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After such a certificate is issued, one's gender may be amended on a Quebec birth certificate. If one was born outside Quebec, the birth certificate will be designated a semi-authentic act pursuant to Article 137 of the Civil Code. [64] Previously, Quebec required applicants to be Canadian citizens.
In Québec, the Directeur de l’état civil is authorized to issue authentic civil status documents, such as certificates and copies of acts of birth, marriage, civil union and death. The Directeur de l’état civil has been under the responsibility of Services Québec since April 1, 2008..
In the case of applying for a U.S. passport, not all legitimate government-issued birth certificates are acceptable: A certified birth certificate has a registrar's raised, embossed, impressed or multicolored seal, registrar's signature, and the date the certificate was filed with the registrar's office, which must be within 1 year of your birth.
Although it is still permitted to list multiple names on a birth certificate, it is uncommon for people to even be aware of their other given names, and the practice of using religious names became increasingly rarer after the Quiet Revolution as baptism ceremonies gradually became less common. The Quebec government officially recommends not ...
As of March 2021, an administrative process rather than a court-ordered process is legal for establishing parentage. However, the surrogate's name will still initially appear on the birth certificate, and a court order is required for the name to be removed from the birth certificate. [9] [7]
The ministry was founded on 5 November 1968, a decision made by then Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.The reasons for the creation of the ministry were: to prevent French from losing its dominant position in Quebec society as the birth rate of French Canadians fell, and to attract immigrants from the French-speaking world to Quebec. [2]
The Directeur de l'état civil will amend a Quebec birth certificate if a name change certificate is issued by another province. Some have used that loophole to legally change their names by temporarily moving to another Canadian province or territory, which follow more permissive common law rules.
Minister of Families (French: Ministère de la Famille) of Quebec is responsible for families and seniors in the province. Since October 20, 2022 , Suzanne Roy has served as minister. [ 1 ]