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Ontario's Estate Administration Tax: $0 on the first $50,000, then $15 per $1,000 above it. Worked examples, the Small Estate Certificate, and filing deadlines.
Nova Scotia's probate fee schedule: fixed amounts up to $100,000, then $16.95 per $1,000 above it, the highest marginal probate rate in Canada. Worked examples.
Compares Quebec's notarial, holograph, and witnessed wills with common-law holograph wills, and explains why a notarial will skips probate entirely.
How to make a valid will in Canada: formal, holograph, and Quebec will types, signing and witness rules by province, and what happens if you have none.
Compare wills, probate, intestacy, and executor rules across Canadian provinces, with a probate-fee comparison table for a $500,000 estate.
What an executor, called an estate trustee in Ontario and a liquidator in Quebec, must do: secure assets, pay debts and taxes, get a CRA clearance, then distribute.
Who inherits when you die without a will in Canada? Each province's intestate succession order, spousal preferential share, and common-law rules explained.
Grounds to contest a will in Canada (capacity, undue influence, execution, fraud), dependants' relief deadlines by province, and how Quebec's regime differs.
BC probate fees explained: $0 under $25,000, $6 and $14 per $1,000 above that, plus a $200 filing fee. Worked examples and what counts toward the estate.
Alberta charges a flat surrogate court fee capped at $525, no matter the estate size. See the full 2026 fee schedule and how Alberta compares to other provinces.
The Dangerous Dogs Act 1991: prohibited types, the dangerously-out-of-control offence, aggravated penalties, destruction orders, and the dog-on-dog route.
Who is legally liable for council tax under the s.6 hierarchy, joint and several liability rules, council tax bands, and why Northern Ireland uses domestic rates instead.