Passport program statistics

Passport statistics are updated once a week. Our fiscal year runs from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024.

Current year to date values on this page are calculated from April 1 to September 17, 2023.

Applications received

Last updated: September 22, 2023

Week of September 11 to September 17 Week of September 4 to September 10 Difference Year to date
92,497 70,587 + 21,910 1,855,818

The number of applications received is an estimated value that includes a mix of client requests (for example, complete and incomplete applications for a passport, documents from incomplete applications, requests to cancel passports as a result of loss, theft or death, etc.).

Passports issued

Last updated: September 22, 2023

Week of September 11 to September 17 Week of September 4 to September 10 Difference Year to date
74,234 63,956 + 10,278 1,781,736

Passports issued to Canadians living in Canada and the United States.

Passport Call Centre

Last updated: September 22, 2023

Average wait time

Week of September 11 to September 17 Week of September 4 to September 10 Difference
5 minutes 40 seconds 10 minutes 49 seconds - 5 minutes 9 seconds

Application processing

Last updated: September 22, 2023

Month Applications received Passports issued
April 209,548 210,171
May 365,628 349,351
June 358,365 373,784
July 351,006 330,154
August 388,196 366,584
September 183,075 151,692
Year to date total 1,855,818 1,781,736
Last year’s application processing statistics, from April 2022 to March 2023
Month Applications received Passports issued
April 261,183 134,290
May 281,055 160,204
June 266,027 203,425
July 234,552 206,744
August 265,168 240,980
September 225,356 248,705
October 265,507 298,384
November 279,686 389,523
December 238,006 336,432
January 371,842 357,480
February 337,201 375,516
March 403,978 394,540
Total 3,429,561 3,346,223
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