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Canada Personal Health Identification Number (PHIN)

live testing1 patternproximity 300recommended confidence 75 (medium)

Detects Canadian personal health identification (PHIN) number.

The patterns, as the engine reads them

confidence 75 (medium)
  • Primary: Regex_canada_phin: regex: (?:^|[\s,;\:\(\)\[\]"'])(\d{9})(?:$|[\s,\;\:\(\)\[\]"']|\.\s|\.$)
  • Any 2 of these:
    • Keyword_canada_phin: 15 keywords (word match), e.g. "social insurance number", "health information act", "income tax information"
    • Keyword_canada_provinces: 14 keywords (word match), e.g. "Nunavut", "Quebec", "Northwest Territories"
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