Draft — pending review. This page has been prepared but has not yet been reviewed by a Canadian estates lawyer or a qualified scholar. Treat it as a starting point for questions, not as advice you should act on.
Thirteen jurisdictions, six pages each: an overview, intestacy, probate, will formalities, finding a will, and challenges.
Choose a jurisdiction
- Ontario — Succession Law Reform Act
- British Columbia — Wills, Estates and Succession Act (WESA)
- Alberta — Wills and Succession Act
- Quebec — Civil Code of Québec
- Manitoba — The Wills Act and The Intestate Succession Act
- Saskatchewan — The Wills Act, 1996 and The Intestate Succession Act, 2019
- Nova Scotia — Probate Act and Intestate Succession Act
- New Brunswick — Wills Act and Devolution of Estates Act
- Newfoundland and Labrador — Wills Act and Intestate Succession Act
- Prince Edward Island — Probate Act and Wills Act
- Northwest Territories — Wills Act and Intestate Succession Act
- Yukon — Wills Act and Estate Administration Act
- Nunavut — Wills Act and Intestate Succession Act
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.
Sources
- Probate fees by province / territory — TaxTips.ca
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Wills & estates — Treadstone Law