How to certify substantial performance (Form 6) — and autofill cla-6 with my-id.ca
Certify substantial performance without retyping contractor and project details
Contractors certifying substantial performance under section 32 repeat business names, project addresses, and owner identities on every Construction Act Form 6 certificate. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Construction Act — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 6 - Certificate of Substantial Performance of the Contract Under Section 32 of the Act (Construction Lien Act ) — cla-6
What this form is about
Form cla-6 is Form 6 — Certificate of Substantial Performance under section 32 of the Construction Act — confirm timing and notice consequences on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Contractor legal name and business address.
- Owner or payer name and address.
- Premises or project address and contract description.
- Date of substantial performance — prepare with counsel.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your contractor, owner, and project identity details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- When is Form 6 filed?
- When certifying substantial performance under section 32 — confirm deadlines on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills contractor, owner, and project address fields.
- Does this preserve a lien?
- No — confirm preservation and perfection steps separately.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.