To obtain a copy of a certificate, please contact the Vital Statistics Office of the province or territory in which the event occurred:

• Alberta
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Northwest Territories
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Québec
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon

Please note that there is no central registry of births, deaths and marriages in Canada.

For your information, pocket sized birth certificates cannot be legalized. An extended ('long form') birth certificate with full names of parents is required.

Please use this form to request information on where to obtain a copy of your divorce certificate.

You will get back specific details on where to find a copy of your divorce decree or certificate. This service could save you hours of suffering through voice mail and being pointlessly transferred from one clerk to another.

You don't get a divorce certificate directly from this source, but you will get the details of the court file number and location of the court where the judgment was rendered.

With this, you will know exactly where to go to get the divorce certificate you need.

Forms for Nunavut and Yukon are not listed here yet. If we find them we will add them to this list.