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The Passport Canada website provides an interesting overview of the history of passports and states the following about early Canadian passports: <br> | The Passport Canada website provides an interesting overview of the history of passports and states the following about early Canadian passports: <br> | ||
{{Block indent|“It is difficult to trace the history of Canadian passports in the first few years after Confederation because so few were issued. The financial statements of the Secretary of State in 1878 record an annual passport revenue of $50. Since passports then cost $1 each, we know 50 must have been issued. Over the next few years, annual receipts varied between $35 and $50. In those early years, passports were issued as single-sheet certificates stamped with the official seal. In 1915, Canada switched to the British form of passport, a ten-section single sheet folder printed in English only.” See [http://www.ppt.gc.ca/pptc/hist.aspx Passport Canada]}} | |||
<br> The first bilingual Canadian passport was produced in 1926. Read more about the history of passports at the above site. | <br> The first bilingual Canadian passport was produced in 1926. Read more about the history of passports at the above site. | ||
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