NON-IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR BIRTH RELATIVES

ONTARIO ONLY-SEE BELOW

Birth Parents and Siblings may APPLY for non-identifying information
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH CHILDRENS AID SOCIETY THAT HANDLED YOUR ADOPTION CONTACT
ADOPTION DISCLOSURE REGISTRY
 Ministry of Community & Social Services 2 Bloor Street West, 24 th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M7A 1E9 (telephone 416-327-4730, fax 416-327-0573)
E-MAIL adoption.disclosure@css.gov.on.ca

This is a social history profile about the adoptive family.
You are entitled to this information under Ontario's Child & Family Services Act.
If your adoption was handled through a Children's Aid Society, you must apply to that agency.

LIST OF ONTARIO CAS GROUPS

If handled by the Catholic Childrens Aid Society,
you must apply to 26 Maitland St. Toronto M4Y 1C6
Phone number 416-395-1650 fax 416-395 1616
e-mail gnichols@ccas.toronto.on.ca
If it was handled privately, that is, through a doctor or lawyer, apply directly to the Ministry (see numbers above).
If you do not know who handled your adoption, you may ask your adoptive parents or other family member, or you can contact the Ministry (see above) and ask.

Non-indenifying information should contain the following - 

    

  1. -birth details that relate to the adoptee
    2. 

  2. -care of the adoptee prior to the placement
    3. 

  3. -date of placement
    4. 

  4. -date of the adoption order
    5. 

  5. -description of the adopting family: approx. ages, levels of education, 
physical characteristics, hobbies,  ethnic origin and fields of employment.
    6. 

  6. -name of placement agency and follow up
Please note that most agencies have extensive waiting lists for the provision of Non-identifying history, but this information is invaluable when conducting a search, so apply as soon as possible.

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