This white rectangular document reads from top to bottom:
"Dominion of Canada, NATIONAL REGISTRATION REGULATIONS, 1940. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. This certificate must always be carried upon the person of the registrant."
To the right of this contained in a boxed in area is: "Electoral District - No.90 (numbers in handwriting). Algoma East (Name)" handwritten in."Polling Division - No.73" (numbers handwritten). "Lefroy" in handwriting above "Name (if any)".
Below this is "THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT, Mary C. Owens (handwritten) residing at R.R.1 Thessalon, Ont. (handwritten), was duly registered under the above-mentioned Regulations this 19 (numbers handwritten) day of August (month handwritten) 1940."
Underneath this in the lower right hand corner is the signature of Catherine E. Hopper, Deputy Registrar." "Mary Caroline Owens" (signature) is written on a line over the typewritten statement "Signature of Registrant," found vertically on the left hand side of the document.