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The Canadian Press
Ottawa — The federal government has a backlog in processing applications. continues, we are adding new passport service locations across Canada.
Carina Gould, Minister for Social Development, applied for passports at her four services Canada She Center in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec and Prince Edward Island. He said that he was able to receive it.
Nearly 1.1 million applications for new and renewed passports have been submitted since April as pandemic restrictions eased and Canadians resumed travel.
More than a quarter of those he has yet to be dealt with.
In the first week of August, the number of passports issued within 40 working days fell to 72% from the previous week's 81%.
Government statistics show that the system is starting to catch up with demand, but there remains a large backlog, especially for applications submitted by mail.
This Canadian Press report was first published on August 17, 2022.
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