Consulate General of Canada in Minneapolis
Minneapolis holds the northern plains, from Iowa up to the Manitoba border. Its district contains more Canadian land crossings than any other in the interior and very few people. The furthest city in its district with a page here is Rapid City, 576 miles away.
Contacting the Minneapolis office
- Address
701 Fourth Avenue South, Suite 900, Minneapolis, MN 55415 - Telephone
1-844-880-6519 - Email
ccs.scc@international.gc.ca - Fax
1-612-332-4061 - Consular hours
Monday to Friday, 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00, by appointment
International Falls, Pembina and Baudette are working border towns hours south of nothing and hours north of this office. For them, Canada is closer than their own consulate.
What the Minneapolis office handles
This office is the one Canada names for Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Appointments cover notarial acts, certified copies, permanent resident travel documents and urgent passport cases.
What it cannot do
A long list of things people arrive expecting are handled somewhere else entirely.
- 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
Before you book anything, check whether your business needs an office at all.
- Renew a permanent resident card, An IRCC application. The card is mailed, and never to an address outside Canada.
- Apply for a citizenship certificate, Online or on paper, direct to IRCC. This is the document that proves you are Canadian.
- 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.