Apostille for a birth certificate from Canada
A birth certificate from Canada is apostilled by Global Affairs Canada or the provincial authority (ON, QC, BC, AB, SK) since January 2024. We organise it for you – including the fresh original and any pre-certification – add a sworn translation if needed, and deliver worldwide.
Start your birth certificate apostille
No payment before quote- Upload a scan, 2 min
- Verify with your phone
- Delivered by courier or download
Let us get this done for you
- Apostille from 8 hours
- Written quote before you pay
- Encrypted, no account needed
- 1Upload a scanWe pre-check it and confirm the route
- 2Verify with your phoneID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
- 3We obtain the apostilleCompetent authority + sworn translation
- 4DeliveredCourier worldwide or protected download
Who issues it, who apostilles it
Provincial vital statistics agency
Global Affairs Canada or the provincial authority (ON, QC, BC, AB, SK) since January 2024
Where a Canada birth certificate with apostille is accepted
- Canada → United StatesApostille
- Canada → United KingdomApostille
- Canada → GermanyApostille
- Canada → SpainApostille
- Canada → ItalyApostille
- Canada → FranceApostille
- Canada → AustraliaApostille
- Canada → United Arab EmiratesLegalisation required
- Canada → Saudi ArabiaApostille
- Canada → TürkiyeApostille
- Canada → NetherlandsApostille
What we need from you
- A recent original certificate or certified extract with a handwritten signature and seal (we can order a fresh one from the registry in most countries)
- Country of issue, destination country and purpose – so we can check whether an apostille is needed at all
- Optional: target language for a sworn translation
Most recipients want a sworn translation into their language. CIEC states accept the international multilingual extract (Formule A) without translation.
Canada birth certificate apostille: questions
Global Affairs Canada or the provincial authority (ON, QC, BC, AB, SK) since January 2024. Issued by: Provincial vital statistics agency
Yes. The apostille must be issued in Canada, but you do not have to be there: we organise a suitable original where possible, the submission to the competent authority and delivery of the apostilled birth certificate anywhere. The notary reviews your application first.
It is accepted in every other Convention country. Non-Convention countries such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait need consular legalisation instead.
The HCCH record lists: Authentication Services Section at the headquarters in Ottawa: $0 Canadian missions abroad: $50/document E-Register: https://apostille-gac.powerappsportals.com/en/eregister-eregistre/ The Authentication Services Section . Official fees are passed through 1:1 and shown separately in your quote.
No. An apostille certifies the signature of the official who issued the document, so only the issuing country can attach it. A birth certificate from Colombia is apostilled in Colombia even if you live in Berlin. That is exactly what Notaryzer organises – through the online e-apostille systems where they exist, otherwise through our partners on site.
Yes. The apostille is attached to the original certificate or a certified extract freshly issued by the registry, never to a photocopy or a scan. Where the registry issues certificates online (Colombia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Spain, parts of the US), the electronic version can carry an electronic apostille.
The Convention sets no limit, but many destination countries – Türkiye, Italy for marriages, most of Latin America, the Gulf states – want a certificate issued within the last six months. We recommend ordering a fresh certificate together with the apostille.
Birth certificate from other countries
Canada birth certificate, apostilled and delivered
Fresh original, authority, translation and courier in one request – quoted before you pay.
Questions? Write to [email protected]