Birth Certificate

Registering a Birth

You need to register your baby’s birth before you can get a birth certificate. When your baby is born, your nurse will help you fill out a form with your baby’s information including their name and parents’ names.

After you register your child’s birth, you can apply for a birth certificate. You can get help filling out forms at your local health centre.

Birth Certificate

A birth certificate is an important personal document that may be used for:

• Legal identity
• Age, sex or nationality
• Travelling to other countries or applying for a passport
• Applying for a Nunavut Health Card, a Social Insurance Number, or a driver’s license
• School enrolment
• Settling an estate
• Accessing old age pension benefits

You can get a birth certificate if you are:

• The person named on the birth registration
• Named as a parent on the live birth registration
• A legal representative (e.g. guardian, solicitor, or legal agent) of the person whose name is on the birth registration
• The spouse of the person whose name is on the birth registration
• An agent, or any other person, with 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
• A government department approved by the Registrar General of Vital Statistics, when required for legal or other legitimate purposes

Get a Birth Certificate

The Department of Health can provide birth certificates dating back to the creation of Nunavut on April 1st, 1999. To get a birth certificate, fill out the following form. Make sure all  your information is correct.

Application Form

Birth Certificate Application Form 

Fee

The fee for all birth certificates is $10.00 per certificate. You can pay by cheque or money order made payable to the Government of Nunavut.

Note: If you are applying for a passport you will need the large birth certificate.

For Nunavummiut born before 1999, the paper birth certificates issued by Vital Statistics in the Northwest Territories can be replaced free of charge. Eligible Nunavummiut can mail in their old birth certificates to the Vital Statistics Office in Northwest Territories along with an application to get a free replacement polymer certificate.

For further information on a replacement polymer certificate, please contact:

Vital Statistics

Health Services Administration Office
Health and Social Services
Bag #9
Inuvik, NT
X0E 0T0

Toll-free: 1-800-661-0830

Phone: 1-867-678-8050

You can also find more information about ordering a birth certificate with the Government of Northwest Territories here.

Mailing Address

Mail completed forms to:

Nunavut Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Box 889
Rankin Inlet, NU
X0C 0G0

Contact

Phone: 867-645-8001
Fax: 867-645-8092
Toll Free: 1-800-661-0833
Email: @email