Bodies that issue public documents

You must obtain the document from the body authorized to issue it.

This section presents examples of documents that can be authenticated and the bodies that issue them.

• Birth certificate
• Marriage certificate
• Death certificate
• Personal name change certificate
• Certificate of single status
• etc.

You must provide documents that have been issued

• in 2015 or later in the case of certificates and copies of acts, or
• in 2019 or later in the case of all other documents that can be apostilled (administrative decisions, certificates).

Request a certificate or a copy of an act

• Certificate of regularity
• Company name change certificate
• Merger certificate
• etc.

Request a copy of a document or a Certificat d’attestation from the Registraire des Entreprises

• Certified copy of a document in the land register.

Copie papier ou erreur au registre foncier (in French)

• Secondary school diploma
• Diploma of Vocational Studies
• etc.

Request a transcript or a certification document

Transcript of grades and confirmation of school attendance (elementary or secondary):

The document must be requested from the school.

You can request an apostille for a document issued by a public or private educational institution recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation.

• Diploma of College Studies (DCS)

Request a certification of Diploma of College Studies awarded

Transcript of college grades:

This must be requested from the college.

You can request an apostille for a document issued by a public or private college. If your document is issued by a private college that is non-subsidized or not recognized by the Ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur, it must be accompanied by a lawyer or notary’s official certificate.

University degree or certificate:

This must be requested from the university.

• Will search certificate
• Protection mandate search
• etc.

Notarial documents:

• Marriage contract
• Last will and testament
• Sales contract
• Hypothec on an immovable property
• Gift
• etc.

This must be requested from the notary who produced the original act. You must also obtain an authenticity certificate from the Chambre des notaires.

Let’s say, for example, you need to have your marriage contract authenticated. First, get a certified true copy from the notary who produced the contract. Then obtain an authenticity certificate from the Chambre des notaires to certify that the notary is a member and signed the document.

• Attestation of studies from the École du Barreau
• Will search certificate
• Protection mandate search
• etc.

Verifying the status of a lawyer

• A Court of Québec ruling
• A Superior Court ruling
• A Court of Appeal ruling
• Divorce certificate
• etc.

You must contact the clerk’s office in the district where the ruling was handed down. Your apostille request may vary according to the requirements of the recipient country:

If the recipient country requires a single apostille for both the judgment and the certificate of no appeal, you can make a single request for both documents by choosing the document type.

If the recipient country requires two separate apostilles for the judgment and the certificate of no appeal, you must make one request for the judgment and add another for the certificate of no appeal.

For example:

You must apostille a Superior Court judgment and a certificate of no appeal separately. First, make a request for the judgment, then make a second request by choosing Other and indicating “Certificate of no appeal” on your form. You will have to pay for two apostille applications.

Contact the Registre des droits personnels et réels mobiliers (RDPRM)

• Police verification for civil purposes (previously a certificate of good conduct)

You may request this from the police station in the municipality where the person named in the verification resides. If the municipality doesn’t offer this service, you may contact a firm certified by the RCMP.

Police record check – Sûreté du Québec

You must contact Global Affairs Canada if the document is issued by the RCMP.

The document must be accompanied by a lawyer or notary’s official certificate if it is issued by a private firm.

For documents not listed above, refer to the apostille request form or contact customer service.