A straightforward will from a lawyer typically runs a few hundred dollars; a plan involving trusts, a business or cross-border property costs more. Compared with the cost of an estate dispute it is trivial.
The Canadian position
Flat-fee wills are widely available. Firms offering flat-fee estate work will usually quote before starting.
Online will services cost less but are not built to express conditional fractional shares.
The Islamic position
The expense is part of discharging the obligation to have your affairs in order. Scholars treat delay in making a will as the thing to avoid, not the fee.
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.
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Locating wills and documents — Law Society of Ontario
- Cross examining drafting lawyer will dispute ontario — Treadstone Law
- Hourly rate vs flat fee litigation ontario — Treadstone Law
- Cross border executor us citizen tax complications ontario — Treadstone Law
- Cost of litigation contract dispute ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law