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== Divorce  ==
== Divorce  ==
===Library and Archives Canada Database of Divorce Records===
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/acts-divorce-1841-1968.aspx#c '''Acts of Divorce, 1841-1968 Instructions''']
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/vital-statistics-births-marriages-deaths/divorce-1841-1968/Pages/search.aspx '''Search Database''']
===Senate of Canada===


:Alberta divorce records date from 1867. For information on divorce proceedings in Alberta from 1867-1919 contact the Senate of Canada at the following address:
*The Senate of Canada holds the original divorce files, but they are closed to the public under privacy legislation. You can obtain a certified copy of a divorce act for legal purposes from them:
 
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::'''Office of the Law Clerk and <br>Parliamentary Counsel'''<br>Room 304 <br>3rd Floor <br>222 Queen Street <br>OTTAWA, ON K1A 0A4 <br>Phone: (613) 992-2416
Senate of Canada<br>
 
Office of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel<br>
:After 1919 divorce proceedings were handled by the provincial courts. Write to the provincial courthouse for location and availability or enquire at the county courthouse concerning indexes and searches. <br>Web site: [http://genealogy.about.com/od/vital_records/p/alberta.htm Alberta Courts]<br>
Room 1310<br>
13th Floor<br>
40 Elgin Street<br>
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A4<br>
CANADA<br>
Telephone: 613-992-2416<br>


==Registry Offices==
==Registry Offices==
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