Birth Certificates
NEW! - July 25/07 - For many years, the ORG has maintained an office at 900 Bay Street. in Toronto that provided Emergency Service for clients who submitted an appliation in person. The ORG's Toronto Office as of July 30th will be available at the new Downtown Toronto Service Ontario Centre located at 777 Bay Street, Lower Level.


The Ontario Government requires

that the birth of every child born in the Province of Ontario must be registered with the municipal clerk of the municipality in which the child was born, within 30 days of the date of birth.


Registration

To register, please complete the Statement of Live Birth received from the hospital. Forward the Statement of Live Birth, together with $25.00 to the Town of Ingersoll, 130 Oxford Street 2nd Floor Ingersoll, Ontario, N5C 2V5. Please make cheques payable to the “Town of Ingersoll”. In person, cash or debit are also accepted.

Please remember to use only blue or black ink to complete the Statement of Live Birth. Should you make a mistake, simply stroke a line through the error. Both parents must initial the change. Do not use correction fluid or the form will be void. The Ingersoll Division Registrar will forward your newborn’s information to the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay.

In approximately 10 – 12 weeks, you will receive a Notice of Registration from the Registrar General in Thunder Bay. This letter is to confirm that all the information submitted is correct. You may then request a birth certificate from the Office of the Registrar General. Requests for birth certificate forms are available from the Clerks Office or electronically at

    Link to external websiteRequest for Birth Certificates (11076)

You should receive a birth certificate in 6 - 8 weeks from mailing the request form

If proof of birth for a newborn baby is required for travel purposes, prior to a Birth Certificate being available, a “Division Registrar’s Statement” is available for a fee of $25.00


Lost, Stolen, Damaged/Destroyed Birth Certificates

Applications for Birth Certificates can be obtained from the Town of Ingersoll Town Hall, 130 Oxford Street 2nd floor, Ingersoll, Ontario, or downloaded from

    Link to external websiteRequest for Birth Certificates (11076)

The Provice of Ontario now offers an online registration process and status update (subject to some conditions). For further information, please visit their website at

    Link to external websiteBirth Certificates

To obtain a Birth Certificate, the application can be mailed or faxed to the Office of the Registrar General in Thunder Bay. It generally takes 6 – 8 weeks to obtain the Birth Certificate once the application has been mailed


Emergency Services

Emergency Services now takes two full business days, excluding delivery. If you require Emergency Services, please take the completed request, together with proof of urgency to the public counter in Toronto between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. There is an additional fee for this service and some restrictions apply. The address for the public counter is

    Toronto Counter
    Macdonald Block, Room M2-49
    900 Bay St., 2nd Floor (Bay and Wellesley)
    Toronto, ON M7A 1Y5


For further information, please contact the City Clerk's office at
    Business phone numberTel: 519-485-0120
    Email: clerks@ingersoll.ca


Or The Office of the Registrar General, 189 Red River Road, PO Box 4600, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 6L8, 1-800-461-2156 or visit their website at
    Business phone numberTel: 1-800-461-2156
    Link to external websitewww.orgforms.gov.on.ca/eForms/start.do