How to prepare a power of attorney in Ontario — and autofill your details with my-id.ca
Prepare your power of attorney without retyping your personal details
Ontario power of attorney documents — for property and for personal care — both ask for the same grantor and attorney name and address fields. This guide is an example of storing those repeating fields in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official Ontario source and always use the current version — requirements can change:
- Service page: Make a power of attorney — ontario.ca
What these documents are about
A Continuing Power of Attorney for Property lets your chosen attorney manage financial decisions if you become incapable. A Power of Attorney for Personal Care lets your attorney make health and personal decisions. Both require witnesses and must meet the formal requirements of the Substitute Decisions Act.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your full name and address (as grantor).
- Your attorney's full name and address (one or more people).
- Two witnesses who meet the eligibility criteria.
Confirm the current form requirements and execution rules on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your details and your attorney's details in my-id.ca. Add names and addresses for both.
- Autofill the grantor and attorney fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on the forms, or fill PDFs from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Arrange eligible witnesses yourself.
- Execute the documents with witnesses present.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Grantor and attorney details repeat across both POA documents and any amendments. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with no third-party AI — each document starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the two types of power of attorney in Ontario?
- A Continuing Power of Attorney for Property and a Power of Attorney for Personal Care. Both documents ask for the grantor's and attorney's names and addresses — repeating fields my-id.ca can autofill.
- What personal information do the documents ask for?
- The grantor's full name and address, and each attorney's full name and address. Witness names and addresses are also required. my-id.ca stores your personal details for autofill.
- Does my-id.ca create a legally valid power of attorney?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your personal details onto the forms; execution requirements — signatures, witnesses — are your responsibility. Consider speaking with a lawyer.
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.