Canada has signed the Hague Apostille Convention and it took effect January 2024. This means that the process has been streamlined to remove the need for diplomatic document legalization.

Canadian documents need to be apostilled by either Global Affairs Canada, located in Ottawa, or the appropriate provincial authority. Each apostille office functions on a jurisdictional basis depending on where the documents originated. Additionally, each of these offices has their own processing time, ranging from 1-15 business days with the provinces and up to 70 business days with Global Affairs Canada.

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