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title: "Indian status card: apply for or renew a status card"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/status-card"
description: "Apply for Indian status or a status card in Canada: handled by Indigenous Services Canada. Official links checked 12 October 2026. From official sources."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
lastReviewed: "2026-10-12"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Indian status card: apply for or renew a status card

Federal service · Identity and documents

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, checked 12 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## Short answer

Indigenous Services Canada registers people under the Indian Act and issues the secure certificate of Indian status (status card).

Who handles it: [Indigenous Services Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/department-of-indigenous-services). Handles it everywhere in Canada.

## Official links

- [Indian status](https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100032463/1572459644986), checked 12 October 2026
- [Apply for a status card](https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1100100032380/1572461388012), checked 12 October 2026

## More

- [Get or renew a passport](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/passport)
- [Get a Social Insurance Number (SIN)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/sin)
- [Get proof of Canadian citizenship](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/citizenship-certificate)
- [Order a birth certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/birth-certificate)
- [Order a death certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/death-certificate)
- [Order a marriage certificate](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/marriage-certificate)

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Indian status card: apply for or renew a status card", checked 12 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/status-card