Birth Certificates

• Nova Scotia legislature discusses modernizing birth registration process, parental recognition

  Calls to modernize Nova Scotia's birth registration process come amid concerns around the rights of same-sex female couples to display both names on a child's birth certificate.

  Politics

  Apr 11, 2023
  
• Manitoba government must offer gender neutral birth certificates: human rights adjudicator

  Some other provinces have already adopted gender-neutral identity documents.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2019
  
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• New Brunswick adopts third gender marker for those who identify as non-binary

  The province announced this week that it has adopted a third gender marker — (X) — as a non-binary gender identifier for birth certificates.

  Politics

  May 19, 2019
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• Nova Scotia to allow ‘X’ as gender option on birth certificates

  Nova Scotia would join Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta, Yukon and the Northwest Territories in offering 'X' as an option for gender identity.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2018
• Court orders Sask. government to allow removal of gender from birth certificates

  Saskatchewan is the first jurisdiction in Canada where the courts have ordered the government to allow the removal of gender markers on birth certificates.

  Canada

  May 25, 2018
• Newfoundland to allow switch to gender-neutral birth certificates

  Sex information will still be collected at birth, but people 12 and older will be able to choose an "X" on their birth certificate.

  Canada

  Sep 21, 2017
• Ontario considers more changes to how gender is displayed on government ID

  Ontario is considering more changes to the collection and display of gender information on government documents, not long after announcing gender-neutral driver's licences and health cards.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2016
• B.C. group wants gender removed from birth certificates in Canada

  Should gender be removed from birth certificates in Canada? A group of British Columbians says it should and is taking their fight to the Human Rights Commission, which has agreed to hear their case.

  May 27, 2015