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Manitoba - Change your Identification or Name

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ProcedureEdit

  • A person can apply to the director of Vital Statistics to change his or her name.
  • Once the prescribed fee has been paid and an application accepted, the Vital Statistics Agency will issue a change of name certificate, amend birth and marriage records to reflect the new name and publish notice of the change in the Manitoba Gazette.
  • The Vital Statistics Agency will forward this information to another province if the person was born or married there, but the person will be responsible for any costs to change birth or marriage records in that province.
  • The person changing their name must make arrangements to change their name on other documents and records-such as a driver's license and credit cards.



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Required DocumentsEdit

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.



Office Locations & ContactsEdit

  • Office Address and Contact Information

Vital Statistics Agency
Main Floor 254 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg MB R3C 0B6
Phone: 945-3701
Service en francais: 945-5500
Fax: 948-3128
Toll free: 1-800-282-8069 (Ext. 3701)
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.manitoba.ca/cca/vital

  • Manitoba Government Inquiry:

Tel: 204-945-3744
Toll Free in North America: 1-866-626-4862
TTY: 204-945-4796
Email: [email protected]
Hours:
Monday to Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CST

  • Online Inquiry:

http://www.gov.mb.ca/contact/index.html



EligibilityEdit

This information applies to Manitoba residents.



FeesEdit

  • For a legal change of name including Manitoba Gazette fee: $130.88

for a legal change of name for each additional family member included in the same application: $50.00



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InstructionsEdit

CHANGE OF NAME AT TIME OF MARRIAGE OR COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIP

  • The law in Manitoba does not require a person to change their last name when they get married. Both spouses have the right to use:
    • their own last name
    • their spouse's last name
    • a combination of both last names, hyphenated or not, in any order they choose
    • their spouse's last name, with their own last name as a given or middle name
  • A married person does not have to apply to the Vital Statistics Agency for a change of name in any of the above circumstances. The person simply has to use the chosen last name. If a new name is used, a letter with a copy of the marriage certificate should be sent to record holders (such as Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation and credit card companies) so documents and records (such as a driver's license, credit cards) can be changed to the new name.
  • As of January 1, 2003, common-law partners can assume their partners' surname or combine it with their own, in the same way that people can when they marry. A formal name change application is not required, but common-law partners wishing to do this must file a declaration with the Vital Statistics Agency. To qualify as common-law partners under The Change of Name Act, a couple must either have registered their relationship with the Vital Statistics Agency or be cohabiting in a conjugal relationship of some permanence.

CHANGE OF NAME DURING MARRIAGE OR SEPARATION

  • People who changed their last name at the time they married must file a change of name application and obtain a legal change of name if they want to change their name during the marriage. This is so, even if the person wants to resume the use of their last name before marriage or birth surname.

CHANGE OF NAME AFTER DIVORCE OR TERMINATION OF COMMON-LAW RELATIONSHIP OR ON DEATH OF A SPOUSE OR COMMON-LAW PARTNER

  • A divorced or widowed person may resume using the surname they used before marriage, or at birth, without a formal name change through Vital Statistics. On the termination of a common-law relationship or the death of their common-law partner, a person may also resume using the surname they used before the relationship, so long as the person files a declaration with the Vital Statistics Agency.

CHANGING THE NAME OF A CHILD

  • Under The Change of Name Act, the written consent of a child over 12 years of age is required before his or her name can be changed.
  • When parents have joint custody of their children either parent may apply to change the given names or last name of the children. The other parent must consent in writing to the name change. Under The Family Maintenance Act, parents who have lived together after the birth of their child, regardless of whether they are married, have joint custody of the child unless the court orders one parent have sole custody. If the parents of a child have never lived together, then the parent the child lives with has sole custody.
  • A parent with sole custody can apply to change a child's name but must give the other parent notice of the change of name application by registered or certified mail. The other parent can object (oppose the change) and apply to court for an order that the change of name not be granted. The parent will have to prove that the requested change of name would not be in the child's best interests. In extraordinary circumstances, the director of Vital Statistics can process an application to change the name of a child without requiring the consent of a parent or notice to a parent.
  • Widowed parents may apply to the Vital Statistics Agency to change the name of any of their children under age of 18. Children over 12 would have to consent in writing to the proposed change.
  • When a child is adopted, the adoptive parents may choose to have the child keep the name he or she was given at birth, or change the first, middle and/or last name of the child, as long as they comply with the requirements in The Vital Statistics Act.



Required InformationEdit

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.



Need for the DocumentEdit

It is your responsibility to change your name on your personal identification and documents. In most cases, a marriage certificate or change of name certificate will be required.



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