[gjholland]

Birth father looking for birth son. Born May 8, 1984, Dawson Creek, BC.

[dl]

Thesearchguru has posted search resources for Canada. Here's the information:

Canadian Searching Resources
Searching Resources in Canada:

Excellent website: http://nebula.on.ca/canadopt/index.htm

Non-profit volunteer organization in Canada to help with searches:

Parent Finders of Canada

Joan Vanstone will answer searching questions for Canada: jvanstone@dccnet.com

Website: http://www.parentfinders.org/

Phone: 604-926-1096

Another helpful website:
http://www.canadianadopteesregistry.org

Information on Quebec searches (from adoptee Terry who found his birth family):

"The search tool that works best is this quasi official agency called CENTRE JEUNESSE de QUEBECThe director is Marie-Paul Mastoumec…q she does not speak good English. The person to ask for is:Ellen Gagon phone number: 418-661-6951 fax: 418-661-2845 address: 2951, avenue DU bourg-Royal, Bueaport Quebec G1c3s2(all you need is your name, date of birth, adopted parents name and city of birth)I believe they can find your file with names and date of birth only. You should ask for all information available in your file to be sent to you, They will send all they can. I got my non- ID in three weeks. Along with non-ID are forms for them to do a search for you. The search costs around $500 (American)... payable in three stages. I highly recommend this if a search is necessary. If the person you are looking for has also been in contact with their office that is an instant mach. In those cases they give you names and addresses of the person you are looking for.Anyway I sent in the $180 (American) for the first stage and they found b-mom in three weeks it seems to move very fast.This seems to be the only location that has centralized the adoption files from the Quebec Province.Up until recently it was the local churches that keep all birth/marriage and adoption records thus making searching Quebec very difficult. ”For free searches” I don't know but scanning the many boards in French has improved my French but that is about it."

Here is some information for searching in Ontario, Canada. I hope you find the information helpful in your search:

Registry

Adoptions and Operational Services
Ministry of Community and Social Services
Adoption Information Unit
2 Floor St. West, 24th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M4W 3H8

Adoption Disclosure Register Clerk: (416) 327-4730
International Adoptions: (416) 327-4739
Relative Adoptions: (416) 327-4740
Private Adoptions: (416) 327-4741

I would recommend that you register with the Adoption Disclosure Unit
in Toronto. Their search services are free. If the person you are looking for is already registered then a match will be made very quickly…if not then you can have them do a search for you.

Their website is www.gov.on.ca

Canada Links:
For more links to province-by-province search information see http://www.canadopt.ca/
· Canadian Adoptees Registry Inc.
· Canadian Reunion Registry
Alberta
· Alberta Vital Statistics Act Adoption records and access
· Alberta Adult Adoption Act The adoption of an adult
· Alberta Adoptee Page
British Columbia
· Full text of Adoption Act of 1995
· Access to Information Summary from the BC Ministry for Children and Families
· B.C.'s Adoption Reunion Registry
Manitoba
· The Adoption Act In PDF format
· LINKS Post-Legal Adoption Support Group Inc.
New Brunswick
· Vital Statistics Act Deals specifically with records provisions
· Family Services Act General adoption procedure
Newfoundland
· Adoption of Children Act
Northwest Territories
· Adoption Act
Nova Scotia
· Adoption Information Act of 1996
· Adoption Records Issue Referred to Law Commission/1999
Ontario
· Child and Family Services Act
· Adoption Disclosure in Ontario
· Adoption Disclosure Registry
· Ontario Adoption Issues Voter's guide and more.
Prince Edward Island
· Adoption Act PDF format
Quebec
· Adoption Code in English
· Adoption Code in French
· Parent Finders Montreal
· Black Market Babies Registry
Saskatchewan
· Adoption Act
Yukon
· Children's Act of 1984


Many blessings on your search journey,
Colleen Buckner
The Search Guru
Moderator for Search and Reunion Message Board
http://www.adoptionforums.com
http://www.adoptionchat.com
http://www.adoptionlists.com
http://www.adoption.com
http://www.adopting.org
http://www.adoptionregistry.com

[Myke]

Have you had any luck with your original posting? I am writing as another birth father looking for a daughter born in 1982 in BC. I would be interested in contacting or hearing from other birth fathers looking for a child in BC. Feel free to post me off the forum.

Myke