Canada. Service Canada Social Insurance Numbers
[  Suggest an Update |  Suggest Volunteer Opportunity ] Record #: NIA3084 Last Modified: 13 May 2013 Last Full Update: 13 May 2013
Contact Information
Map Record	Do Not Map
Mailing Address	c/o Social Insurance Registration Office  Box 7000  Bathurst, NB E2A 4T1
Toll Free Phone	English 1-800-206-7218 * French 1-800-808-6352    Press 3 for social insurance numbers
Website	www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/sc/sin
Description & Services
Areas Served	Canada
Description	Confidential number restricted to income reporting purposes * number may be collected by institutions where interest or incomes are earned, such as banks, credit unions, trust companies * legislated users include Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, Employment Insurance, Veterans Affairs, Canada Student Loan program, employers Program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada, delivered by Service Canada No information will be given to anyone concerning this number other than the owner of the SIN * No information on a Social Insurance Number will be given over the phone * No one may check the ownership of a SIN number other than the owner himself * The number is assigned in Bathurst, New Brunswick Report the loss or theft of the Social Insurance Number card to the police
Hours	Telephone Information Service Mon-Sun 24 hours * Office Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Dates	All year
Languages	English ; French
Application	Proof of identity requirements include primary documents such as Canada birth certificate, citizenship certificate or permanent resident (landed immigrant) paper proving status in Canada, plus supporting documents such as marriage certificate or registration, divorce decree, legal change of name document or adoption papers Application forms available online, by phone or in person at Service Canada sites - see separate entries.
Fees	First card free * Replacement card $10
Subjects
Service Categories	Social Insurance Number Cards
Subjects	Federal government ; Social insurance numbers