Manitoba'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 Court of King's Bench under Manitoba 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.
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.
- 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
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Succession Law Reform Act, RSO 1990, c S.26 — Government of Ontario
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Probate ontario bank account no will — Treadstone Law
- Common law partner intestacy ontario — Treadstone Law
- Intestacy spouse multiple children ontario — Treadstone Law
- Adopted children inheritance intestacy ontario — Treadstone Law
- Common law spouse beneficiary designation vs intestacy ontario — Treadstone Law
- Can common law partner inherit without a will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law