Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!alberta!ncc!apss!sph
From: sph@apss.ab.ca (Shaun Hammond)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: SIN Number
Summary: Crash and Burn
Keywords: Checksum Procedure
Message-ID: <746@apss.apss.ab.ca>
Date: 23 Dec 88 15:41:25 GMT
References: <302@idacom.UUCP> <723@apss.apss.ab.ca> <1902@pembina.UUCP> <1735@maccs.McMaster.CA>
Distribution: can
Organization: Alberta Public Safety Services
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In article <1735@maccs.McMaster.CA>, wside@maccs.McMaster.CA (Dawn Whiteside) writes:
> I've also heard that the first digit of the SIN indicates the province where
> you applied for the card. My SIN starts with '4' for Ontario. I have a friend
> whose SIN starts with '6' for Manitoba. Can anyone shoot this theory down?
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> Dawn Whiteside
> -- 
Yo! Mine was issued in Alberta -  it starts with a "6".