What's changing in Canada's new-look passports
CTV
Canada's newly redesigned passport includes improved security features and images that officials say reflect Canada's diverse people and landscapes.
Canada's newly redesigned passport includes improved security features and images that officials say reflect Canada's diverse people and landscapes.
Families, Children and Social Development Minister Karina Gould and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser made the announcement in Ottawa on Wednesday.
The passport includes a new cover and designs on its inner pages, which the ministers described as highlighting Canada's natural environment over four seasons, as well as its multicultural identity.
Gould, who oversees Service Canada, which handles passport applications, said some of the new images such as polar bears, people jumping in a lake, and birds in winter capture the "spirit of who we are as Canadians."
She said the cost of a passport application will remain the same, but that the federal government plans to go through its existing stock of passports first.
The new passports will be produced this summer, with more details on when they will be rolled out expected later.
Current passports remain secure, she said, and Canadians can continue to use them until they expire.
