The owner’s picture is printed three times in different formats on the page, including one that is a security hologram embedded into a maple leaf emblem that switches between a picture and an ID number when rotated. The passport’s chip is now also visible through the plastic page, which officials say will make it easier to see if it’s been tampered.
Beyond the new security features, the new passport also features completely new imagery throughout its 37 pages, which are now printed on material similar to the new Canadian bank notes. Instead, the new passport’s visa pages depict sketches of Canada throughout the seasons, such as birds at a feeder, an Indigenous kayaker, narwhals with golden tusks breaching the water and a man raking leaves into a wheelbarrow in front of a home.
The back cover page of the passport now features a new pop of colour with the addition of eight new red maple leaves.