Where to Find Canadian Estate Papers
Testaments, wills, property inventories, letters of administration and probate, guardianships, trusteeships, bonds, depositions and other correspondence are included in estate records. Information on wills and letters of administration is found in the records of the court in which the estate was probated. Search fees are charged by some Provincial authorities...others require prepayment.
Alberta
Address inquiries to:
Alberta Attorney General
British Columbia
Madison Building
9919 105th St.
Edmonton, AB T5K 2E8
Canada
Probate records held by:
Registrar of Supreme Court
Manitoba
850 Burdett Ave.
Victoria, BC V8W 1B4
Canada
Probate records held by Surrogate Court in each judicial district.
New Brunswick
Probate files, wills and letters of administration, and probate registers (indexed) are in the Provincial Archives. Microfilming is on-going. These should be available for interlibrary loan from the New Brunswick Provincial Archives.
Newfoundland
Probated Estate Records held by:
Registery Office of the Supreme Court
A fee is charged and inquiree must know the date of probate.
Court Hose, Duckworth St.
St. John's, NF A1C 5V5
Canada
Northwest Territories
The Supreme Court of the Territories is located at Yellowknife. Some records, however, are held at:
Public Trustee
Nova Scotia
Government of the Northwest Territories
Yellowfnife, NWT X0E 1H0
Canada
Registry of Probate in each county is the repository for all estate settlements. Microfilm copies of probate records, which are complete to 1900 for all counties, are located in the Public Archives ..some contain indexes.
Ontario
Those records from 1791 to 1859 of the Court of probate (registers, indexes and files), as well as original files or microfilm of the Surrogate Court Records from 1793 to 1900, are in the Ontario Archives. Indexing of estate files began in 1859 in the Surrogate Court and are arranged alphabetically within each year.
Prince Edward Island
From 1815-1933 Probate Court records are in the provincial archives.
Quebec
Notaries have those which they have passed and keep them until retirement. At that time they are sent to the Court House of the judicial district where the notary practiced. Copies of wills can be obtained from the Judicial Archives of the notary's District, or from the notary who drew them up or from his successor who kept these files. These might contain other related documents pertinent to the settlement of an estate.
Saskatchewan
Address inquiries to:
Surrogate Clerk
There is a charge for each search.
Regina Court House
2428 Victoria Ave.
Regina, SK S4P 3V7
Canada
Yukon Territory
Those estate records from Public Administrator's files are located in the Yukon Archives at Whitehorse.
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