Types of Identification

Identification

To vote on the ratification of the Final Self-Government Agreement, you must prove your identity. There are three options to prove your identity:

Option 1: Provide a card issued by a federal, provincial, territorial, or local Canadian government with your photo, name, and current address. These include the following options:

• Driver’s licence

• Passport

• Secure Certificate of Indian Status (secure status card)

• Canadian military identification card

• Government-issued identification card

• Health card, if it shows your name, date of birth, photo, and signature

• Provincial, territorial or federal Correctional Services identification, with or without a signature

• Canadian citizenship card issued before February 1, 2012

• Canadian permanent resident card with signature, issued before February 4, 2012

Option 2: Provide two pieces of ID which have your name. One of the two pieces of ID must have your current address or photo.

These include the following options:

• AISH Card

• Alberta Forestry Identification Card

• Alberta Health Care Card

• Alberta Natural Resources (Conservation) Card

• Alberta Service Dog Identification Card

• Alberta Wildlife Identification Number (WIN) Card

• Band membership card

• Bank statement

• Birth certificate

• Blood donor card2

• Canadian citizenship card or certificate

• Canadian Forces identity card

• Canadian passport (accepted only as proof of identity)

• CANPASS, FAST, or Nexus Card

• CATSA Identification Card

• Card issued by an Inuit local authority

• CNIB card

• Correspondence issued by a school, college or university

• Credit card statement

• Credit union statement

• Debit card

• Employee card

• Firearms licence

• Government cheque or cheque stub

• Government statement of benefits

• Health card

• Hospital card

• Identity bracelet issued by a hospital or long-term care institution

• Income tax assessment

• Indian status card or temporary confirmation of registration

• Insurance certificate, policy or statement

• Label on a prescription container

• Letter from a Public Curator, Guardian, or Trustee

• Library card

• Licence or card issued for fishing, trapping or hunting

• Liquor identity card

• Medical clinic card

• Membership Card (Service Club, Fitness or Health Club, Political Party, Retail)

• Métis card

• Mortgage contract or statement

• Old age security card

• Parolee card

• Pension plan statement

• Personal cheque

• Property tax assessment or evaluation

• Public transportation card

• Residential lease or sub-lease

• Social insurance number card

• Student identity card

• Targeted revision form to residents of long-term care institutions

• Utility bill (e.g.: electricity; water; telecommunications services including  telephone, cable or satellite)

• Vehicle ownership or registration certification

• Veterans Affairs health care identification card3

Option 3: If you do not have the above IDs, you can still vote if you declare your identity in writing and have someone who knows you and is assigned to your polling station vouch for you. The voucher must be able to prove their identity and address. A person can vouch for only one person (except in long-term care institutions).