The document, which will be provided with an apostille clause from January 11, 2024, will no longer need to be submitted to our embassy for further verification. For the use of a Canadian public document in the Czech Republic, its arrangement with an apostille clause and an official translation into the Czech language is sufficient (done by our Embassy or any Czech consulates in Canada, or by a translator registered in the list of court translators of the CR).

If your official document was authenticated by the relevant Canadian authority before January 11, 2024, the embassy or honorary consulates will continue to superlegalize such a document.

The detailed procedure for obtaining an apostille clause from the relevant Canadian office can be found on the website of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC). In order to determine the procedure, it is essential in which province/territory the document was issued or verified.

General information on the apostille can be found below, but we recommend that you also familiarize yourself with the information on the website of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC).

The apostille will be issued by either the General Affairs Canada (GAC) or the relevant provincial/territorial office.

Apostille issued by the GAC:

The GAC is responsible for issuing an apostille on a document:

1. issued by the Government of Canada;
2. issued or authenticated in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon;
3. authenticated in the province/territory listed in point 2 (regardless of which province/territory the document was issued).

Apostille issued by provinces/territories:

The competent authority of the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan will issue an apostille on a document issued or authenticated by the authorities in their province.

The competent authority of the provinces of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan will issue an apostille on a document authenticated by the authorities of its province, regardless of the province/territory in which the document was issued.

The competent authority of the provinces of British Columbia and Quebec will issue an apostille on a certified document only if this document was also issued in its province.

Note: After clicking on MFA of Canada/province/territory, its website will be displayed with the contact information of the relevant office for that province/territory or MFA of Canada, including other necessary information. Please note that not all authorities have information on the application itself on their website. We assume that the current information will be listed there on 11/01/2024. We also point out that the respective pages will include both information on the apostille and authentication, which will continue to be used in relation to states that are not parties to the Hague Convention on abolition of the requirement for authentication of foreign public documents (The Hague, 5 October 1961), i.e. the Apostille Convention.

In the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Saskatchewan, the competent authorities are:

Alberta: Ministry of Justice of Alberta

British Columbia: Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia

Ontario: Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery of Ontario

Quebec: Ministry of Justice of Quebec

Saskatchewan: Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of Saskatchewan