A person named to handle online accounts and digital assets.
In Islamic law
Cryptocurrency with no recorded key is simply lost to the heirs — an increasingly common total loss.
In Canadian law
Not a recognised legal role in most provinces, but naming one and leaving access instructions solves a real practical problem.
We have not yet researched whether the four Sunni schools differ on this term, so we are not going to tell you either way. Where a specific case turns on it, ask a qualified scholar rather than relying on a general summary.
Canadian legal detail
Treadstone Law, an Ontario firm with a wills and estates practice, covers the Canadian side of this in more depth:
- Naming digital executor ontario will
- Executor dealing with digital assets ontario
- Different executors named for different provinces ontario
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.
- Administering estates — Government of Ontario
- Naming digital executor ontario will — Treadstone Law
- Executor dealing with digital assets ontario — Treadstone Law
- Different executors named for different provinces ontario — Treadstone Law
- Naming estate vs person as beneficiary ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law