Newsgroups: can.general
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!neat.ai.toronto.edu!cebly
From: cebly@ai.toronto.edu (Craig Boutilier)
Subject: Re: SIN Number
Message-ID: <89Jan4.142420est.38116@neat.ai.toronto.edu>
Keywords: SIN
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
References: <405@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Distribution: can
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 89 14:24:16 EST

In article <405@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> gonnason@enel.UCalgary.CA writes:
>
>	There definitely is some truth to the rumour that the first
>  number of your social insurance number indicates where you first
>  applied for the number. 

I'll fan the flames a little: I'm from Halifax, but I applied for my
SIN in Edmonton while spending the summer there as a kid. While all
of my friends in Nouvelle Ecosse had SINs that began with "1", mine
started with a "6". 

ceb