Change to Service


Due to construction, the Vital Statistics Branch is currently closed to drop-in client services.

While our office is closed for drop-in service until further notice, staff are available to answer your questions and provide information by telephone, email, fax and by mail. In-person service is available by appointment ONLY.

Please contact the Vital Statistics Branch by phone at 204-945-3701 (in Winnipeg), 1-866-949-9296 (toll free) or email vitalstats@gov.mb.ca.

Certificates can be ordered online anytime here https://cambafsclient.gov.mb.ca/cambAFSClient/entry.m.


Fees and Services


For each certificate issued by the director, including the search: $30.00

For each certified copy of a registration or extract from a registration issued by the director, including the search:		 $30.00

For each commemorative certificate issued by the director:		 $30.00

For a search and results of the search:
  1. of restricted records:
  2. of unrestricted records:
    1. if the client searches the records and identifies the registration by its electronic registration number:
    2. if the director searches the records:
 $30.00


$12.00
$30.00
For a registration of birth, marriage, death or stillbirth not registered within one year of the date of the event: $30.00

For re-registration of the birth of a child where there is a decree of adoption or an adoption order:		 $30.00

For a correction of an error in registration:		 $30.00

For a legal change of name including Manitoba Gazette fee:		 $120.07
  • for a legal change of name for each additional family member included in the same application:
 $70.07
For an application for an order authorizing disinterment: $50.00 $80.00
For an order authorizing disinterment: $30.00

For a registration of a common-law relationship: 		$100.00

For a registration of a dissolution of a common-law relationship: 		$100.00

Rush service to send a certificate, certified copy or search and report by the director to:
  1. Canadian destinations:
  2. USA destinations:
  3. Other destinations:
 $65.00
$75.00
$105.00
Administration fee retained when customers do not respond to requests for additional information: $30.00


As of December 15, 2015, the Vital Statistics Branch will only offer 3-business-day rush service to process an application for a birth, marriage, death, or stillbirth document (certificate, certified copy, or search and report).

This service is only available for fully registered ready-to-issue vital events.

Delivery time is additional.

Rush service fees remain unchanged.

If additional steps and time are required to make the application ready-to-issue, the application resets to Day 1 on the day the application is made ready-to-issue.

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