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Names, Passports & ID: What Changed in 2026

Legal name changes, passports, health cards and the documents behind a SIN.

5 verified names, passports & id changes logged in 2026, each checked against its official source. See every topic in the 2026 year in review or everything in date order.

• Verified 2026-10-16 · Prince Edward Island · Names and ID

  To change the name on a PEI health card, call PEI Medicare at 1-800-321-5492. The replacement card is free. We removed a processing time and an Access PEI and mail instruction that PEI does not publish.

  No fee; call, visit an Access PEI centre or mail; about 2 to 4 weeks → Call PEI Medicare at 1-800-321-5492; no charge for the replacement card; no published processing time

  Source: Health PEI: PEI health card

  Updated: Change your name: Prince Edward Island

• Verified 2026-10-16 · Northwest Territories · Names and ID

  The Northwest Territories change-of-name fee waiver is for Indigenous NWT residents who are residential school survivors, and their family members, who want to reclaim a name or correct a historical error on an NWT birth certificate. We had described it as a waiver for all Indigenous NWT residents.

  Fee waived for Indigenous NWT residents → Fee can be waived for Indigenous NWT residents who are residential school survivors and their family members, to reclaim a name or correct a historical error

  Source: NWT Health and Social Services: Waiving change of name fees

  Updated: Change your name: Northwest Territories

• Verified 2026-10-16 · Canada (federal) · Names and ID

  For a SIN application, a Record of Landing counts as a primary document if it was issued by CIC before June 28, 2002. A Verification of Landing or Status Verification is accepted only to change a SIN record or to confirm an existing SIN, not for a first SIN. We had listed both as general options.

  Record of Landing issued before 2002; Verification of Landing or of Status also on the list → Record of Landing issued by CIC before June 28, 2002; Verification of Landing or Status Verification only to change or confirm an existing SIN

  Source: Service Canada: Apply for a Social Insurance Number

  Updated: New to Canada

• Verified 2026-10-16 · Canada (federal) · Names and ID

  The extra $45 fee for a lost or stolen passport applies when the passport was still valid; you include a declaration (PPTC 203) with the application and pay the regular fee plus $45. If the lost passport had already expired, you renew or apply in the normal way, with no special form. We had tied the $45 to a passport that expired within the past 3 years.

  $45 surcharge if the passport expired within the past 3 years → $45 replacement fee (with PPTC 203) when the lost or stolen passport was still valid; an expired one is renewed the normal way

  Source: IRCC: Lost, stolen, inaccessible, damaged or found travel documents

  Updated: Replace lost documents

• Verified 2026-10-16 · Yukon · Names and ID

  Yukon name change fees may be waived for First Nations, Inuit or Métis people reclaiming a traditional name. We removed a June 30, 2025 start date that the Yukon page does not give. The fee is $50, plus $17.50 for each additional family member.

  Fee waived since 2025-06-30 for First Nations, Metis and Inuit applicants → Fees may be waived for First Nations, Inuit or Métis people reclaiming a traditional name

  Source: Government of Yukon: Change your given name or last name

  Updated: Change your name: Yukon