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Advance Directive Template
An advance directive lets you set out your health care wishes in writing so that doctors and family know what treatment you want if you become incapable of making decisions. Our free Canadian template covers treatment preferences, life-sustaining measures, proxy decision-makers and organ donation, and can be adapted to the requirements of your province.
Read MoreLegalAffidavit Template
An affidavit is a written statement of facts sworn or affirmed before a commissioner for taking oaths or a notary public, used as evidence in Canadian courts and administrative proceedings. Our free template follows the formatting expected under the Canada Evidence Act and provincial evidence legislation, with space for jurat, signatures and exhibits.
Read MoreLegalAgreement of Purchase and Sale (Residential) Template
An Agreement of Purchase and Sale is the binding contract between a Buyer and a Seller for the purchase and sale of a residential freehold property. Our free Canadian template is a clean private-sale (FSBO) alternative drafted from first principles for use in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and the other common-law provinces. This is NOT the OREA Form 100 (which is proprietary to the Ontario Real Estate Association and available only to licensed REALTORS®) — it is an independently drafted template that satisfies the provincial Statute of Frauds writing requirement, the provincial Land Titles regime and the standard conveyancing process.
Read MoreConsumerAirline Compensation Claim Letter (Canada — APPR)
Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations put real numbers on a ruined travel day: $400 to $1,000 for delays and cancellations within a large airline’s control, up to $2,400 for being bumped, and Montreal Convention liability of roughly $2,780 for mishandled baggage. But the system is airline-first — you must claim from the carrier, it has 30 days to answer, and the Canadian Transportation Agency’s complaint queue behind it now runs to roughly 97,000 files and about three years. That makes the first letter the whole game for most Canadian passengers: our template states the exact statutory figure, answers the "safety" excuse, itemizes the meals and hotel the airline owed you anyway, and starts the 30-day clock in writing.
Read MoreConsumerBank Complaint Escalation Letter (Canada — 56-Day Clock & OBSI)
Since Canada’s Financial Consumer Protection Framework took effect, every federally regulated bank has been on a hard deadline: deal with your complaint within 56 days, in writing, with reasons. And since November 1, 2024, every Canadian bank answers to a single external ombudsman — OBSI — which investigates for free and can recommend up to $350,000. The catch is that the 56 days only work for complaints that enter the right channel, plead the right issue and quantify the loss. Our Canadian template does exactly that: it logs the complaint formally, computes your day-56 date, writes the legal frame for fees, fraud, mortgage penalties or frozen accounts, and packs the file for the ombudsman the bank knows will read it next.
Read MoreWills & EstatesBeneficiary Accounting Demand (Ontario / BC / Alberta)
A residuary beneficiary has a clear right to an accounting from the estate trustee, executor or personal representative — and the right is usually exercised informally before it ever reaches the court. Our Canadian template writes the demand letter that gets the accounting on the table: the statutory basis (Ontario rr. 74.16-74.18 + Trustee Act s.61, BC WESA s.157, or Alberta Surrogate Rules 99-110), a six-head demand-scope matrix that covers everything the courts expect to see, a 30-to-60-day response window, and the formal-passing pathway signposted as the next step if the informal request is ignored. The Expert version adds an executor-compensation scrutiny clause built on the Trustee Act s.61(1) fair-and-reasonable test and the Five Percent Rule benchmark — 2.5% of capital receipts + 2.5% of capital disbursements + 2.5% of revenue receipts + 2.5% of revenue disbursements + a 0.4% care-and-management fee per year. It is the letter that turns a vague unease about how the estate is being run into a concrete demand the trustee has to answer.
Read MoreLegalBill of Sale Template
A bill of sale is a short contract that records the transfer of ownership of goods, a vehicle or other personal property from a seller to a buyer. Our free Canadian template follows the Sale of Goods Act framework used across the common-law provinces and includes the warranties, release and signature blocks a private buyer and seller need.
