This article describes how to search for a Will on the Canada Will Registry.

Search for a Will

We offer two ways to search for a will:

• Professional Will Search ($170 + HST) - The best way to search for a will. Unlike a Standard Will Search which only searches Wills registered with the Canada Will Registry, a Professional Will Search has a much broader reach. It also checks for unregistered wills by publishing a Will Search notice to our site, which is viewable to the public.
  
  
• Standard Will Search ($95 + HST) - only searches the registered wills on the Canada Will Registry.  
  
  To search for a Will:
  • • go to the Order Now page here
    • Select the type of search you want
    • Follow the on-screen prompts to proceed to Checkout
      

After the Search

• After you pay, you'll automatically be emailed your receipt and  Search Certificate, confirming you took meaningful steps to look for a will.
  
  
• If you ordered a Professional Will Search, you'll also be mailed an Affidavit of Publication as proof that your Will Search notice was published on our site.
  
  
• If you are an estate trustee, you can use the affidavit and your Search Certificate as proof of your due diligence to search for the deceased's will.
  
  
• If a matching will is found, we alert the law firm who registered it. They will have 30 days to contact you directly and they may ask for additional information to determine whether or not you are entitled to know about the will.
  
  
• If you haven't heard back from anyone with a matching will within 30 days of your search, you can assume no matching will was found.