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How to obtain a certificate
or copy of an act? |
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Complete the form Request for certificate or copy of act
meeting your need
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Select
the type of processing and document
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Send the signed form together with photocopies of identity documents
and payment
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Complete the form
Request for certificate or copy of act meeting your need
You must obtain
the form that meets your need, namely:
Birth
Marriage or civil union
Death
The
authorized forms are available in electonic or paper version.
Downloading electonic forms
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List of places where the different
forms are available in paper version: |
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Birth
Marriage
Civil union |
Death
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Service counters of the Directeur de
l'état civil in city of Québec and Montréal |
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Courthouses |
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Services Québec |
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Majority of Caisses Desjardins
branches |
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CLSC |
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Attention: In order to protect your identity,
we remind you that a certificate or copy of an act may be delivered
only to the person whose name appears on the act used to enter the
event in the register. If the requester is another person, the
latter must justify his or her interest to the Directeur de l'état civil.
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Select
the type of processing and document
Before
presenting a request, the requester is responsible for learning
about the type and format of the document sought from the agency to
which it must be presented.
When the
request concerns the birth of a minor person,
the Directeur de l'état
civil recommends using the full-size birth certificate format since
it mentions the names of the parents.
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Document
type and format |
Information contained in the
document |
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Birth certificate
Abridged
8.7 cm x 5.5 cm |
Surname, given name(s), sex, date and
place of birth, registration number, date of issue, and document
number |
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Birth certificate
Full-size
21.5 cm x 18.5 cm
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Surname, given name(s), sex, date and
place of birth, father's and mother's surnames and given names,
registration number, date of issue, and document number |
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Marriage certificate
21.5 cm x 18.5 cm
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Surnames and given name(s) of spouses,
sex of spouses, date and place of marriage, registration number,
date of issue, and document number |
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Civil union certificate
21.5 cm x 18.5 cm
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Surnames and given name(s) of spouses,
sex of spouses, date and place of civil union, registration number,
date of issue, and document number |
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Death certificate
21.5 cm x 18.5 cm
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Surname, given name(s), sex, date and
place of death, registration number, date of issue, and document
number |
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Copy of act of birth,
marriage, civil union or
death
21.5 cm x 26.7 cm |
Complete reproduction of all
information contained in the act registering the event and the
document number
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The Directeur de l'état civil may handle your request on a normal or
accelerated basis. The cost, processing time and delivery method
varies depending on the type of service chosen. The fee
covers processing the request, the printed document and shipping
fees.
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Normal processing service
Processing time: 3 weeks or more
Delivery by ordinary mail |
$15 per certificate
$20 per copy of an act
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Accelerate processing
service
Processing time: 6 business days or more
Delivery by Xpresspost in Canada
Delivery by ordinary mail outside Canada |
$35 per
certificate
$35 per copy of an act
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Send the signed form together with photocopies of identity documents
and payment
Do not forget to:
sign your request
include your payment (see table above)
include photocopies of two documents
to establish your identity (see
the list of main documents accepted).
To
avoid delays in processing your request, make sure that photocopies
of documents are legible.
If you
cannot furnish a document containing a photograph, you must turn to
an authorized respondent who has known you for at least two years.
To do so, use the form
Guarantor's declaration
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Method for sending request |
Payment mode |
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In person, at one of our service
counters:
City of Québec
Le Directeur de l'état civil
2535, boulevard Laurier, Ground Floor
Sainte-Foy
Montréal
Le Directeur de l'état civil
2050, rue De Bleury, Ground Floor
Montréal |
Credit card*
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank money order
Debit card
Cash
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By mail:
Le
Directeur de l'état civil
2535, boulevard Laurier
Sainte-Foy (Québec)
G1V 5C6 |
Credit card*
Cheque
Postal money order
Bank money order
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By Fax: (418) 646-3255
Note
If you fax your request, the documents may not be clear and your
ID may be illegible. If this occurs, we will be unable to process
your request and additional delays must be anticipated. |
Credit card*
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* If payment
is made by credit card, the card holder must absolutely sign in the space
provided for this purpose in the Payment Mode section of the request form.
You may
contact us for additional information.
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