Effective March 31, most fees for Canadian passports and travel document services will increase as the government begins tying prices to the consumer price index (CPI). As such the cost of a Canadian passport will rise by 2.7%.
That means that Canadians applying in Canada will now pay $122.50 (up from $120) for a five-year adult passport while the cost of a 10-year document increases to $163.50 (from $160). Children’s passports (up to age 15) go up $1.50.
It also means the price could increase further in the future.
Costs for those applying from outside Canada increase marginally as well. As do costs for urgent temporary and interim passports (about $15).
“The passport program’s base fee structure alone can no longer support the cost of program operations,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said in an impact statement. “Since the last time inflation was accounted for in program fees, the CPI increased by 14.5%, leading to expenditures outpacing revenues by approximately $121 million in fiscal year 2024-25.”
Canadian passport fees have not been increased in a decade.
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