# Certified Translator Canada: When You Need One for IRCC | Roxo

> Certified translator in Canada: what the title means, when IRCC accepts a translator’s affidavit instead and how our translators work.

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## Certified Translator in Canada

- A certified translator in Canada is a translator certified by a provincial association, such as ATIO in Ontario or OTTIAQ in Quebec, and in some provinces the title is protected by law. IRCC also accepts a translation by a translator who is not certified in Canada, when it comes with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public outside Canada.

## Professional translators, native in the target language

- A translator native in the target language, and a second translator checking every page
- The translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public in Florida, USA, as IRCC accepts
- Roxo is a Corporate Member of the American Translators Association (ATA)

## What does “certified translator” mean in Canada?

- In Canada, translators are certified by the association of their province: ATIO in Ontario, OTTIAQ in Quebec, STIBC in British Columbia, ATIA in Alberta and their sister associations, which together form the Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC). In Ontario the title “certified translator” has been reserved by law for ATIO’s certified members since 1989.
- Roxo is not a member of any Canadian association, and we do not call ourselves certified translators in Canada. Our credential is membership of the American Translators Association (ATA).

## When IRCC accepts a translator who is not certified in Canada

- For applications to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (permanent residence, Express Entry, study and work permits, citizenship), IRCC accepts a translation by a member in good standing of a professional association in Canada or abroad. Without that, it accepts the translation with an affidavit from the translator, sworn before a notary public outside Canada, together with a certified copy of the original. A relative of the applicant cannot translate or take the oath. This is the format of our IRCC translation.

## When you need a translator certified in your province

- Some provincial and local offices ask for a translator certified in Canada. Check the instructions of the office that will receive your document before you order, for example:

- Provincial nominee programs, such as Nova Scotia’s, and Yukon programs that ask for a certified translator
- Courts and tribunals, which may ask for a translator certified in the province
- The driver’s licence exchange, which in Ontario accepts consulates and qualified translators who show their credentials
- Marriage licences, which in Toronto ask for a translation by a certified translator

## Who translates your documents at Roxo

- Each document goes to a translator native in the target language with experience of official documents, and then to a second translator, who checks names, dates and numbers against the original. The translator then signs the affidavit before a notary public in Florida, at no extra cost, and you receive the certified translation by email as a PDF.

## Toronto and the rest of Canada, online

- We do not have an office in Canada, and you do not need to go anywhere: you upload your documents, see the price and the delivery date in the instant quote and receive the translation by email, wherever you live. See the certified translator in Toronto, our translation services in Canada and translations in more than 30 languages.

- Upload your documents and see the price and the delivery date before you pay
- Pay online by card
- Receive your certified translation by email as a PDF