Translation Services in Halifax

Translation services in Halifax for official use: we translate your documents into English or French, or into more than 30 other languages, with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public, the format IRCC accepts for immigration and citizenship. Everything is done online, and the translation arrives by email.

Certified translations for IRCC, the courts and universities

• Certified translation with the translator’s affidavit, sworn before a notary public
• Human translation, checked by a second translator
• Sent as a PDF by email, with a printed copy by mail to any Halifax address on request

IRCC, and the offices in Halifax with rules of their own

For IRCC, a translation by a translator who is not certified in Canada is accepted when it comes with the translator’s affidavit, sworn before a notary public outside Canada, and a certified copy of the original. That is our IRCC translation.

Nova Scotia is stricter than most provinces. For a foreign driver’s licence not in English or French, Access Nova Scotia only accepts a translation by ATINS, CTTIC, the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) or a consulate or embassy; a notary stamp is not needed, and an International Driving Permit does not count as a translation. The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) asks for a certified translator, with proof of the certification, and its guide does not offer an affidavit instead. Vital Statistics also asks, on its forms, for an official translation from a certified translator.

For the driver’s licence, the list is closed and our translation is not on it. For the NSNP and Vital Statistics, check with them before you order: Roxo is not a member of ATINS. For IRCC, our translation with the affidavit is accepted.

Did you know? Halifax

Nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21, on the Halifax waterfront, between 1928 and 1971. The building is now the Canadian Museum of Immigration, where many families look for the arrival records of their ancestors.

Halifax is receiving newcomers faster than before: 18,135 recent immigrants settled in the Halifax area between 2016 and 2021, almost double the 9,510 of the five years before, according to the census.