Birth Certificates
A birth certificate is an important personal document. It is required when:
- you must demonstrate your legal identity or family ties
- you must prove your age, sex or nationality
- travelling abroad or applying for a passport
- applying for health services, a social insurance number or a driver’s
licence
- enrolling a child in school
- settling an estate.
Who may apply for a birth certificate
How to order a birth certificate
Types of birth certificates
Popular baby names in Saskatchewan
Who may apply for a birth certificate
- the person named on the birth registration
- individuals recorded as parents on the birth registration
- legal representative (e.g. guardian, solicitor or legal agent) of the person
whose name appears on the birth registration
- spouse of the person whose name appears on the birth registration
- an agent, or any other person, on the written authorization of the person
concerned or the parents
- a person who requires the certificate for use in a court of law, for adoption
or for settlement of an estate
- an officer of the Crown for official purposes
- government departments approved by the Director of Vital Statistics when required
for legal or other legitimate purposes.
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How to order a birth certificate
- Complete an Application
for Certificate form, providing all relevant information with respect to the
application.
- The fee must accompany the application
in the form of a cheque, money order, or credit card (VISA or MasterCard). Cheques
or money orders should be made payable to Saskatchewan Health.
- Apply in person at the Vital Statistics office, by fax (if paying by credit
card only) or by mail.
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Applications for certificates can be made to:
Vital Statistics
Saskatchewan Health
100-1942 Hamilton St
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4W2
Telephone: (306) 787-3251
Toll Free: 1-800-667-7551(In Sask. Only)
Fax: (306) 787-2288
Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Types of birth certificates
Small Certificate (9.5 cm x 6.4 cm)
- Contains the individual’s full name, date of birth, place of birth, sex,
registration number and registration date.
- View Sample of a Small Birth Certificate
Frame Certificate (21.6 cm x 17.8 cm)
- Contains the individual’s full name, date of birth, place of birth, sex,
registration number and registration date as well as the parents’ full names
and their province/state or country of birth.
- View Sample of a Frame Birth Certificate
Certified Photocopy of Birth Registration (21.5 cm x 35.4 cm)
Genealogical Photocopy of Registration (21.5 cm x 35.4 cm)
Birth Registration
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