(source: Andrew McBride, Director, Support Services and Client Registry,
British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency   http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/adoption/ )



                                         BRITISH COLUMBIA
                                   VITAL STATISTICS AGENCY


                              Documents Received from November 4, 1996  to  February 28, 1998

                              Application for (Records) Service          4894 - 6.99%    (4894 / 70,000 x 100%)
                              Dislosure Vetoes   (*see note 3 )            2990 - 4.27%
                              No-Contact Declarations                          300 - 0.43%
                              Total                                                       8184


                              of the 4894 who filed an  Application for   (Original Birth Registration & Adoption
Order)
                                                                            Service
                               Birth Mother                               21%
                               Birth Father                                  2%
                               Adopted Person                         77%
                                                                               100%


                              of the 2990 who filed a Disclosure
                                                                      Veto
                               Birth Mother                      75%
                               Birth Father                         2%
                               Adopted Person                23%
                                                                     100%


                              of the 300 who filed a No-Contact
                                                                 Declaration
                               Birth Mother                      65%
                               Birth Father                         0%
                               Adopted Person                 35%
                                                                       100%


                            Documents issued - February 28, 1998

                            Total to date 4826

                            Turn around time 3 weeks



Notes:

     1. The total number of adoptions in British Columbia -   70,000   (source: B.C. Vital Statistics Agency)

     2. Total recorded population of British Columbia       3,724,500   (source: Statistics Canada)

     3. Vetoes from the B.C. Adoption Reunion Registry under the former Adoption Acts:
         (Passive Registry June 1987 ===>Active Registry Oct 1991 ===> Open Records Nov 4, 1996)
        - approximately  600 no contact vetoes were transferred from the B.C. Adoption Reunion Registry and
        were converted to no-disclosure vetoes under the new Adoption Act. These converted vetoes are
        included in the total 2990 Disclosure Vetoes listed above .
        - See Section 99 of the Adoption Act, "Continuation of vetoes"

      4. Found out January 21, 1998, that about 10% of those applying for a copy of their original birth
          registration are hitting some kind of veto.

      5. As of January 1998,  8 vetoes have been cancelled.

      6. Government pamphlets on the B.C. Adoption Act can be found here:

             http://www.ssrv.gov.bc.ca/

Notes des responsable du site:

Le poucentage de mères biologiques qui ont rempli un veto est de 3.2 %.

( nombre total de veto 2990  X proportion  mères biologiques 75% / nombre d'adoption 70 000 )