Authentication of Canadian Death Certificate

You don't need to make an appointment before hand, you can come to China consulate in Vancouver directly, the consulate is closed on April 9 for the Easter Monday.

1. Death Certificate emanating from Province of B. C. and the Territory of Yukon to be used in China have to be done as follows:
A. Death Certificate should first be notarized by a notary public or a lawyer;
B. Secondly be legalized by the local provincial authorities( please refer to the address below );
C. Finally be authenticated by the Chinese Consulate-General in Vancouver.

Note: Documents originating from areas other than Province of B. C. and the Territory of Yukon should be authenticated by the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa, the Consulate General in Toronto or in Calgary.

Address of authentication Office of B. C. Province:
Order in Council Administration
Ministry of Attorney General
Room 208A 553 Superior St.
Victoria, British Columbia
V8V 1X4

Tel: 250-387-4376 Fax: 250-387-4349

Besides the death certificate, you also need to bring your passport, one passport photo, fill in Authentication/Notarization Application Form.

Thank you for answering my earlier questions regarding Death Certificate auentication indicating that the Death Certificate should be first notarized by a notary public or a lawyer. If the certificate is the original copy isuued by B.C. Vital Statistics Agency, does it still need to be notarized ? According to the Ministry of Justice's guide to the authentication of documents, I may send directly to the OIC Admin Office for authentication without mentioning I must first to have it notarized. Thank you again.

Yeah, the notarization seems necessary. To have the exact details about the authentication, you may contact the China consulate in Vancouver directly, and the process it accordingly.

So, someone like a funeral home can send a certificate to a lawyer to notarize who has no idea about whether the person died or not and they would still notarize withou other confirmation?