VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Vital Statistics Council for Canada Partnership Activities of your Northern Partner (and what it may mean to you)

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Agenda Vital Statistics Council for Canada (VSCC) National Routing System Standards Certificate Stock Purchase Other Initiatives

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA VSCC Members –Director of Vital Statistics for: 10 Provinces 3 Territories –Director of Health Statistics Division of Statistics Canada –Mandate – NAPHSIS North

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA National Routing System Pilot A system to move vital event data between vital statistics organizations and their stakeholders electronically.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Pilot Purpose Demonstrates the feasibility of creating a network that would facilitate the routing of Vital Event data between provider organizations and authorized consumer organizations Demonstrates that routing could take place in near real-time while still guaranteeing the security and integrity of the data

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Pilot Purpose Demonstrate that six diverse departments and agencies with different cultures, standards and requirements can work cooperatively to achieve a common goal

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA National Routing System Pilot Pilot Participants –Province of British Columbia –Province of Alberta –Statistics Canada –Passport Canada –Canada Revenue Agency –Public Works Canada (Secure Channel)

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Data Exchanges Two types of vital events: –Births –Deaths Two types of functionality: –Notification of births and deaths –Query of birth data

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Data Flows Notification Inter-provincial Death Province to STC Birth & Death Province to CRA Death

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Data Flows Query Birth certificate validation Query PPTC to P/T Response P/T to PPTC

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA National Routing System Pilot Why is it special? –Establishes the basis for an all in one routing system, handling notification and query functions for all vital events for all connected partners. –Proves our ability to provide near real time transmission and query response.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA National Routing System Pilot What does this mean to you? –Makes possible linkage between the electronic data exchange systems of both Canadian and US jurisdictions.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Standards The Vital Statistics Standard –10 Part Multi-Part standard –Parts 1 to 4 complete pending Council approval

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standard Part 1: Standard Framework Model –Provides key concepts, constructs, definitions and legislative context to provide foundation for the other nine parts –Serves as the basis for understanding and use of the other parts –Maximizes use and integration of existing international standards and Canada-wide common requirements for Vital Statistics

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Part 2: Rules Governing Registration of Vital Events of an Individual –Defines the requirements and establishes rules for the registration of vital events including; birth, death, marriage and stillbirth.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Part 3: Rules Governing Amendment of a Vital Event Record of an Individual –Rules for amending, changing, correcting a vital event record after it has been registered –Deals with legal change of name, adoption, correction type amendments.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Part 4: Rules Governing Issuance of a Certificate, a Copy of an Act, a Certified Photographic Print or a Declaration of Particulars of a Vital Event Record –Rules for authenticating applicants, assessing eligibility and issuing vital event documents.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Ratification –Part 1 to 4 for ratification by Council September 2006.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Part 5: Rules Governing Access to an Individual’s Vital Event Record(s) Part 6: Rules Governing Other Data Elements (Non-Identification) Part 7: Rules Governing Electronic Data Interchange - Dissemination

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Rule 8: Rules Governing Functional Services Rule 9: Education, Communication and Marketing Rule 10: Rules Governing Identification of an Individual Based on Immigration Documents (Stakeholder)

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Canadian Vital Statistics Standards What does this mean for you? –The VSCC will share the standards they have developed with NAPHSIS as they are ratified by Council.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Certificate Stock Purchase Purchasing in Partnership –9 Provinces and 3 Territories –Single RFP –Single Supplier (Canada Bank Note) –Common Contract –5 Year Agreement

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Certificate Stock Purchase Benefits –Standardized Security Features –Similar Look Certificates –Quantity Purchase Discounts

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Certificate Stock Purchase What does it mean to you? –An idea for smaller jurisdictions wanting to band together to do joint stock purchasing to reduce costs for higher quality certificates.

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Other Initiatives New Birth Certificate National Data Quality Report Cards

VITAL STATISTICS COUNCIL FOR CANADA CONSEIL DE LA STATISTIQUE DE L’ÉTAT CIVIL DU CANADA Thank You Contact Info: Andrew McBride, Co-Chair Vital Statistics Council for Canada PO Box 9657 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9P3 Phone: