Your will generally remains valid, but the province you die in governs administration — and its intestacy, probate and variation rules differ.
The Canadian position
A will valid where made is usually recognised elsewhere, but a BC move matters because of section 60.
Have it reviewed after any interprovincial move.
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 mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a scholar rather than assuming an answer.
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
- Grewal v. Litt, 2019 BCSC 1154 — CanLII
- Wills, Estates and Succession Act, SBC 2009, c 13 — BC Laws
- Canadian Legal Information Institute — CanLII
- Where to apply for probate ontario jurisdiction — Treadstone Law
- Probate out of province will ontario — Treadstone Law
- Half relatives kindred rules ontario intestacy — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law