Canadian Birth Certificate

Requests should be sent directly to the appropriate provincial vital statistics office.

Canadian birth certificate. The Short Form or Small This certificate is printed on a small card. Rush service is not available for babies within their first 16 weeks. They do not need to be notarized.

Choose the type of Birth Certificate. Standard certificates or copies of the birth registration. Even more important is getting them attested whether it be a birth certificate attestation or housing documents authentication.

Requirements and fees vary from province to province and will be presented after you select the province and category of certificate. Registration can take 10 to 16 weeks from the date the birth marriage or death took place depending on the event. Canadian birth certificates must be obtained from the vital statistics office of the province in which the event occurred.

Civil governments have created records of births marriages and deaths commonly called vital records because they refer to critical events in a persons life. Notarized copies if you need a copy it must be issued by the appropriate vital statistics office issued by religious institutions. Birth certificates in Canada are issued by the individual Province or Territory where the birth took place.

What is a Birth Certificate and why do you Need one in Canada. There are basically three types of birth certificates that can be issued. Many applications such as passport require this birth certificate for children up to the age of 16.

The certificate is 125 cm wide by 176 cm high. Once a childs birth is registered the parent s or guardian s may request a birth certificate for that child. See also Canadian Vital Records KP for additional information about online sources.