demand passports from Canadians
- How to speed up the Canadian Passport application process
- Full text of the order
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