KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Review your rights and options for adoption disclosure through Service Ontario at: www.ontario.ca/page/search-adoption-records
THROUGH OUR AGENCY: The Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex will provide non-identifying information from our records to the following persons who qualify:
- Adopted person
- If the Adopted person is deceased, descendants of the adopted person with proof of death certificate
- Birth family member; adopted person’s birth parents and any other person related to a birth parent, including birth grandparent, any birth siblings
- Adopted parent
If you know that the adoption was conducted by Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex and you wish to receive non-identifying information, please contact the agency directly at:
Phone: 519-455-9000 Ext. 2411
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Fax: 519-455-4355
Or by mail:
CASLM Attn: Adoption Disclosure
1680 Oxford Street E.
P.O. Box 7010
London ON N5Y 5R8
To process your request, you will need to provide:
- Photocopy of two pieces of identification, such as a birth certificate, passport, driver's license or health card
- Full adopted name
- Date of birth
- Adoptive parents' full names
- Any birth information that you may have is also helpful, e.g., birth surname
- Birth relatives must provide the full name of the birth parent(s), your relationship to the adopted person, adoptee's birth name and date of birth, if known
THROUGH SERVICE ONTARIO: If your adoption was finalized in Ontario, adopted adults and birth parents can apply for information at Service Ontario www.ontario.ca/page/search-adoption-records or call Service Ontario toll free at 1-800-461-2156.
Adoptees and their birth relatives can review further options to search for adoption records by contacting Service Ontario. Some additional services include requests for:
- Post-Adoption Birth Information (identifying information)
- Adoption Disclosure Registry (Registry for a reunion)
- Obtaining a copy of adoption order
- Filing a disclosure veto for adoption prior to September 1, 2008
- No Contact Notice or Contact Preference
- Request a Severe Medical Search