The Office Hours and Major Chinese Holidays

Office Hours (except Chinese holidays)
Consular Office: 09:00-13:00, Monday-Friday
Other offices: 09:00-12:00, 14:00-17:30, Monday-Friday

Major Chinese holidays

Holiday	Number of days the Embassy will be closed
New Year's Day (January 1)	1
Spring Festival (Chinese New year's Day)	3
International Labor Day (May 1)	3
Chinese National Day (October 1)	3

Note: If you want to know more information about holidays, please refer to the website: http://www.chinaembassycanada.org/eng/default.htm In the NEWS section, there are Holiday Announcement.

The information of Chinese Consulates in Canada

Chinese Consulate	Tel	Fax	Address	Consular Districts
Calgary	+1-403-2643322 Visa Office: +1-403-5371247	+1-403-2646656	1011 6th Ave. S.W., Suite 100, Calgary, AB T2P 0W1	Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern Territories
Toronto	+1-416-9647260	+1-416-3246468	240 St. George Street, Toronto Ontario M5R 2P4	Ontario, Manitoba
Vancouver	+1-604-7365188	+1-604-7370154	3380 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3K3	British Colombia, the Yukon Territory

Visa Fees
Please pay by cash, money order, or certificated checks. The payee is 'Chinese Embassy'.

1. Regular Visa Fee per Person
The regular visa fee for American citizens is adjusted since August 1, 2007. No matter of the number of entries, the individual applicant is charged CAD 110 while the group visa is charged CAD 90 per person. The expedited service fee doesn't change.

Visa Types	American Citizens	Citizens of Other Countries
Single-Entry Visa with 3-month Validity	CAD 110	CAD 50
Double-Entry Visa with 6-month Validity	CAD 110	CAD 75
Multi-Entry Visa with 6-month Validity	CAD 110	CAD 100
Multi-Entry Visa with 12-month Validity	CAD 110	CAD 150

2. Expedited Service Fee per Person
The regular processing time of a visa is 4 working days. For urgent cases, expedited service is available. Moreover, extra fees will be charged as following:

1 working day processing (applications need be presented before 11:00.)	CAD 50
2-3 working days processing	CAD 35