For your information, If you had those old plastic wallet size citizenship card, you will need to surrender it to the immigration and citizenship department during your application to correct your name on your citizenship card. You will be issued a new paper certificate of citizenship since they do not issue those old plastic wallet size citizenship card anymore.
Your citizenship card will be replaced only if:
1. A mistake had been made by the immigration and citizenship department during the time of processing.
2. It has been 90 days or less since the time you received your citizenship certificate.
But, if it has been more than 90 days and you are requesting for a replacement citizenship certificate for any other reason besides the one mentioned above, then you will have to submit an application for a citizenship certificate. This case will be treated and processed using the same amount of time as if you were applying for the citizenship certificate the first time. A processing fee will apply in this case.
If it has been 90 days or less since you received your citizenship certificate:
1. You must send your citizenship certificate or card with a note explaining what needs to be corrected with it.
2. If your request is urgent, write "URGENT" on the envelope and inside provide an explanation why you feel it is urgent and provide any documents to prove otherwise.
3. It will be free of charge in this case for processing the application.
4. Mail your package to : (For regular Mail)
Request for replacement certificate
CPC-Sydney
P.O. Box 10000
Sydney, Nova Scotia
B1P 7C1
(For Courier mailing address)
Request for replacement certificate
CPC- Sydney
49 Dorchester Street
Sydney, Nova Scotia
B1P 5Z2