Any Canadian citizen is eligible for a Canadian passport. The following page outlines the steps required to obtain a passport for a Canadian living in Canada. Please refer to the main page of the Passport Canada web site if you are a Canadian living outside of Canada. To ensure your application is processed in a timely fashion, please be sure to submit all the necessary documents with your application.
**As of September 6, 2022**
Canadian passports and other travel documents: Applying in Canada
How to apply for passports and other travel documents, get urgent or express service, find a service location, and what to do if your passport is lost, stolen or damaged.
Urgent or Express
(Service standard – By end of next business day or 2 to 9 business days) *
Ways to apply:
- Urgent services (by end of next business day)
- Walk-in only at a passport office with urgent pick-up service
- Check walk-in wait times before you go.
- Walk-in only at a passport office with urgent pick-up service
- Express services (2-9 business days)
- Walk-in or by appointment at a passport office
- Some locations are seeing high demand for appointments. Appointment availability may vary
- Check walk-in wait times before you go.
- Walk-in or by appointment at a passport office
- *Extra fees apply
- *You must provide proof that you need the passport
Standard
(Service standard – 10 to 20 business days, plus mail time)*
Ways to apply:
- Walk-in or by appointment at a
- Service Canada Centre that offers 10-day processing (10 business days*)
- passport office (10 business days*)
- regular Service Canada Centre (20 business days*)
- Some locations are seeing high demand for appointments. Appointment availability may vary
- Check walk-in wait times at passport offices before you go.
- By Mail (20 business days*)
- *Extra fees apply for pick up service