Quebec woman fights to change her last name

[bcdphie]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

Also, in British Columbia, if you want to hyphenate your last names after marriage, it is considered an OFFICIAL name change (different from the name change procedure when one gets married. In other words, you can keep your name, take on your spouse's name OR use two last names minus the hyphen (I think....now I'm not too sure). But you can't hyphenate.). This means a new birth certificate.

You are correct that in BC if you want to hyphenate your sir name it is considered a legal name change. But you don't get a new birth certificate, you would get a name change certificate.

The name change law in Quebec is completely backwards. I had no idea that that existed.