Civil Registration - Canada, Saskatchewan

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Civil Registration - Canada, Saskatchewan

Registration of births, deaths and marriages commenced 1895*

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Name of Individual			may include current place of residence of deceased	Historical BMDs are in the process of being indexed and made searchable online at Saskatchewan Vital Statistics. Currently available are births more than 100 years ago; deaths that occurred prior to 1917; while marriages more than 75 years ago are not yet available. Work on the marriage index will commence after the index of deaths has been completed. Current and non-historical certificates are subject to stringent privacy laws that govern who can apply for birth and marriage certificates. Vital Statistics advises that sources other than civil BMDs should be consulted for genealogical information wherever possible. Visit their website noted in the 'How to Obtain' column of this chart for full particulars.
Marital Status			may include name of spouse
Age		with date and place of birth of both parties. More complete on later certificates.	may include date of birth
Occupation
Date of Event
Place of Event
Name of Father	may not have been included on early certificates		included on later certificates
Father's Occupation
If Father Living
Place of birth of Father	may not have been included on early certificates		included on later certificates along with date of birth
Name of Mother			included on later certificates
Maiden Surname of Mother			surname recorded is her name as of the birth event of the deceased
Mother's Occupation
If Mother Living
Place of birth of Mother			included on later certificates along with date of birth
Witnesses
Relationship of Witnesses to Individual
Addresses of Witnesses
Name of Informant of Event
Relationship of Informant to Individual
Address of Informant
Changes to Information on certificates	A few births were recorded back to 1888. Note that many early birth certificates do not contain the father's name even if the parents were married to each other.	A few marriages were recorded back to 1878.	A few deaths were recorded back to 1888. Cause of death is not included on certificates.

How to Obtain

* Some BMDs registered starting in 1895 while Saskatchewan was still considered as being in the Northwest Territories. Saskatchewan became a province during 1905 at which time BMDs became the responsibility of the province. BMDs kept more systematically as of 1920 but full registration was not achieved until 1930.

By Telephone:
Toll free: 1-800-667-7551 (Canada and US)
Phone: 306-787-3251 (Regina area or outside Saskatchewan)
Fax: 306-787-8951

Online:
To search historic certificates before ordering
Certificate application forms online

By mail:
Health Registries
2130 11th Avenue
Regina SK
Canada
S4P 0J5
Email: vitalstatistics@ehealthsask.ca

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