Searching in Quebec

The provisions of the Act to amend the Civil Code and other legislative provisions as regards adoption and the disclosure of information  came into force in their entirety on June 16, 2018. The Act amends certain rules of confidentiality, relating to the identities of adopted persons and biological parents who have given up a child.

Individuals adopted in Québec or biological parents of a child adopted in Québec

Centralized call service

A centralized telephone number has been set up to provide services to adopted persons and biological parents.

Please find below the link to the information sheet provided by the Quebec government. Read VERY carefully as it is extremely complicated and bureaucratic.

NOTE: ONLY ADOPTEES can apply for their birth mother’s name (Quebec calls this the ‘parent of origin’). Birth parents DO NOT have the right to request the adoptive name of their relinquished child.

The centralized service is accessible by email or telephone at 1- 888- 441- 7889.

Attention all Quebec Adoptees:

1. Registration Form – Identity and Disclosure Veto and Contact Form

http://msssa4.msss.gouv.qc.ca/intra/formres.nsf/f7f6e601c73ef53b85256e1a006ba71f/1c94f4b377200d7e852582ad0052c7de/$FILE/AS-720A_DT9441%20(2018-05)%20S.PDF 

Adoptees in Quebec must wait one year after the death of a birth parent for their name to be released. Keep applying!
If you learned that your birth parent had died in a previous contact with the social agency, be sure to attach any letters with your registration form. It will speed up the process.

Attention all Quebec Birth Parents:

The following services are offered to adopted persons:

• Obtain information on the application of the Act
• Access your original first and last names
• Access a biological parent’s identity, if the latter has been dead for more than 12 months
• Obtain the form that :
  • o Authorizes disclosure of your identity, personal information, or both, so that your biological parents can contact you (Withdrawal of an Identity Disclosure Veto or a Contact Veto form)

The following services are offered to biological parents:

• Obtain information on the application of the Act
• Obtain the forms that allow you to
  • Refuse disclosure of your identity and personal information in order to prevent contact (Identity Disclosure Veto and Contact Veto form)
  • Authorize disclosure of your identity and/or personal information, if a veto had been registered, so that your adopted child can contact you (Withdrawal of an Identity Disclosure Veto or a Contact Veto form)