When fraud has been proven, we look at the type of fraud and discuss the matter with the person involved. Often people decide not to change their social insurance numbers. They register, or have someone register them, at a credit checking agency. By so doing, they will be better protected than they would be if they changed their social insurance number. Often, having been informed, people decide not to change their social insurance number. In a very small number of cases, 60 per year since 2014, people insist on making a change when fraud has been confirmed. At that point, we allow a new social insurance number to be issued, but we will also explain that it will not necessarily solve the problem.
On July 15th, 2019. See this statement in context.