Some northern Albertans told they may have to drive to Calgary for urgent passport services [Video]

A flood at Canada Place has left Edmonton’s main passport office closed since last week, and now some Albertans in need of urgent passport services are considering a drive to the Service Canada office in Calgary.

The Canada Place location was initially set to be closed until Monday, however Service Canada on Tuesday told Global News the passport office will now remain closed until further notice.

Other areas of Canada Place have since reopened.

While there are several Service Canada offices in Edmonton, the downtown passport office is the only site in northern Alberta where people can request — for an extra fee —.0 an urgent delivery (next business day). That site also processes express delivery (two to nine business days) and delivery in 10 business days.

The normal wait time is more than 20 days with the passport being delivered via Canada Post — which isn’t an option now, amid the Canada Post strike that’s gone on for nearly a month.