HCCH | Canada

Party or REIO	Canada
Member since	7-X-1968
National Organ	Department of Justice Canada Constitutional, Administrative and International Law Section 284 Wellington Street OTTAWA, Ontario Canada K1A 0H8 attention: Kathryn Sabo, General Counsel tel.: +1 (613) 957 4945 Email : kathryn.sabo@justice.gc.ca N.B. The purpose of National Organs is the communication between the Members and the HCCH’s Permanent Bureau (Secretariat). They are not intended for communications with the public. Questions concerning a specific Convention may be directed to a Central or Competent Authority designated by a State for a particular Convention. The details of those authorities are available on the webpage relating to the specific Convention. If legal advice is required, assistance from a qualified lawyer may be necessary. The Permanent Bureau does not respond to legal queries from private persons or legal practitioners concerning the operation of the various Hague Conventions.
Is a Contracting Party to:	Convention of 15 November 1965 on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters [14] Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [28] Convention of 1 July 1985 on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition [30] Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption [33]
Has signed:	Convention of 19 October 1996 on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children [34] Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance [38]

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