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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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5 minutes 40 seconds | 10 minutes 49 seconds | - 5 minutes 9 seconds |
Application processing
Last updated: September 22, 2023
Month | Applications received | Passports issued |
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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 |
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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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