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50×70mm Passport Photo

50×70mm is the size published for Canadian passport photos by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

50×70mm in pixels, at print resolution

Millimeters aren't directly useful for a digital file — printing needs a pixel count at a given resolution (DPI). Here's 50×70mm converted at the two resolutions most photo labs and home printers use:

ResolutionPixel size
300 DPI591 × 827 px
600 DPI1181 × 1654 px

Vekyo's printable PDF renders at 600 DPI so a print shop can't reject it for low resolution — you don't need to pick a pixel size yourself.

Good to know about 50×70mm

  • At roughly 2×2.75 inches, 50×70mm doesn't match a standard commercial photo print size (like 4×6in), so a home or drugstore print run needs the exact dimensions specified rather than a generic "passport photo" preset — Vekyo's printable PDF is sized precisely for this, not just approximated.
  • Canada uses this same 50×70mm frame size for both its passport and its PR (Permanent Resident) card photo — but the two documents still have independent head-height and background rules, so check the specific one you need rather than assuming identical requirements end-to-end.

Which documents use this size

This list is generated directly from Vekyo's requirement catalog — see each document's page for full details, official source, and last-verified date.

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