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Order a copy of birth registration in Canada
You require a copy of your child's birth registration in Canada to find out whether a name declaration is necessary? Further Information on where to order the necessary document can be found here:
You are married, do not carry a family name according to German law and have declared your child’s name at the time of birth registration with a Canadian civil registrar? The name declaration as part of the birth registration in Canada may be valid under German law also, if a last name of one parent was selected. The declaration has to be signed by both parents, an electronic signature suffices.
If you can present a copy of the Canadian birth registration as proof of the name declaration, no further name declaration is necessary. You can order the certified copy of birth registration with Vital Statistics of the province where your child was born.
Province / Territory | Which document is required? | competent Canadian authority |
Alberta | photocopy of a registration of birth | |
British Columbia | certified electronic extract of a birth registration (seit 01.01.2000) bzw. certified copy of birth registration (vor 01.01.2000) | |
Manitoba | certified copy of the registration of birth | |
New Brunswick | certified copy of birth registration | |
Newfoundland & Labrador | certified copy of birth registration | |
Northwest Territories | certified copy of birth registration | |
Nova Scotia | certified copy of birth registration | |
Nunavut | restricted photocopy of registration | |
Ontario | certified copy of birth registration | |
Prince Edward Islands | certified copy of registration of birth | |
Québec | copy of an act of birth/ copie d’acte de naissance | |
Saskatchewan | certified copy of the original birth Registration | |
Yukon | certified copy of birth registration |
If you are unsure whether a separate name declaration is required, you can contact us ahead of an appointment using our contact form.
