Social Insurance Number

British  

noun

1. a nine-digit number used by the federal government to identify a citizen

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Example Sentences

It used to take a week to get a social insurance number for a new asylum seeker.

From BBC

Montreal-based Desjardins said in June that unauthorized use of internal data by an employee led to breach of personal information, including social insurance number, address and details of banking habits.

From Reuters

Over the next few weeks, refugee settlement workers will also help her get health insurance, a social insurance number and bank account.

From New York Times

"There's no contract, we don't ask for your social insurance number, you don't have to do a urine test, we don't ask for your birthday or your first-born, nothing like that," Dobbin said.

From Reuters

"But I don't have a Social Insurance Number or a bank account," Hershie said.

From Project Gutenberg