08 OCTOBER 2026, WHITEHORSE, YT. The Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver conducted its fourth consular outreach mission for this year last 3-4 October 2026 in Whitehorse, YT at the Yukon Tourism Education Center (YTEC). The outreach team was assisted by volunteers from the Canadian-Filipino Association in Yukon (CFAY).
PCG Vancouver’s One Country Team was led by Vice Consul Marco Harder and was joined by Ms. Carlota Halili-Castaneda, Ms. Marilou Barrion, Ms. Christina Aquino, Mr. Arnel Anacion, and Mr. Ruel Penaflorida to deliver core consular services such as passport applications, notarization of documents, and processing civil registration documents. Labor Attache Maya Valderrama, Mr. Neil Justin Nicolas 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 Yukon Territory to register in time for the 2028 elections. All in all, the outreach mission rendered 243 consular and other services. The outreach mission was also able to register 81 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, Yukon is home to 1,945 Filipinos, representing more than 5% of the territory’s population. END
