Update your CRA information: Change your name
If you change your name, tell the Canada Revenue Agency as soon as possible.
The Canada Revenue Agency will not share your name change with other government departments. You must do this separately. The only exception to this is if you allowed CRA to share this information with Elections Canada on your tax return.
Change only your first name or last name
We only accept name changes by phone, mail or fax.
- By phone:
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Change either your first or last name by phone
- Before you call
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To verify your identity, you'll need
- Social Insurance Number
- Full name and date of birth
- Your complete address
- Your personal account open or an assessed return, notice of assessment, reassessment, or other tax document
- Telephone number
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1-800-959-8281
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut:
1-866-426-1527Outside Canada and the U.S. (hours in ET):
613-940-8495 - Hours
- Hours in local time
Day Hours Mon to Fri 9 am to 5 pm Sat and Sun Closed Closed on public holidays.
- By mail or fax:
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Change your first or last name by mail or fax
Write a letter with the following:
- the original or certified true copy of one of the following documents:
- a name change certificate from a provincial/territorial vital statistics department; or
- a court order issued under an act on change of name;
- your old and new names;
- your social insurance number; and
- your signature.
Send your letter by mail or fax to your tax centre:
- the original or certified true copy of one of the following documents:
Change both your first name and last name
Changes to both a first and last name must be done by mail or fax.
- By mail or fax:
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Write a letter with the following:
- the original or certified true copy of one of the following documents:
- a name change certificate from a provincial/territorial vital statistics department; or
- a court order issued under an act on change of name;
- your old and new names;
- your social insurance number; and
- your signature.
Send your letter by mail or fax to your tax centre:
- the original or certified true copy of one of the following documents:
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