The cost of a Canadian passport is about to rise and plans by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to overhaul the way it sets prices could result in them being even more expensive in the future. On March 31, the cost of a Canadian passport will rise by 2.7 percent, the CPI increase in April 2024. "Altogether, the adjustment formulas do not account for roughly 85 percent of the passport program cost of operations," it wrote. The document does not say just how much passports could cost if all of those expenses are taken into account. News reports at the time featured long lines of Canadian passport applicants camped outside government offices for hours.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2026 12:02 UTC