Translation Services in Montreal

Translation services in Montreal 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 Montreal address on request

IRCC, and the offices in Montreal 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.

Quebec offices ask for more than IRCC. The SAAQ accepts the translation of a foreign driver’s licence only when it is done or authenticated by an embassy, a consulate or a member of OTTIAQ, of the Association of Legal Court Interpreters and Translators or of an association of the CTTIC. For a marriage, the officiant asks for an official translation by an OTTIAQ member, with the translator’s sworn statement, of any document not in French or English. To insert a birth or marriage from abroad into the Quebec register, the Directeur de l’état civil asks for a French translation by an OTTIAQ member, even of a document in English. A document already in French needs no translation.

The MIFI, which issues the Quebec selection certificate (CSQ), accepts translations made in Canada only from members of OTTIAQ, ATIO, STIBC or CTINB or from the embassy or consulate of the issuing country, and translations made abroad from a translator who belongs to a professional order or is authorized to practise. Roxo is not a member of OTTIAQ or of any Canadian association, so our translation does not meet the SAAQ, marriage or civil status rules, and you should check with the MIFI before you order. For the federal IRCC steps, our affidavit is accepted.

Did you know? Montreal

Montreal began in 1642 as Ville-Marie, a mission settlement led by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and Jeanne Mance. The city officially named Jeanne Mance its co-founder in 2012, and the settlement soon came to be known simply as Montréal.

In Quebec, each spouse keeps their own name after marriage: since 2 April 1981, civil rights are exercised under the name on the birth certificate. That is why the name on a foreign marriage certificate and the name on Quebec records may not match.