How to Contact Us About Your Social Insurance Number
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At Service Canada, we administer the Social Insurance Number program.
Contact us if you need to:
- apply for a Social Insurance Number (SIN) for yourself or your child; or
- amend or replace your SIN card.
- Click
- servicecanada.gc.ca
See the Web site for more information on the Social Insurance Number program. - Call
- 1-800-206-7218
Select Option "3."Agents are available Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time, except on statutory holidays.
If you are calling from outside Canada, the number is 506-548-7961 (long-distance charges apply).
- Visit
- a Service Canada Centre
To find the Centre nearest you, visit our Web site, or call 1 800 O-Canada (1-800-622-6232). If you have a hearing or speech impairment and use a teletypewriter, please call 1-800-926-9105.
You can also write to us at:
Service Canada
Social Insurance Registration Office
P.O. Box 7000
Bathurst, New Brunswick E2A 4T1
NOTE: Be sure to store your new SIN card safely.
The Social Insurance Number program is delivered by Service Canada. Service Canada brings Government of Canada services and benefits together in a single delivery network. It provides Canadians with one-stop service they can access however they choose–on the Internet at www.servicecanada.gc.ca, by phone at 1 800 O-Canada, or in person at Service Canada Centres across the country.