A death certificate is required:

• as legal proof of the death
• to settle an estate
• to receive entitlements for benefits such as pensions and insurance.
  

• member of the immediate family or by the next of kin
• a person who requires the certificate for use in a court of law, for settlement of an estate or for disinterment purposes
• an officer of the Crown for official purposes
• government departments approved by the Director of Vital Statistics when required for legal or other legitimate purposes.
  
  

• Complete an Application for Certificate form, providing all relevant information with respect to the application.
• The fee must accompany the application in the form of a cheque, money order or credit card (VISA or MasterCard). Cheques or money orders should be made payable to Saskatchewan Health.
• Apply in person at the Vital Statistics office, by fax (if paying by credit card only) or by mail.

Applications for certificates can be made to:

Vital Statistics
Saskatchewan Health
100-1942 Hamilton St
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 4W2

Telephone: (306) 787-3251
Toll Free: 1-800-667-7551(In Sask. Only)
Fax: (306) 787-2288

Office Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Frame Certificate (21.6 cm x 17.8 cm)

• Contains the full name of the deceased, date of death, place of death, age, sex, marital status, registration number and registration date.

Certified Photocopy of Death Registration (21.5 cm x 35.4 cm)

• Contains all of the information that appears on the original death registration excluding cause of death.

Genealogical Photocopy of Registration (21.5 cm x 35.4 cm)

• Contains all of the information that appears on the original death registration excluding cause of death. The document is stamped "FOR GENEALOGY ONLY."