Things You Didn't Know About Your Canadian Passport

1. The passport provides visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 186 countries around the world

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2. Passports have an electronic chip that stores your personal information and photos, making counterfeit copies very difficult

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3. If you apply for certain government benefits or services, your passport can be used as proof of citizenship

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4. The passport can be renewed by mail, but if it is damaged, lost, or stolen, you must apply in person.

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5. introduced in 2013 that the current passport design featured images of Canadian landmarks.

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These all things in the Canadian passport make it one of the most powerful passport in the world.

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