BRITISH COLUMBIA STATISTICS

BRITISH COLUMBIA VITAL STATISTICS AGENCY

Documents Received
from November 4, 1996 to April 30, 1998

Application for (Records) Service (Original Birth Registration & Adoption Order)	5171 - 7.39%
Dislosure Vetoes (*see note 3 )	3000 - 4.29%
No-Contact Declarations	304 - 0.43%
Total	8475

	Application for Service	Disclosure Veto	No Contact Declaration
Number Filing	5171	3000	304
Birth Mother	21%	75%	65%
Birth Father	2%	2%	0%
Adopted Person	77%	23%	35%
Documents issued - March 31, 1998 Total to date 5124 Turn around time 3 weeks

Notes:

1.	The total number of adoptions in British Columbia - 70,000 (source: B.C. Vital Statistics Agency) (5171 / 70,000 x 100%)
2.	Total recorded population of British Columbia 3,724,500 (source: Statistics Canada)
3.	Vetoes from the B.C. Adoption Reunion Registry under the former Adoption Acts: (Passive Registry June 1987 ===>Active Registry Oct 1991 ===> Open Records Nov 4, 1996) - approximately 600 no contact vetoes were transferred from the B.C. Adoption Reunion Registry and were converted to no-disclosure vetoes under the new Adoption Act. These converted vetoes are included in the total 2990 Disclosure Vetoes listed above . - See Section 99 of the Adoption Act, "Continuation of vetoes"
4.	Found out January 21, 1998, that about 10% of those applying for a copy of their original birth registration are hitting some kind of veto.
5.	As of January 1998, 8 vetoes have been cancelled.
6.	Government pamphlets on the B.C. Adoption Act can be found here:
http://www.ssrv.gov.bc.ca/

source: Andrew McBride, Director, Support Services and Client Registry,
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency

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