General Information
- How to request information
- Controlling legislation: Access to Adoption Records Act (Vital Statistics Statute Law Amendment), 2008, S.O. 2008, c. 5 – Bill 12
- Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Political, Search and Reunion
- Canada Open Records (Facebook) (Bastard Nation Partner)
- Extend Access to Post Adoption Birth Information (Facebook)
Access
Age of access: 18 years
Adult access to original full name: Conditional – Subject to veto. Section 48.5 (1)
Adult Adoptee access to their OBC in full: Conditional – Subject to veto. Section 48.5 (1)
Adult adoptee access to other information about natural parents: Conditional – subject to disclosure vetos Section 48.5(2)
Adult adoptee access to other identifying information about their natural parents: Conditional for adoptions finalized prior to September 1, 2008.Section 48.5(1)
Disclosure Vetos: For adoptions that took place prior to September 1, 2008, can be placed by:parent named on the original birth registration an adult adoptee Section 48.5. Expires when the other party is able to provide proof of death of the person who placed the veto (the onus of proof is on the person who doesn’t have their information).Section 48.5(13)
Contact Vetos: Contact vetos (punishment is not specified) can be placed by: a natural parent named on the original birth registration an adult adoptee Section 48.1(5)
Passive registry: Unspecified
Active registry: Unspecified
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Links
- Committee Transcript, 2005 May 190.0. Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- ONTARIO ADOPTEES BETRAYED: BILL 183 PASSES; DENIES NATURAL RIGHT OF IDENTITY, Daily Bastardette, November 4, 2005
- THE GREAT WHITE NORTH SNOWS ADOPTEES, Daily Bastardette, May 5, 2005
- MORE: THE GREAT WHITE NORTH SNOWS ADOPTEES. Daily Bastardette, May 6, 2005
- ONTARIO GOVERNMENT STILL HATES ADOPTEES: IDENTITY ABUSE CONTINUES, Daily lBastardette, October 2, 2008
Updated July 30, 2020
