I am a Birth Parent (My Child was Adopted) - Post-Adoption Birth Information

Beginning June 1st, 2009, you can apply for more information from birth and adoption records.

This information is called post-adoption birth information. It includes identifying information, like the name your child was given after being adopted.

Post-adoption birth information services include:

  • Information from adoption orders and Ontario birth registrations for birth parents
  • Copies of adoption orders and Ontario birth registrations for adopted adults
  • Disclosure vetoes for birth parents and adopted adults to protect their privacy. Read the section on disclosure vetoes to learn more
  • No contact notices for birth parents and adopted adults who don’t want to be contacted by each other. Read the section on notices to learn more
  • Notices of contact preference for birth parents and adopted adults who know how they want to be contacted. Read the section on notices to learn more

Important Information

  • Post-adoption birth information will include identifying information, like your name
  • If you don’t want the adopted person to know your identity, you must file a disclosure veto
  • If the adoption was finalized before September 1, 2008, you can file a disclosure veto
  • No contact notices and notices of contact preference can also be filed

Applying for post-adoption birth information

  • The adopted person must have been born in Ontario and the adoption registered in Ontario
  • The adopted person must be at least 19 years old
  • Download the birth parent’s guide to Post-Adoption Birth Information and the Post-Adoption Birth Information application form, or call 416-325-8305 or 1-800-461-2156 (TTY 416-325-3408) to get more information
  • This is a free service
  • Send your application by mail, registered mail or courier only
  • Due to a high volume of applications, there is currently no standard processing time and we will not be able to confirm that we received your application

Already applied?

  • Any applications for disclosure of post-adoption birth information received before June 1st, 2009 will be processed beginning on June 1, 2009
  • If your contact information (address and telephone number) has changed, please contact us to obtain a Notice of Address Change form to have your application updated.  Call 416-325-8305 or 1-800-461-2156 (TTY 416-325-3408) to get more information

More Information

  1. Child Born Outside Ontario

    • If the adopted person was born outside Ontario, you will need to contact the province where the birth took place

  2. Disclosure Veto Filed

    • If the adopted person filed a disclosure veto, you will not receive post-adoption birth information
    • Instead, you’ll get a copy of the disclosure veto including any statement that was filed by the adopted person with the disclosure veto. This statement may include medical or family history and/or the reasons he or she does not want identifying information released
    • Adopted adults and birth parents have been able to apply for disclosure vetoes since September 1, 2008. Read the section on disclosure vetoes to learn more.
    • Disclosure vetoes are no longer in effect after the person who filed the veto withdraws it, or after the Office of the Registrar General has evidence that the person who filed the veto has died

  3. No Contact Notice Filed

    • If the adopted person filed a no contact notice, you must agree in writing not to contact him or her before you can receive your post-adoption birth information
    • Once you have agreed not to contact him or her, you will receive the post-adoption birth information along with a copy of the no contact notice and any statement which he or she may have filed containing medical or family history and/or reasons for not wanting contact

  4. Notice of Contact Preference Filed

    • If the adopted person filed a notice of contact preference, you will receive your post-adoption birth information along with a copy of the notice that tells you how he or she would like to be contacted

 

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