Read MoreConsumerCCTS Telecom Complaint Letter (Canada — 30-Day Provider-First Window)
Canadian telecom and TV disputes do not start at CCTS — they start at the provider. The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services accepts complaints only after the provider has had a reasonable chance to resolve them, and the accepted window is 30 days from a written complaint. A complaint that skips the provider gets bounced back; a complaint that arrives unfocused burns the 30 days; a complaint that does not quantify the loss invites a brochure in reply. Our Canadian template puts the file on the right track from the first letter: it logs the complaint formally, computes the day-30 escalation date, writes the matching code framework (Wireless, Internet or Television), and packs the dossier for CCTS — which can recommend compensation up to $5,000 and issue a binding decision if either side refuses.
Read MoreLegalCease and Desist Letter Template
A cease and desist letter puts another party on formal notice that their conduct is unlawful and must stop. Our free Canadian template is suitable for copyright and trademark infringement, defamation, harassment and breach of contract matters, and follows the without prejudice conventions used by Canadian lawyers.
Read MoreLegalChild Medical Consent Template
A child medical consent lets a parent or legal guardian authorize another trusted adult to arrange and consent to medical care for their child when the parent cannot be present. Our free Canadian template is drafted in line with provincial health care consent legislation and covers routine treatment, emergencies, medication and health card details.
Read MoreLegalChild Support Agreement Template
A Child Support Agreement is a bilateral contract between separated or divorced parents (or never-cohabiting parents of a child) recording the monthly base amount of child support payable under the Federal Child Support Guidelines, the sharing of special and extraordinary section 7 expenses, and the registration with the provincial maintenance-enforcement agency. Our free Canadian template tracks the mandatory section 3 table amount, the section 7 pro-rata sharing formula, and the section 9 shared-custody and section 10 undue-hardship adjustments — built so that the agreement is enforceable under the federal Divorce Act and the provincial Family Law Acts.
Read MoreLegalChild Travel Consent Template
A child travel consent letter shows border officers, airlines and foreign authorities that the accompanying adult has permission to travel with a minor. Our free Canadian template follows the Government of Canada’s recommended consent letter content and covers solo travel, travel with one parent, and travel with other adults such as grandparents, teachers or organized groups.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentCLC Unjust Dismissal Complaint — Grounds & Submissions (Canada)
If you work for a bank, telecom, airline or interprovincial transport company in Canada and were dismissed without cause, you hold a remedy most Canadian employees do not: the unjust dismissal complaint under section 240 of the Canada Labour Code. The Supreme Court of Canada confirmed in Wilson v Atomic Energy that a federal employer cannot simply pay you out — the dismissal must be just, and the remedy can include reinstatement with back pay. The window is 90 days. Our Canadian template produces the complaint and submissions: eligibility shown, the manager and layoff exclusions answered, the dismissal measured against the framework, and the statutory minimums claimed alongside.
Read MoreLegalCodicil to Will Template
A Codicil is a separate testamentary instrument that amends one or more provisions of your existing Will without revoking it. Our free Canadian template is province-aware (Ontario SLRA s.21.1, BC WESA s.58, Alberta WSA s.37), satisfies the same formal-execution rules as a Will (two witnesses, both present at the same time), and supports the structured multi-amendment schedule, the republishment + after-acquired-property recital, the witness affidavit of execution for probate, and the Banks v Goodfellow capacity acknowledgment.
Read MoreLegalCohabitation Agreement Template
A cohabitation agreement lets common-law partners set out how they will share property, expenses and support if the relationship ends. Our free Canadian template is drafted under the Family Law Act framework used in Ontario, BC and other Canadian provinces, with clear clauses on disclosure, independent legal advice and execution. In Canada, where common-law relationships are treated differently from marriage depending on the province, a written agreement is the most reliable way to protect each partner's interests.
