Nunavut adoption legislation (The Adoption Act and the Aboriginal Custom Adoption Recognition Act) is based directly on that of the Northwest Territories, and contains the same provisions regarding closed records.
1. Post Adoption Disclosure
For information on adoptions that took place in the Nunavut contact:
Director of Adoptions
Department of Health and Social Services
Government of Nunavut
Iqaluit, NU
Telephone : (867) 975-5700
Toll Free : 1-800-282-1949
http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/pdf/forms/children_and_youth/english/application_for_information_adoption_registry.pdf
2. Obtain your Hospital Records
Mothers can call the Medical Records department of the hospital in which the birth took place to obtain your hospital chart with respect to prenatal care, labour and delivery, post natal care, hospital stay, etc. Mothers should also apply for their child’s hospital record. (Hint: Do not use the word “adopted” if possible, and if asked why records are required the answer is “for my personal record”).
3. Maternity Home Records
Mothers who resided in Maternity Homes may apply to the organization which ran the home for any records which may have survived:
For Salvation Army Homes contact:
Salvation Army Archives
26 Howden Road, Scarborough, Ontario
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