Canada passport for USA travel only
Reacting to potential threats to its security
Reacting to potential threats to its securitythe US government announced on June 6, 1940, that Canadians would require passports and visas to enter the US as of the first of the following month. Ottawa reacted quickly by expanding the passport staff to 113, setting up additional offices, and creating a special eight-page passport specifically for those traveling to Canada’s southern neighbor. Canada passport USA travel
The development of the Canadian passport
is part of a much longer history that also intertwines with that of the British Empire. Although documents providing the bearer with permission to travel either inside or outside a political entity have long existed, the first systematic use of passports began in France in the era of the Revolution. Initially, the passport was an effort to control the movement of people within France and, as such, aided the police force in its efforts to keep track of those deemed a threat to the state.
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