The Manitoba government has agreed with the Government of Canada to allocate $1.5 million toward upgrading their vital statistics branch.
Government Services Minister Lisa Naylor announced this funding, which will go towards an electronic death registry noting that “This change will expedite death registrations, simplifying the process for grieving families and ensuring faster access to benefits.”
This project is set to be fully operational by the spring of 2025.
The Vital Statistics Branch registers all vital events in Manitoba and provides documents as proof of those events. The branch also keeps a database of all vital event records from 1882 to the present day.
This latest upgrade allows these events to be logged more efficiently.
