Life-event documents

Documents you need after the death of a family member

This is hard enough without hunting for forms. Use this list as a starting point; store what you can in a private vault so siblings and executors are not emailing sensitive scans.

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Document checklist

Why a vault helps here

Keep estate-related scans in a Canadian vault with clear person profiles — share only what each professional needs.

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Canadian hosting, household profiles, and form autofill. No credit card required.

my-id.ca— Canada's personal data vault

General information, not legal advice. Requirements change — always confirm current instructions on the official government site before you submit anything. my-id.ca is not a government agency.