What is a birth registration?
Birth registration in Ontario is a two-step process. Two forms must be submitted and matched in order for a birth registration to occur. The first form, the Notice of Live Birth form, is completed by medical staff and submitted to the Office of the Registrar General (Province of Ontario). The second form, the Statement of Live Birth form, is completed by parents of newborns using either a paper form or the Newborn Registration Service online and is then submitted directly to the Office of the Registrar General. It is the matching of these two forms that creates a birth registration. Once the birth is registered, a birth certificate or certified copy of the birth registration can be obtained and used as proof of identity or to request documents such as Passports or Ontario Health Cards.
