How to complete the Certificate of Death — and autofill form 014-0005-54 with my-id.ca
Complete a death certificate without retyping patient and facility details
Attending physicians and registered nurses in the extended class completing the Certificate of Death repeat the deceased person's identifiers and facility information on every filing. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Death certificates — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Certificate of Death — 014-0005-54
What this form is about
Form 014-0005-54 is the Certificate of Death (Form 1), completed by an attending physician or registered nurse in the extended class as part of Ontario death registration under hospital management regulations.
Before you start: what to gather
- Deceased person's full legal name and date of birth.
- Date, time, and place of death.
- Cause of death and medical history as required.
- Your name, credentials, and facility or practice details.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your deceased identifiers and provider details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who completes this form?
- An attending physician or RN(EC) pursuant to hospital management regulations — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills deceased identifiers and your professional details; medical cause-of-death sections need your clinical judgment.
- Is this the same as ordering a death certificate?
- No — families order certificates separately; this form is part of registering the death.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.