Long Waits Outside Montreal Passport Office, Police Called Due to Size of Crowd

People wait in the line outside the Passport Canada office in downtown Montreal on June 21, 2022. Jacob Serebrin/The Canadian Press

The federal minister responsible for Passport Canada is calling the situation at a Montreal passport office unacceptable.

Families Minister Karina Gould says senior managers are on the ground in Montreal and 600 additional people have been hired to deal with Canada-wide passport processing delays.