Resources

• Official Executor Guide
• Executor Preparation Course
• Prepare Your Estate for Your Executor
• Will Preparation Guide
• Glossary of Estate Terms
• Free $200 Estate Planning Checklist
• Draft Will Clause
• Inheritance Planning Guide
• Executor Liability Insurance Application
• Important Information for Your Executor Booklet
• Whitepaper for Non-Professional Executors
• Letter of Direction
• Cottage Co-Ownership Checklist

All About Estates
Estate Law Canada
Hull & Hull Law Blog
Whaley Estate Litigation Blog
Your Estate Matters Blog

WillingWisdom.com

Alberta

https://open.alberta.ca/publications/e12p5

British Columbia

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/life-events/death/wills-estates

Manitoba

http://www.manitobacourts.mb.ca/court-of-queens-bench/frequently-asked-questions/probate-division/

New Brunswick

Public Legal Education and Information services – Wills and Estate Planning
New Brunswick Probate Court – Frequently Asked Questions

Newfoundland and Labrador

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador – Wills, Estates and Guardianship

Northwest Territories

Questions and Answers About Wills

Nova Scotia

What to do When Someone Dies

Ontario

Ministry of the Attorney General
What to do When Someone Dies

Prince Edward Island

Community Legal Association of Prince Edward Island – Information for Executors
Community Legal Association of Prince Edward Island – Information for Administrators

Saskatchewan

Courts of Saskatchewan – Wills and Estates
Public Legal Education Association

Yukon Territory

http://www.justice.gov.yk.ca/prog/cs/2401.html

Canada Revenue Agency

What to do When Someone has Died

Senior Advocacy

Government of Canada – Provincial Resources for Elder Abuse

Legal

Law Society of Upper Canada – Legal Referral Service in Ontario
Legal Information for Low Income Seniors (ACE)

Beneficiary: a person or organization entitled to benefit under the Will.

Bequest, Legacy or Devise: a disposition of personal property under the terms of the Will.

Codicil: an addition or amendment to a Will.

Estate:includes everything owned by a person who has died.

Estate Administrator: the person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of the deceased.

Executor, Executrix, Estate Trustee: person named in a Will and legally charged with carrying out its provisions.

Guardian: a person or trust company appointed by the court to care for the property of a child.

Holographic Will: a Will written entirely in the handwriting of the testator and not witnessed.

Inter Vivos Trust: a trust created to take effect during the lifetime of the creator of the trust.

Intestate: describes someone who dies without leaving a Will.

Issue: descendants of a person, including not only children but grandchildren, great-grandchildren and more remote descendants.

Probate: the legal process of proving that a Will is valid and gives power to the Executor to administer and distribute it.

Power of Attorney (for property and/or care): a written authorization to represent or act on another’s behalf.

Residual Beneficiary: the beneficiary to whom the residue of the estate is left.

Residue: the assets remaining in an estate after all of the debts of the testator and the specific bequests in the Will have been satisfied.

Testamentary Capacity: the ability to know and understand the action of making a Will, the nature and extent of property which constitutes the estate, and who should and will benefit under the Will.

Testamentary Trust: a trust created by a Will.

Testate: describes someone who has died leaving a Will.

Testator, Testatrix: the person who makes a Will.

Trust: an interest in property held legally by one person for the benefit of another.

Trustee: one who manages property or money for another.

Will: the legal statement of a person’s wishes regarding the disposal of their property after death.