Consulate General of Canada in Detroit

No Canadian office in the United States is closer to Canada than this one. The consulate in the Renaissance Center looks across the river at Windsor, and Detroit is the only American city where you cross into Canada by driving south. The furthest city in its district with a page here is Bowling Green, 472 miles away.

Contacting the Detroit office

The district also runs down through Ohio and Kentucky and across most of Indiana. Cincinnati is four hours away and Louisville is five, so the proximity is a Michigan privilege rather than a district one.

What the Detroit office handles

Canada assigns Indiana (all but five northwestern counties), Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio to this office.

The work here is notarial and emergency: oaths and declarations, certified copies, travel documents for permanent residents, and assistance when a Canadian is in trouble.

What it cannot do

It is worth knowing what this office cannot do before booking an appointment.

• It does not issue a permanent resident card, which IRCC prints and mails.
• It does not issue a citizenship certificate, which is also an IRCC application.
• It does not issue a birth, marriage or death certificate, which are provincial.
• It does not grant an eTA or a visitor visa, both of which are online applications.

What you can do without coming in

These are handled online or by mail, and no appointment speeds any of them up.

• Get an eTA, A web form linked to your passport. Most applications are approved within minutes.
• Order a birth or marriage certificate, From the province where it happened. Ottawa does not hold these records.
• Check an application, Every IRCC and passport application can be followed online.
• Renew a permanent resident card, An IRCC application. The card is mailed, and never to an address outside Canada.