Vital Statistics Records Available

The Provincial Archives is pleased to announce that recently transferred vital statistics records are now available for purchase online.

You can order the following records through the Archives Store:

Births from 1870 to 1905;
Stillbirths from 1914 to 1950;
Marriages from 1870 to 1950, including Indigenous marriages from 1923 to 1945; and
Deaths from 1870 to 1975, including Indigenous deaths from 1923 to 1945 and overseas deaths from 1940 to 1948.

To locate a record, please consult the indexes available on the PAA website here: https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/find-birth-marriage-and-death-records. Information about how to use the birth, stillbirth, marriage and death indexes is available in sections for each category of vital statistics.

Once you have located the name, year of the event, location of the event, and the registration number, you can order the record here: https://atms.alberta.ca/paa/Store/default.aspx?tagid=41. For assistance in ordering, please consult the PDF guide available at this link, or email ACSW.Archivestore@gov.ab.ca.

Birth record of Albert George Jackson, whose date of birth coincided with the establishment of the Province of Alberta on September 1, 1905. PAA Accession GR2013.0659, Registration 2584 of 1905.