Instead, an individual will receive a paper 'Confirmation of SIN' letter. As of 31 March 2014, Service Canada no longer issues plastic SIN cards. The 2012 Canadian federal budget contained provisions to phase out the Social Insurance Number cards because they lacked modern security features and could be used for identity theft. The top of the card has changed over the years as the departments that are responsible for the card have changed: The SIN is formatted as three groups of three digits (e.g., 123-456-789).

SINs are issued by Employment and Social Development Canada (previously Human Resources Development Canada). In 1967, Revenue Canada (now the Canada Revenue Agency) started using the SIN for tax reporting purposes. The SIN was created in 1964 to serve as a client account number in the administration of the Canada Pension Plan and Canada's varied employment insurance programs. Note the date of expiration, which implies that the holder is neither a permanent resident nor a Canadian citizen.Ī social insurance number (SIN) ( French: numéro d'assurance sociale ( NAS)) is a number issued in Canada to administer various government programs.

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