Apply for your child's first birth certificate

Eligibility

Parents or legal guardians can apply for a child's first birth certificate.

Apply for a birth certificate

  1. Choose which certificate you'd like.
    Individual: Includes information on the individual.
    Parental: Includes individual and parental information.
    Note: Birth certificates are 5x7 inches in size.
  2. Complete the application.
  3. Submit your application and payment of $10.
    In person: 204 Lambert Street, 4th Floor, Financial Plaza in Whitehorse or at any Territorial Agent. We are open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. We accept cash, cheque, money order, VISA, Mastercard and American Express.
    Phone: 867-667-5207. We accept VISA, Mastercard and American Express.
    Mail:
    Government of Yukon
    Vital Statistics (H-2)
    Box 2703
    Whitehorse, Yukon
    Y1A 2C6
    We accept cheque, money order, VISA, Mastercard and American Express.
  4. The birth certificate will be mailed to you.
Contact: 

For questions about applying for your child's first birth certificate email vital.statistics@gov.yk.ca or phone: 867-667-5207 or toll free in Yukon: 1-800-661-0408, ext. 5207.