Northwest Territories - Change your Name

ProcedureEdit

To apply, you must complete the change of name application package. Change of Name Application Package: http://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/sites/default/files/application_for_change_of_name_package.pdf

Required DocumentsEdit

Completed change of name application package
Original birth certificates for each person born in Canada and changing a name legally. These birth certificates will not be returned. (If born outside Canada, provide certified copies of immigration papers, permanent resident card or citizenship card.)
All fees must be included with the application.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Email and Web Contact:

NWT Health Care Coverage - visit our NWT health care plan section, or email [email protected].
Vital Statistics (birth, marriage, death certificates, changing your name) - visit our vital statistics section, or email [email protected].
Jobs within the Health and Social Services field - visit our careers section, or email [email protected]
Complaints against Health Professionals - visit our Health Care Service Complaints section.
Questions and concerns about the health and social services system in the Northwest Territories, please contact the System Navigator at [email protected].
Health and Social Services research questions - email [email protected].
General questions and comments - go to our feedback form.
Technical difficulties within this website - email our webmaster.

Telephone Numbers (for residents of the Northwest Territories, Canada)

NWT Health Care Coverage / Vital Statistics: 1-800-661-0830
NWT Hospitals, Health Centres, Clinics and Units
Media Relations: (867) 920-8927
Health and Social Services Employee Information: http://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/health/feeling-sick/hospitals-health-centres-clinics-and-units
- GNWT Employee Directory: http://rdirectory.gov.nt.ca/rDirectory.aspx

Mailing Address:
General
Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife NT X1A 2L9
Canada

EligibilityEdit

You can apply for a legal change of name if you are:

at least 19 years old;
a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or otherwise legally entitled to remain or live in Canada; and
a resident of the Northwest Territories and have lived in the Northwest Territories for at least three months in a row within the one year period before application date.

You may also be eligible if you meet the above requirements, but:

are less than 19 years old; and
are a spouse, or have been a spouse; or
have lawful custody of a child.

FeesEdit

Change of Name (includes one large certificate) - $125.00
Each additional individual included on an adult application - $50.00
Change of Name Certificate (duplicate) - $25.00
Use of Common-Law Spouses Last Name Statutory Declaration (certified copy) - $20.00
Breakdown of Spousal Relationship Statutory Declaration (certified copy) - $20.00

ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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InstructionsEdit

If you want to use your spouse's last name (married or common-law), you do not need to apply for a legal change of name.
Applications must be accompanied with the required fee in the form of a cheque or money order payable to the Government of the Northwest Territories. Payment may also be made by credit card. The fee includes one change of name certificate.
Most changes of name will be published in the Northwest Territories Gazette. Information that will be shared in the notice is the persons full former and present names, the persons date of birth, the name of the community in which the person resides and the effective date of the change.

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Need for the DocumentEdit

Changing your name is an important decision. Your name is your identity. Therefore, to protect you from identity fraud, changes to your name must be recorded accurately and securely.

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External LinksEdit

Changing your Name: http://www.hss.gov.nt.ca/vital-statistics/changing-your-name

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