Feds Announce Four New Passport Service Sites as Backlog Continues

Feds Announce Four New Passport Service Sites as Backlog Continues
People line up outside the Guy Favreau federal building while waiting to apply for a passport in Montreal, June 26, 2022. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The federal government is adding new passport service locations across Canada as a backlog in processing applications continues.

Social Development Minister Karina Gould announced Wednesday that people can now apply for and pick up passports at Service Canada centres in Red Deer, Alta., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Trois-Rivières, Que., and Charlottetown, P.E.I.