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CanadaSocial Insurance Number

Also known asSIN

ISO codes
CAN / CA
Region
Americas
Length
9–11 characters
Checksum
Yes

Character map

Each cell is one character of the sample test value; separators are shown as-is.

Sample test value

031052046

This value was randomly generated to pass this country's validation rules. It is not a real ID and does not belong to any person.

(01)Country reference

Specification

Format
  • ###-###-###
  • # — any digit
  • Other characters are written as shown.
Length

9–11 characters

Checksum
Yes

Check digits are recomputed and verified.

Embedded data
No

This number encodes no extractable personal data.

References

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Validation rules for Canada come from the open-source idnumbers library. Report a format issue on GitHub