Legislative amendments have recently been made to the Civil Code of Québec and to the Charter of the French Language, resulting in immediate changes with respect to:

Effective June 1, 2022

• the language in which the acts of civil status are drawn up and the certificates or copies of acts are issued;
• the language in which the applications for insertion of an act of civil status or legal act made outside Québec are filed.

Legislative amendments have been made to the Civil Code of Québec.

Effective June 8, 2022

• the declaration of filiation of a de facto spouse;
• the change of name for residential school survivors;
• terminological changes to take into account the different sex and gender realities.

Effective June 17, 2022

• the change of sex designation: addition of non-binary sex designation and exemption from payment for the first application;
• the recognition of the designation as parent on the declaration of birth of a child, in addition to father and mother;
• the change in the designation as father or mother or parent whose name is mentioned on the child's act of birth;
• a new civil status document: the detailed attestation.