16 OCTOBER 2026, YELLOWKNIFE, NWT. The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver conducted its fifth consular outreach mission for this year last 10 October 2026 in Yellowknife, NWT at Quality Inn Yellowknife. The outreach team was assisted by volunteers from the Philippine Cultural Association in Yellowknife (PCAY).
PCG Vancouver’s One Country Team was led by Vice Consul Marco Harder and was joined by Mr. Joel Roces, Ms. Eleanor De La Cruz, Mr. Celso Magpile, Ms. Dorotea Apostol, and Mr. Kervin Mon Perez to deliver core consular services such as passport applications, notarization of documents, and processing civil registration documents. Ms. Ann Jelyka Gubat of Migrant Workers Office (MWO) - Vancouver, and Mr. Darwin Soria rendered their respective agencies’ services as well as address queries from clients present at the outreach mission. Facilities for registering as an overseas voter were also made available by the team in order to provide eligible Filipinos in the Northwest Territories to register in time for the 2028 elections. All in all, the outreach mission rendered 65 consular and other services. The outreach mission was also able to register 22 overseas voters during the same weekend.
The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver has consular jurisdiction in British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories. According to the 2021 Canadian Census, The Northwest Territories is home to 1,6655 Filipinos, representing more than 4% of the territory’s population. END
