How to complete an Evidence Act certificate of recording — and autofill eaf-001 with my-id.ca
Certify a recording under the Evidence Act without retyping deponent details
Deponents certifying recordings under subsection 5(1) of the Evidence Act repeat their name, address, contact information, and proceeding details on every Certificate of Recording form. 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: Evidence Act — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 1 - Certificate of Recording (Subsection 5 (1)) Evidence Act — eaf-001
What this form is about
Form eaf-001 is Form 1 — Certificate of Recording under subsection 5(1) of the Evidence Act, used to certify that a recording is accurate and was made as described — confirm admissibility requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Deponent's full legal name and address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Court file number and proceeding name.
- Recording date, participants, and how the recording was made.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your deponent 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
- When is a certificate of recording required?
- Confirm subsection 5(1) requirements and court directions on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills deponent contact details across Evidence Act forms.
- Must the certificate be commissioned?
- Confirm commissioning requirements for your proceeding.
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.