How to obtain an ancillary estate trustee certificate — and autofill related forms with my-id.ca
Use an ancillary certificate of estate trustee with a will without retyping your details
When a foreign grant must be recognized for Ontario assets and a will exists, the ancillary certificate repeats the trustee's name, address, and appointment details. 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: Apply for probate of an estate — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): FORM 74.29 - Courts of Justice Act. Certificate of Ancillary Appointment of Estate Trustee with a Will — rcp-74-29
What this form is about
Form 74.29 is the certificate of ancillary appointment of estate trustee with a will, issued when a foreign estate grant is recognized for administering Ontario assets where the deceased left a will.
Before you start: what to gather
- The estate trustee's full legal name and address.
- The deceased's name and date of death.
- Foreign grant and will details.
- Ontario assets in the estate.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, address, and contact 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
- What is an ancillary appointment?
- Recognition of a foreign estate trustee's authority to deal with assets located in Ontario when the deceased left a will.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It stores names and addresses for banking and transfers in Ontario.
- How is this different from resealing?
- Confirm which process applies to your foreign grant on ontario.ca.
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.