Depending on your situation, you must provide a document for each child.
For a child born in Canada, but outside Québec:
- a birth certificate issued by the vital statistics office of the province or territory of the child's birth.
For a child born outside Canada:
- one of the following documents as proof in the child's name on which the child's family name, given name and date of birth appear:
- Protected Person Status Document
- Interim Federal Health Certificate of Eligibility
- Permanent Resident Card (both sides)
- certificate of Canadian citizenship (both sides)
- Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5292 or IMM 5688)
- visitor record
- Record of Landing form (IMM 1000)
- Canadian passport
- study permit
- temporary resident permit
or
- a document as proof in the parent's name on which the child's family name, given name and date of birth appear:
- visitor record
- study permit
- temporary resident permit
- work permit.
For an adopted child:
One of the following documents is also accepted as proof:
- certificate of registration of adoption from the Court of Québec
- birth certificate issued by the vital statistics office of a Canadian province or territory
- adoption judgment from Québec or another Canadian province or territory, Declaration of Inuit Customary Adoption or declaration of adoption
- placement order from the Court of Québec
- recognition of an adoption judgment from the Court of Québec.
Proof of the child's presence in Québec
You must provide additional proof if one of the following situations applies to the child for whom you are completing this form:
- the child was born outside Québec and one of the child's parents is a Canadian citizen
- one of the child's parents is a permanent resident who has returned to Québec,
or - the child arrived alone in Québec, without his or her parents.
In such a case, provide one of the documents listed below. The document must show the
child's family name, given name, date of birth and address in Québec.
- official report card or confirmation of school attendance that is signed by the school principal and includes the school's seal along with the name and address of the respondent
- confirmation of daycare attendance signed by the director of the daycare facility
(The document must give the name and address of the daycare facility as well as the name and address of the respondent.) - any medical document proving that you are responsible for the child's medical appointments
- a Québec vaccination booklet giving the child's family name, given name(s) and the vaccination dates since your arrival in or return to Québec.
Information on documents provided as proof
When documents provided as proof are required, you can send clear and legible copies of the documents
online. If necessary, we may request the original documents or certified true copies.