Yes. Notify Service Canada and the provincial health authority, and cancel passports and licences to prevent identity fraud.
The Canadian position
Yes. Notify Service Canada and the provincial health authority, and cancel passports and licences to prevent identity fraud.
Provincial law governs the detail, so confirm the position where the estate will 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 instrument has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a qualified scholar.
The four Sunni schools are not recorded as differing materially on this point in the sources reviewed. Where your own case turns on it, put it to a scholar of your school.
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 one of the references below. Legislation and dollar thresholds change — verify against the primary source before relying on any figure.
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- What to do when someone dies — Government of Ontario
- Can probate be avoided ontario — Treadstone Law
- Selling a house before probate granted ontario — Treadstone Law
- Probate fees vs income tax at death ontario — Treadstone Law
- Estate trustee conflict of interest ontario — Treadstone Law
- Estate trustee selling below market value beneficiary recourse ontario — Treadstone Law
- What is certificate of appointment estate trustee — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law