Search Request Form
(for information about your own divorce)

Use this form (HTML) to ask for information about your own divorce proceedings if you filed for a divorce after July 2, 1968Footnote 1.

Instructions

Please type when you fill in the form

  1. The information you provide must be complete and accurateFootnote 2.
  2. Provide a valid email address and click the Submit button to email the information provided directly to the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings (CRDP).
  3. If you are looking for information about someone else’s divorce, you must use the longer Search Request and Consent Form.

(All fields are required *)

Information about you

Name on the day before the day of the marriage:

Information about your former spouse (the other party to the divorce proceedings)

Former spouse’s name on the day before the day of the marriage:

What information are you requesting? (please check all that apply)

If you are having difficulties with this form, you can contact the Registry at 613-957-4519; or for the hearing impaired only 1-800-267-7676. Please make sure you have the following information at hand when you call:

Disclaimer

This form may have been reproduced and/or modified by companies and they may charge a fee to complete it and to conduct a search of the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings. Note that the Department of Justice Canada was not involved in the reproduction of this form and the CRDP does not charge any fees for processing a request for information from a member of the public.

Privacy Act Notice Statement

The Department of Justice Canada is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals, including safeguarding the personal information you provide on this Search Request Form. The personal information provided on this form is collected under the authority of the Divorce Act and the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Regulations and is protected in accordance with the Privacy Act. This information will be used to search within the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings Personal Information Bank JUS PPU 005 for the purpose of responding to your request for information concerning a divorce proceeding, and for any other uses or disclosures in accordance with the Privacy Act. We will be unable to process your search request unless all of the required personal information is provided. If you require clarification about this form, please contact 613-957-4519.

Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to access your personal information retained by the Central Registry of Divorce Proceedings and to request corrections to it. Where correction is not possible, you have the right to request that a notation be attached to the information reflecting any correction requested but not made. If you require clarification about this Privacy Act Notice Statement, please contact our Access to Information and Privacy Office at ATIP-AIP@justice.gc.ca or by phone at 613-907-3700. Please note that you have the right to file a complaint to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada regarding our handling of your personal information. For more information, please visit the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s website at www.priv.gc.ca or contact the Office by phone at 1-800-282-1376.