The Canadian Passport Order was created in 1981 and amended several times. It is an Order in Council of the Governor General of Canada. The Order establishes who is eligible for a Canadian passport, as well as the procedure and application process for obtaining one. The Order also defines Passport Canada, the agency responsible for issuing, revoking, withholding, and use of Canadian passports. Prior to the establishment of the Canadian Passport Order, residents of Canada could obtain a passport by completing an application and sending it in by mail, without having to prove their Canadian citizenship. See also: 1980 in Canada, 1982 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. ... An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in the United Kingdom and certain Commonwealth countries which is formally made in the name of the Queen (or the Governor-General acting on her behalf) by the Cabinet, which is a committee of the Privy Council (the Queen-in-Council... The Governor General and Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada, normally simply known as the Governor General of Canada in French, Gouverneur(e) général(e) is the Canadian representative of the monarch (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). ... The title page of European Union passports bears the name of the issuing country, then the name European Union, in the languages of all EU countries. ... Cover of a Canadian Passport Passport Canada is an independent operating agency of the Government of Canada and Foreign Affairs Canada. ...

External link

• Full text of the order (http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/otherreg/SI-81-86/)