Due 30 April of the following year, or six months after death if later; optional additional returns can reduce overall tax.
The Canadian position
Due 30 April of the following year, or six months after death if later; optional additional returns can reduce overall tax.
Executors carry personal liability for getting the sequence wrong, so document each step as you take it.
The Islamic position
The wasi holds the estate as an amanah and is answerable to the heirs for how it was handled.
Islamic practice favours prompt settlement, which sits awkwardly with Canadian tax clearance timelines — an interim distribution with a holdback is the usual compromise.
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.
General information, not legal or religious advice. Inheritance depends entirely on the exact family circumstances. Confirm the Canadian position with a lawyer in your province and any religious ruling with a qualified scholar.
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
- 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
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c 1 (5th Supp) — Justice Laws Canada
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Power of attorney vs executor ontario difference — Treadstone Law
- Personal care attorney compensation ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor access crypto no private key ontario — Treadstone Law
- How long executor has to settle estate ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor cannot delegate duties ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor duty file tax returns ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law