Read MoreConsumerCollection Agency Cease Letter (Canada — ON, BC & Alberta)
Canadian collection law hides two facts the calls never mention. First: one correctly worded written notice — disputing the alleged debt and suggesting the matter be taken to court, sent by verifiable means — makes continued contact unlawful in Ontario, and the equivalent mechanisms work in British Columbia and Alberta. Second: one carelessly worded sentence can do the opposite — a written acknowledgment of an old debt restarts the limitation clock in all three provinces, which is exactly why collectors push for "confirmations" and small good-faith payments. Our Canadian template fires the first mechanism and never trips the second: every disputing branch speaks only of "the alleged debt", carries the express no-acknowledgment reservation, and logs every call for the provincial regulator.
Read MoreRentalCommercial Lease Agreement Template
A commercial lease agreement governs the rental of office, retail or industrial space in Canada. Our free template is drafted for provincial commercial tenancy legislation — which is very different from residential tenancy law — and covers rent structure, common area maintenance, guarantees, assignment and landlord remedies.
Read MoreBusinessConstruction Subcontractor Agreement Template
A Construction Subcontractor Agreement (Subcontract) is the binding contract between a General Contractor (or Construction Manager) and a Trade Contractor / Subcontractor under which the Subcontractor performs trade-specific work on a construction project. Our free Canadian template is integrated with the post-1 January 2026 Ontario Construction Act prompt-payment regime, the Alberta PPCLA, the Saskatchewan Prompt Payment Construction Act, 2024, and the CCDC 17 — 2025 Stipulated Price Contract industry-standard framework released by the Canadian Construction Documents Committee in June 2025.
Read MoreBenefits & AppealsCPP Disability Reconsideration Request (Canada)
Most Canada Pension Plan disability applications are refused with the same sentence: the disability is not "severe and prolonged". You have 90 days to ask Service Canada to reconsider — and the reconsiderations that succeed are the ones that answer the statutory test in its own words. Our Canadian template builds that request: the severe-and-prolonged framework argued through the real-world Villani factors, a functional-limitations matrix that converts diagnoses into work capacity, a dated medical evidence schedule, your contribution position, failed work attempts positioned under Inclima, and the Social Security Tribunal route mapped if the refusal stands.
Read MoreTax & CRAGST/HST Notice of Objection (Canada)
A GST/HST assessment hits Canadian businesses where it hurts: denied input tax credits, reclassified supplies, the wrong provincial rate — and unlike income tax, the Canada Revenue Agency can collect the assessed amount while you dispute it. Our Canadian template produces a formal notice of objection under section 301 of the Excise Tax Act: filed with the Chief of Appeals within the hard 90-day window, with an issue-aware grounds framework, a supplier-by-supplier ITC documentation matrix, the specified-person compliance larger registrants must meet, a written payment posture, and the section 306 Tax Court of Canada route mapped.
Read MoreTax & CRACRA Notice of Objection — Income Tax (Canada)
If you disagree with a Notice of Assessment or Reassessment from the Canada Revenue Agency — denied expenses, income added that is not yours, a 50% gross negligence penalty or a benefit clawback — you have a statutory right to object. Our Canadian template produces a formal notice of objection under subsection 165(1) of the Income Tax Act, served on the Chief of Appeals with issue-aware grounds, the onus framework from Hickman Motors, a numbered evidence schedule, the s.166.1 late-objection rescue and the s.225.1 collection hold positioning — with the Tax Court of Canada route mapped if Appeals confirms the assessment.
Read MoreTax & CRACRA Payment Arrangement Request (Canada)
When a Canadian tax debt cannot be paid at once, the difference between garnished wages and a manageable schedule is usually one document: a payment proposal with the disclosure the Canada Revenue Agency actually decides on. Our Canadian template produces that letter — the debt, a realistic monthly offer with an automatic term estimate, the income-and-expense worksheet collections officers test offers against, a structured response to the legal warning or requirement to pay, and the relief request that attacks the interest while the arrangement retires the principal.
