1. These Regulations may be cited as the Canada Pension Plan (Social Insurance Numbers) Regulations.

2. In these Regulations,

“Act”

“Act” means the Canada Pension Plan; (Loi)

“Card”

“Card” means a Social Insurance Number Card; (carte)

“Commission”

“Commission” means the Canada Employment Insurance Commission; (Commission)

“local office of the Commission”

“local office of the Commission” means an office established by the Commission in any locality, and includes any office designated as such by the Commission and, in relation to an employer, the nearest local office servicing the area of their place of business and, in relation to any other person, the local office nearest to their residence; (bureau local de la Commission)

“Minister”

“Minister”[Repealed, SOR/2013-84, s. 1]

• 3. (1) Every individual who is required by the Act to file an application with the Minister or to apply to the Minister for the assignment to him of a Social Insurance Number shall do so by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission an application, in the form prescribed by the Minister for that purpose, containing

  • (a) their full name;

  • (b) their name at birth if it differs from their name at the time of application;

  • (c) their date of birth;

  • (d) their place of birth;

  • (e) their mother's surname at her birth;

  • (f) the first given name of their father; and

  • (g) any other information required in the form prescribed by the Minister.

• (2) Every individual who changes their name, by reason of marriage or otherwise, and who is required by the Act to inform the Minister of their new name shall do so by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission a notification, in the form prescribed for that purpose, containing

  • (a) the information required by subsection (1) in respect of an application for the assignment of a Social Insurance Number;

  • (b) their Social Insurance Number; and

  • (c) their full name before the change of name.

• (3) Every individual whose Card has been lost or destroyed may apply to the Minister for a new Card by delivering or mailing to a local office of the Commission an application, in the form prescribed for that purpose, containing

  • (a) the information required by subsection (1) in respect of an application for the assignment of a Social Insurance Number; and

  • (b) their Social Insurance Number, or if it is unknown, a statement that they were previously assigned a Social Insurance Number.

• (4) Every individual who expects to be an individual required by the Act to file an application with the Minister or to apply to the Minister for the assignment to them of a Social Insurance Number may, if they have not earlier been assigned a Social Insurance Number, make application, on the form and in the manner specified in subsection (1), for the assignment to them of a Social Insurance Number.