P.E.I. passports, by the numbers
Terrence McEachern | CBC News | Posted: August 5, 2016 3:01 PM | Last Updated: August 5, 2016
P.E.I. is the only Canadian province without a passport office
This week, Liberal MP Sean Casey renewed calls to have a passport office in P.E.I.
Currently, residents can apply for a passport through Service Canada, but for more immediate circumstances must travel to a passport office off the Island.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says there aren't enough applications to warrant an office on the Island.
Here's a closer look at the numbers, from April 2015 to March 2016:
- Total number of applications on P.E.I.: 13,666. Across the country: 4,814,971.
- Passport applications received by the Island's four MP offices: 1,118.
- Passport applications received by Service Canada: 8,187 (59.84 per cent of the total of applications on the Island).
- Passport applications by Islanders made in person: 8.72 per cent in Halifax, 2.88 per cent in Fredericton.
- 208 urgent passport applications and 403 express passport applications by Islanders.
- Five Service Canada centres and two Canada Post offices on the Island provide passport services.
Source: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
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