Open ProvincesDocuments and ID in Yukon: birth certificate and change of name
Who issues birth certificates in Yukon, how to order one, how a legal change of name works and what to update afterwards.
Who issues your documents
Birth, marriage and death certificates and legal changes of name in Yukon are handled by Office of the Registrar of Vital Statistics. It can only issue documents for events registered in Yukon: for a birth, marriage or death elsewhere, order from the province or territory where it happened.
Order a birth certificate
Certificates are issued only for births, marriages and deaths that occurred in Yukon; for a birth elsewhere in Canada, order from that province or territory. Forms and the change-of-name application are on the Yukon site.
- Ask for the long form (it shows your parents) if the certificate is for a passport, immigration or citizenship file: the short form is often not enough.
- Order well before you travel or apply: processing times vary and can be long. Rush options exist in some provinces.
- Have the person's full name, date and place of birth, and their parents' names ready, exactly as they were registered.
- You will need to prove who you are; only certain people can apply (the person, a parent, a guardian or an authorized representative).
Official page: birth certificates ↗ (our automatic checker could not open this site)
Change your name
- Marriage or divorce: in most provinces you can start using your spouse's surname, or go back to your birth surname, without a legal change of name: you show the marriage certificate or divorce papers. Check your province's page.
- Any other change is a legal change of name made through the province's vital statistics office. Many provinces now require a criminal record check, often with fingerprints, and some publish the change in a government gazette.
- Residency rules, minimum ages, consent for children and fees are set by each province: use the official page and plan for several weeks or months.
Official page: change of name ↗ (our automatic checker could not open this site)
After a name change: update the rest
- Social insurance number record, then the CRA and Service Canada (see our SIN guide).
- Passport (see our passport guide), health card and driver's licence.
- Bank, employer, insurers, landlord and online accounts (see government online accounts).
Moving to Yukon from another province? See our moving checklist and the moving page for Yukon.
Procedures only: fees, forms and waiting times change, so each official page above is the authority. Quebec has its own rules: see AtlasQuébec.
Guides for this province
- Renting in Yukon: rights, rent increases and average rents
- Working in Yukon: minimum wage, standards and wages
- Moving to Yukon: health card, driver's licence and taxes
- Cost of living in Yukon: prices, rent, wages and taxes
- Buying a home in Yukon: land transfer tax, rebates and first-time buyer help
- Health care in Yukon: health card, drug plans and dental help
- Studying in Yukon: tuition, student aid and grants
- Seniors in Yukon: pensions, supplements and programs
- Taxes in Yukon: income tax rates, sales tax and take-home pay (2026)
- Families in Yukon: child benefits and family programs
- Documents and ID in Yukon: birth certificate and change of name
- Starting a business in Yukon: register a name, GST/HST and licences
- Problems and disputes in Yukon: consumer complaints, small claims, workplace injury and legal aid
- Driving and vehicles in Yukon: switching your licence and what is required
- Photo ID card in Yukon without a driver's licence: who can apply, documents and fee
- Getting married in Yukon: marriage licence, fees and documents
- Health card in Yukon: who qualifies, waiting period and how to register
- When someone dies in Yukon: death certificate, estate and probate
- Registering a child for school in Yukon: age, documents and where to sign up
- Child care in Yukon: fees, finding a space and subsidies
- Immigrating to Yukon: nominee program, steps and processing times
- Accessible parking permit in Yukon: how to apply
- Alcohol rules in Yukon: legal age and where to buy
- Car insurance in Yukon: what is compulsory and where to buy it
- Cannabis rules in Yukon: legal age, where to buy and where to use
- Disability income and supports in Yukon: how to apply
- Prescription drug coverage in Yukon: public plans and how to enrol
- Emergency preparedness in Yukon: alerts, evacuation and your 72-hour kit
- Separation, parenting and child support in Yukon: free help and enforcement
- Help for family violence and victims of crime in Yukon
- Fishing and hunting licences in Yukon: where to buy and what you need
- Health advice line (811) in Yukon: speak to a nurse any time
- Indigenous relations and services in Yukon: who does what
- Marriage licence fee in Yukon
- New drivers in Yukon: graduated licensing stages and minimum ages
- Provincial parks and camping reservations in Yukon
- Probate fees in Yukon: what an estate pays
- Social assistance in Yukon: how to apply for income support
- Social housing and rent help in Yukon: how to apply
- Student loans and grants in Yukon: where to apply
- Voting in Yukon: register, check your status and find your election office
- Wills, powers of attorney and health care directives in Yukon