Prism Linguistics provides professional Spanish interpreters and certified Spanish translation across Canada, for immigration and refugee files, provincial court matters and hospital appointments. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken non-official languages in the country, with large communities in the Toronto and Montreal areas and steady recent arrivals from across Latin America. Spanish uses the Latin alphabet, so the real work is matching the regional variety and the paperwork behind it.
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For spoken Spanish the main decision is matching a Latin American or Iberian interpreter to the speaker. Vocabulary diverges in ordinary settings, and legal and medical terms carry regional weight, so wherever possible we match the country of origin to reduce the chance of a witness or patient being misunderstood on a small but decisive word. Prism is a private agency, not a court-appointed body, and we confirm what a court requires before a hearing.
Spanish interpreters attend IRCC interviews, Immigration and Refugee Board refugee hearings, examinations for discovery, hospital and clinic visits handled under PHIPA and PIPEDA, and school meetings. Telling us the country and, if known, the region of the speaker in advance lets us place the closest available match, in person in the major centres or by telephone and video anywhere in the country.
Common settings include legal and court interpreting, medical and hospital interpreting, IRCC and Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) interviews, and police and enforcement work. See all on-site interpreting options or start a free quote.
Certified Spanish translation turns less on the script than on the country. Records reach us from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, the Southern Cone and Spain, and the wording of a civil record differs by country, so a translator who knows how a Mexican acta de nacimiento is laid out, or how a Colombian registro civil numbers its fields, is less likely to misread a name or a date.
The records we handle most are birth, marriage and death certificates, police-clearance letters, academic transcripts and degrees, and notarial deeds (escrituras). Where the source country is party to the Apostille Convention, the apostille is translated alongside the record. Each translation is issued by a certified translator, or supported by a sworn affidavit before a commissioner of oaths where no certified translator of the pair is available, and acceptance ultimately depends on the receiving institution.
For documents rather than spoken interpreting, see certified Spanish translation, our full Spanish translation services, or general document translation. Every translation moves through our TEP workflow — translation, editing and proofreading by separate linguists — with free revisions.
An interpreter attends in person for hearings, medical appointments and meetings. On-site interpreting
Same-day, often within minutes, for calls, intake and urgent situations. Phone interpreting
Telehealth, remote hearings and sign language, anywhere in Canada. Video interpreting
Simultaneous interpreting for events and multilingual meetings. Conference interpreting
Legal consultations, settlement services and private appointments. Private interpreting
ASL and LSQ interpreting for accessible appointments and events. Sign language
We arrange Spanish interpreters in cities across every province and territory — on site in the major centres and by telephone or video everywhere else:
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Spanish is one of Canada's most-spoken non-official languages, with roughly 540,000 speakers concentrated in Toronto and Montreal, plus growing communities in Vancouver and Calgary, drawn from Mexico, Central and South America, and Spain. In day-to-day work we see Spanish translation requests across every sector - IRCC immigration paperwork, provincial court interpreting, hospital intake forms, school enrolment, and business contracts with Latin American partners. The language has regional variations (Mexican Spanish, Castilian, Argentinian, Cuban, and others), so we match each project to a translator who understands the dialect the receiving institution expects.
Yes. Both are translated and interpreted, and for spoken work we try to match the interpreter to the speaker's country so regional vocabulary is understood correctly.
IRCC generally expects a certified translation or one supported by a sworn affidavit. We supply that format, though acceptance ultimately depends on the receiving institution.
Yes. When a document from a Hague Convention country carries an apostille, we translate the apostille together with the record so the set stays complete.
Tell us the language, the setting and the date through our quote form or by phone. We return a written quote with the exact price and turnaround, usually within 60 minutes during business hours, before you commit.
Tell us the setting, the city and the date, and we will confirm a qualified Spanish interpreter and a firm price.