Menu
If you are unable to find the service you are looking for, just Click Here to contact us and we can help you.
Vital statistics are crucial records documenting significant life events. In Alberta, these records encompass events like births, marriages, deaths, and legal name changes. This page offers an overview of the various vital statistics services provided in Alberta.
The Government keeps a record of all registered births that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for these births.
There are 3 kinds of birth documents you can order:
The Government keeps a record of all registered deaths that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for these deaths.
All certificates are certified extracts of the original Registration of Death.
Altering and/or laminating Vital Statistics documents makes them invalid.
There are 3 kinds of death documents you can order:
Death Certificate
Photocopy of a Registration of Death
Photocopy of a Medical Certificate of Death
A marriage licence shows the person performing your marriage that you have met all the legal requirements to be married in Alberta.
There are no residency or citizenship requirements.
There is no time period that must pass between the date a couple arrives in Alberta and the date a marriage licence is issued.
A marriage licence is valid for 3 months from the date it is issued.
A marriage ceremony may take place the same day a marriage licence is issued. There is no waiting time.
An Alberta marriage licence is only valid for an Alberta marriage. The marriage ceremony must take place in Alberta.
If you are currently married, you cannot apply for an Alberta marriage licence.
The Government keeps a record of all registered marriages that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for these marriages.
Altering and/or laminating Vital Statistics documents makes them invalid.
There are 3 kinds of marriage documents you can order:
Marriage Certificate
Photocopy of a Registration of Marriage
Marriage Search Letter
The Government keeps a record of all registered legal changes of name that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for these.
All certificates are certified extracts of the original legal change of name registration.
There is only one kind of change of name document you can order:
Legal Change of Name Certificate
The Government keeps a record of all registered stillbirths that take place in Alberta and can only issue documents for these stillbirths.
What is Still Birth?
-When you have been pregnant for 20 weeks or longer and your baby dies before or during birth, it is called a stillbirth
Altering or laminating Vital Statistics documents makes them invalid.
There are 3 kinds of stillbirth documents you can order:
Certificate of Registration of Stillbirth
Photocopy of a Registration of Stillbirth
Photocopy of a Medical Certificate of Stillbirth
If you find an error on an Alberta record, you may be able to correct it with an amendment.
Alberta vital statistics (event) records, such as birth, marriage, death and stillbirth, may be corrected with an amendment.
When amending a record, the following documentation is needed:
Evidence to support the correction
Vital Statistics will tell you what kind of evidence you will need for your amendment, if required
An affidavit Vital Statistics will prepare an affidavit for you, based on what is being corrected if you are swearing/affirming the affidavit in Canada, it may be executed by a Commissioner for Oaths or Notary Public if you are swearing/affirming the affidavit outside Canada, it may be executed by a Notary Public or a person with the authority to execute affidavits in that jurisdiction Guide to Completing an Affidavit (PDF, 468 KB)
If an event happened outside Alberta, contact the jurisdiction where the event occurred to request an amendment.