Not legally, but most executors use one for anything beyond a simple estate. The fees are an estate expense.
The Canadian position
Not legally, but most executors use one for anything beyond a simple estate. The fees are an estate expense.
Provincial law governs administration, so confirm the position where the estate will actually be administered.
The Islamic position
The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.
Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a qualified scholar.
Making an Islamic will in Canada — province by province, and what makes one valid where you live →
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- Estate pays executors personal lawyer fees ontario — Treadstone Law
- Estate administration tax ontario how probate fees calculated — Treadstone Law
- Ontario estate administration tax probate fees explained — Treadstone Law
- Where to apply for probate ontario jurisdiction — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law