A recent news release by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) says that there are no more passport application backlogs, and that Service Canada is exceeding the delivery standard for most applications. Nearly all passports are now being delivered within the 10–20-day target (depending on how the passport application is submitted). ESDC says approximately 98% of passports issued are issued within service standards regardless of the intake method.
The improvements to service mean that new Canadian citizens should not find it difficult to make plans to travel home to see loved ones on their new passports this summer.
Service Canada forecasts that it will issue between 4.3 and 4.9 million passports in the 2023/2024 fiscal year.
