Birth Registration
The birth of every child in the Northwest Territories must be registered with the Registrar General of Vital Statistics within 30 days after the birth. Registration is required to establish a permanent legal record of a person’s birth. Without registration, a birth certificate cannot be obtained.
Registering the birth is the responsibility of:
- The Mother of the child;
- If the Mother is incapable, the Father of the child;
- where either parent is incapable, the other parent;
- where both parents are incapable, the person standing in the place of the parents
- if there is no person to whom the above apply, the occupier of the premises in which the child was born i.e. hospital, health centre, etc.