Read MoreTax & CRACRA Taxpayer Relief Request — Cancel Penalties & Interest (Canada)
When illness, disaster, a CRA delay or genuine financial hardship put you behind, the Canada Revenue Agency has the power to cancel the penalties and interest — not the tax, but often the fastest-growing part of the debt. Our Canadian template produces the request Form RC4288 would carry, as a letter built for the decision-maker: the right relief ground under Information Circular IC07-1R1, a dated chronology with causation, the hardship disclosure where it applies, and the Bozzer ten-year window that covers interest even on old debts — plus the second review and Federal Court route if the first answer is no.
Read MoreLegalDemand Letter Template
A demand letter is a formal pre-litigation letter asking another party to pay a debt, honour a contract or take specific action within a set deadline. Our free Canadian template follows the without prejudice conventions used in Canadian practice and references the limitation periods that apply under provincial legislation such as the Limitations Act, 2002 in Ontario.
Read MoreBenefits & AppealsEI Board of Appeal — Notice of Appeal & Grounds (Canada)
Since 1 April 2026, Employment Insurance appeals in Canada no longer go to the Social Security Tribunal — they go to the new Employment Insurance Board of Appeal, a regional tribunal where a three-member panel hears your case and aims to decide the same day. You have 30 days from the reconsideration decision. Our Canadian template produces the grounds document for that appeal: the errors in the reconsideration decision organized the way panels weigh them, a point-by-point answer to the Service Canada file, new evidence and witnesses, hearing-format and accessibility requests, and the SST Appeal Division route mapped if you need to go further.
Read MoreBenefits & AppealsEI Request for Reconsideration — Grounds & Submissions (Canada)
If Service Canada has denied your Employment Insurance claim, disqualified you for quitting or alleged misconduct, found you unavailable for work, or raised an overpayment, you have 30 days to ask for a reconsideration under section 112 of the Employment Insurance Act. Our Canadian template produces the grounds-and-submissions letter that accompanies your request — the legal framework matched to your decision type, a chronology that answers the employer’s version, an evidence schedule keyed to your Record of Employment, a late-request rescue, and the Employment Insurance Board of Appeal route mapped if reconsideration fails.
Read MoreCareerEmployee Offer Letter Template
An employee offer letter confirms the key terms of employment before a candidate starts work. Use our free Canadian template to set out position, compensation, probation and termination terms in writing — protecting both employer and employee under provincial employment standards legislation.
Read MoreCareerEmployment Agreement Template
An employment agreement sets the full legal relationship between a Canadian employer and employee — from duties and compensation through to termination, confidentiality and intellectual property. Our free template is drafted to the employment standards legislation of the common-law provinces and can be tailored for Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and federally regulated roles.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentEmployment Standards Complaint — Support Letter (Canada)
Unpaid overtime, missing vacation pay, a final paycheque that never came — Canadian employment standards systems exist for exactly this, and they are free to use. What decides the file is the submission: the right province, the right deadline (two years in Ontario, six months after the last day in British Columbia and Alberta), and a calculation the officer can order from. Our Canadian template produces the support letter that accompanies your complaint — the statutory rule for your claim type, the amount itemized line by line, the evidence scheduled, reprisal protection on the record, and the Ontario s.97 election trap flagged before it costs you a bigger claim.
Read MoreRentalEviction Notice Template
An eviction notice — or notice to terminate a tenancy — is the first formal step in ending a residential tenancy in Canada. Our free template is aligned with provincial Residential Tenancies Acts, helping landlords serve a valid notice on the correct grounds while preserving tenant rights to a hearing before a tribunal.
