British Columbia's intestacy rules apply. Parents typically receive nothing, sons and daughters take equally, and a spouse takes a large fixed share first.
The Canadian position
The estate is administered through the Supreme Court of British Columbia under British Columbia legislation. Municipality makes no difference to the formula.
An administrator must swear an affidavit of diligent search before the estate is treated as intestate.
The Islamic position
Faraid gives each parent one sixth where the deceased left children, and a son twice a daughter's share — neither appears in any provincial formula.
Heirs who are all adult and competent may be able to redistribute afterwards by family settlement.
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.
- Surah an-Nisa 4:11 — shares of children and parents — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:12 — shares of spouses and uterine siblings — Quran.com
- Surah an-Nisa 4:176 — the kalalah verse — Quran.com
- Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 85: Laws of Inheritance (Faraid) — Sunnah.com
- Sahih Muslim, Book of Inheritance — Sunnah.com
- Research Papers — Cambridge Muslim College
- Research — Cambridge Muslim College
- Academics — Islamic law and theology curriculum — Zaytuna College
- Encyclopaedia of Islam — Brill
- Wills, Estates and Succession Act, SBC 2009, c 13 — BC Laws
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
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