Vital Statistics Council for Canada

1. Vital Statistics Council for Canada Partnership Activities of your Northern Partner (and what it may mean to you)

2. Agenda Vital Statistics Council for Canada (VSCC) National Routing System Standards Certificate Stock Purchase Other Initiatives

3. VSCC Members Director of Vital Statistics for: 10 Provinces 3 Territories Director of Health Statistics Division of Statistics Canada Mandate � NAPHSIS North

4. National Routing System Pilot A system to move vital event data between vital statistics organizations and their stakeholders electronically.

5. 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

6. Pilot Purpose Demonstrate that six diverse departments and agencies with different cultures, standards and requirements can work cooperatively to achieve a common goal

7. 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)

8. Data Exchanges Two types of vital events: Births Deaths Two types of functionality: Notification of births and deaths Query of birth data

9. Data Flows Notification

10. Data Flows Query

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. Standards The Vital Statistics Standard 10 Part Multi-Part standard Parts 1 to 4 complete pending Council approval

14. 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

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Canadian Vital Statistics Standards Ratification Part 1 to 4 for ratification by Council September 2006.

19. 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

20. 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)

21. 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.

22. Certificate Stock Purchase Purchasing in Partnership 9 Provinces and 3 Territories Single RFP Single Supplier (Canada Bank Note) Common Contract 5 Year Agreement

23. Certificate Stock Purchase Benefits Standardized Security Features Similar Look Certificates Quantity Purchase Discounts

24. 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.

25. Other Initiatives New Birth Certificate National Data Quality Report Cards

26. Thank You Contact Info: Andrew McBride, Co-Chair Vital Statistics Council for Canada PO Box 9657 Stn Prov Govt Victoria BC V8W 9P3 Phone: 250 952-2530 E-Mail: Andrew.McBride@gov.bc.ca