Read MoreWills & EstatesExecutor Notice to Creditors (Ontario / BC / Alberta)
The Notice to Creditors is not a courtesy — it is the gatekeeper of the estate trustee's personal-liability protection on distribution. In Ontario, Trustee Act s.53 makes the executor personally liable for any claim the executor had no notice of before distributing the estate, unless the s.53 notice procedure has been followed. British Columbia's Trustee Act s.38 and the Alberta Surrogate Rules Rule 38 do the same job with different mechanics. Our Canadian template writes a publication-ready notice that names the right statute, picks the court-recognised channel (NoticeConnect in Ontario, the BC Gazette plus a local newspaper in BC, a local newspaper in Alberta), computes the right minimum claims window, and frames the claim-management matrix, the retention reserve and the late-claim treatment. It is the difference between distributing the residue cleanly and distributing it personally on the hook.
Read MoreWills & EstatesExecutor Renunciation Letter (Ontario / BC / Alberta)
Being named in a will as executor is not the same as having to act. A person named as executor, estate trustee or personal representative who is unable or unwilling to take on the role can renounce — but the renunciation has to be done on the right form, at the right time, and only where the named person has not yet intermeddled with the estate. Get it wrong and the renunciation is ineffective, the next person in line cannot apply, and the estate stalls. Our Canadian template writes a province-aware renunciation letter that names the right form (Ontario's Form 74G — Renunciation and Consent, current after the April 1, 2024 consolidation; British Columbia's Form P17 under WESA s.104; Alberta's Form GA11 under Surrogate Rule 17), screens for intermeddling under Chambers v Chambers, 2013 ONCA 511, names the alternate executor, and frames the filing alongside the application for the grant. It is the route out of the role, properly taken.
Read MoreLegalFinal Demand Before Small Claims (Canada — ON, BC & Alberta)
Most Canadian demand letters threaten "legal action" and get filed in a drawer, because nothing in them costs anything. A final demand works when the debtor can price the alternative — and in Canada that price is provincial: Ontario's Small Claims Court now hears claims up to $50,000 (the ceiling rose from the old figure on 1 October 2025, and most online guides have not caught up), Alberta's Court of Justice hears up to $100,000, and British Columbia splits the ladder between the online Civil Resolution Tribunal at $5,000 and the Provincial Court above it. Our Canadian template names the correct court, form and filing fee for your province, runs the interest clock, inventories the evidence you already hold, and reads your BC amount to route itself between tribunal and court — the letter a debtor pays instead of testing.
Read MoreLegalFinancial Statement Form 13 / 13.1 Template
An Ontario family-court Financial Statement is the sworn disclosure of income, expenses, assets and liabilities required under Rule 13 of the Family Law Rules and section 21 of the Federal Child Support Guidelines. Our free Canadian template generates a written Financial Statement aligned with Form 13 (Support Claims) and Form 13.1 (Property and Support Claims) — the two canonical forms used in Ontario family-court proceedings — with optional Expert add-ons for the Part 4 Assets Schedule (in Canada + abroad), Part 5 Liabilities Schedule, Part 6 Tax Document Schedule (3-year T1 + NOA + slips), and the Affidavit of Financial Disclosure with commissioner-for-oaths jurat.
Read MoreBusinessGeneral Construction Contract Template
A General Construction Contract is a bilateral contract between an Owner and a general / prime Contractor for the performance of construction work on a single project. Our free Canadian template is aware of Ontario's Construction Act as amended by Bill 216 and Bill 60 (in force 1 January 2026), Alberta's Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act (in force 29 August 2022), British Columbia's Builders Lien Act, and Saskatchewan's Builders' Lien Act + Prompt Payment Construction Act. Built so that the contract is enforceable in every common-law province and addresses the high-stakes statutory traps — statutory holdback, lien preservation, prompt payment, change-order discipline, warranty, insurance and adjudication.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentHRTO Application — Narrative and Submissions (Ontario)
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario gives you a form to fill in; it does not tell you how to win. The official Form 1 captures who and what, but the case is made in the narrative — and applications fail far more often on weak framing than on weak facts. Our Canadian template writes the submissions you attach to the application: the protected ground mapped to the adverse impact in the right social area, the Supreme Court of Canada’s prima facie test set out element by element, an incident log that proves a pattern, and a remedy schedule built the way the Tribunal actually orders. It is the difference between a complaint that gets screened out and one that gets heard.
