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Ontario Non-identifying Information – Adoptees

Non-identifying Information is a social history profile about your birth family and the circumstances leading to your adoption. 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.

For a list of Ontario CAS offices, click here.

If you don't know which Children’s Aid Society handled your adoption, contact:

Adoption Disclosure Registry
Ministry of Community & Social Services
2 Bloor Street West, 24th floor
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1E9
Tel: 416-327-4730
Fax: 416-327-0573

If your adoption 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).

When applying for non-identifying background information, include as much of the following data as you know:

Non-identifying background information is compiled from the file that an agency or the ministry has about your birth family. How much information you can obtain depends wholly upon how much information was gathered and recorded when you were born, and may include some or all of the following:

Please note: Obtaining non-identifying information can take anywhere from 30 days to 2 years in Toronto and up to 4 years in some other locations. Apply as soon as possible