Some northern Albertans told they may have to drive to Calgary for urgent passport services

The Edmonton passport office was initially set to be closed until Monday, however Service Canada now says the downtown site will remain closed until further notice.

A flood at Canada Place has left Edmonton’s main passport office closed since last week, and now some Albertans in need of urgent passport services are considering a drive to the Service Canada office in Calgary.

The Canada Place location was initially set to be closed until Monday, however Service Canada on Tuesday told Global News the passport office will now remain closed until further notice.

Other areas of Canada Place have since reopened.

While there are several Service Canada offices in Edmonton, the downtown passport office is the only site in northern Alberta where people can request — for an extra fee —.0 an urgent delivery (next business day). That site also processes express delivery (two to nine business days) and delivery in 10 business days.

The normal wait time is more than 20 days with the passport being delivered via Canada Post — which isn’t an option now, amid the Canada Post strike that’s gone on for nearly a month.

The three other Service Canada offices in Edmonton that can process non-urgent passport applications are located in the southeast inside Millbourne Market Mall, on the west end near 168th Street and 107th Avenue, and on the north side inside Londonderry Mall.

Last week, Service Canada said people who have applied at the Canada Place passport services office and are waiting to pick up their passports can do so at the Londonderry Mall office.

There have been long lines there, as Canadians work to get the document critical to international travel.