Documents to be sent to the Directeur de l’état civil in relation to the donor of reproductive material (oocytes or spermatozoa) in order to know the donor’s origins
The parental project requiring the contribution of a third party may involve the use of the reproductive material (oocytes or spermatozoa donation) of a third party who is not part of the parental project, but who accepts that to give reproductive material for this purpose.
The reproductive material may be provided by one of the following means:
- assisted reproduction activities carried out in an assisted reproduction center;
- home insemination;
- sexual relations.
Donor from a bank located outside Québec
As of June 6, 2023, the person alone or spouses who have used, reproductive material from outside Québec, in the context of assisted procreation activities carried out in an assisted procreation center, must submit to the Directeur de l’état civil the declaration of birth of the child conceived using this material. They must also forward the profile information of the person who provided the reproductive material when they know it. The Directeur de l’état civil keeps this information and will enter it in the new Registre sur la connaissance des origines, which will be set up by the Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale starting June 6, 2025.
Reproductive material from the intended parent in the event that no bond of filiation is established between him/her and the child born of procreation involving a surrogate pregnancy
Where no bond of filiation is established between the child born of a procreation involving a surrogate pregnancy and an intended parent who has provided his or her reproductive material, this intended parent is considered to be a third party who has contributed to the child’s procreation. In such a situation, the woman or the person who gave birth to the child must transmit to the Directeur de l’état civil:
- a declaration of birth in paper form;
- a document that includes the name of the intended parent who provided their reproductive material and contact information;
- The form Information on the profile of a person who has contributed to the procreation of a child.
Important :The Directeur de l’état civil must keep these documents until June 6, 2025, the date of implementation of the new Registre sur la connaissance des origines en matière de procréation impliquant la contribution d’un tiers. Within one year of this date, the Directeur de l’état civil must have filed in this register the documents accompanying the Declaration of Birth (DEC-1) and enter the child’s name and date of birth.
Other useful links
- Surrogacy
on the Québec.ca website - Right to know one’s origins in assisted procreation involving a third person from the Québec.ca website
Date de révision : 2024-05-07