Read MoreBusinessIndependent Contractor Agreement Template
An independent contractor agreement formalizes a business-to-business relationship between a Canadian organization and a self-employed service provider. Use our free template to set out scope, compensation, intellectual property ownership, and termination in a way that aligns with Canada Revenue Agency guidance and common-law classification tests.
Read MoreConsumerInsurance Claim Dispute Letter (Canada — Internal Appeal & OmbudService)
A denied insurance claim in Canada is rarely the end — it is the start of a process with rules the denial letter does not advertise. Exclusions are read against the insurer that drafted them; a misrepresentation allegation needs materiality, not hindsight; late notice defeats a claim only with real prejudice. And the road to free external review runs through one document: the insurer’s final position letter, without which neither OLHI (life and health) nor GIO (home and auto) will open a file. Our Canadian template writes the internal appeal that wins — or forces the final position letter that opens the next door — while the Supreme Court of Canada’s good-faith authorities sit quoted in the text and the two-year court clock stays visible.
Read MoreImmigration & IRCCIRCC Letter of Explanation (Canada)
A well-built letter of explanation can be the difference between an approved IRCC application and a procedural fairness letter — or a refusal. Our Canadian template produces the letter the visa officer expects to see: the framework specific to your application stream (visitor, study, work, spousal sponsorship or Express Entry), a truthfulness discipline built on section 16 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, a consistency matrix that reconciles dates and documents, and a numbered supporting-document schedule that pre-empts the concerns officers typically raise. Use it proactively with your application, or after the fact to answer an inquiry.
Read MoreImmigration & IRCCIRCC Procedural Fairness Response (PFL) — Canada
A procedural fairness letter (PFL) from IRCC is your last chance to address an officer concern before the application is refused — typically with a 7-, 15-, 21- or 30-day window. Our Canadian template produces the response a visa officer expects to see: a concern-by-concern rebuttal framed on the concern type (misrepresentation, medical inadmissibility, criminality, genuineness, dual intent, or financial capacity); the duty-of-fairness foundation from Baker v Canada, 1999 SCC 39; an independent-verification clause; and a post-decision-pathways paragraph covering Federal Court judicial review under section 72 of the IRPA, reconsideration to the same office, or a fresh application. The response deadline is auto-calculated from the PFL date.
Read MoreImmigration & IRCCIRCC Reconsideration Request Letter (Canada)
If Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has refused your visa, study permit, work permit, permanent residence or spousal sponsorship application, a reconsideration request is the proportionate first step before judicial review. Our Canadian template produces the letter the deciding officer reads — a decision-type-aware ground framework, a paragraph-by-paragraph rebuttal of the officer’s GCMS decision notes (the ones IRCC has been attaching directly to many temporary-resident refusals since 29 July 2025), a numbered evidence schedule that separates documents already on file from new evidence, and the parallel Federal Court clock under section 72 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Read MoreLegalLast Will and Testament Template
A last will and testament lets you direct how your estate is distributed, who administers it, and who cares for your minor children after your death. Our free Canadian template is drafted to meet the formal requirements of provincial wills legislation, including the Succession Law Reform Act (Ontario) and the Wills, Estates and Succession Act (British Columbia).
Read MoreBusinessLimited Partnership Agreement Template
A Limited Partnership Agreement governs the relationship between a General Partner (who manages the business and bears unlimited liability) and one or more Limited Partners (whose liability is capped at their capital contribution). Used widely in Canadian private equity, venture capital, real estate funds and tax-efficient investment vehicles, the Limited Partnership is governed provincially under the Ontario Limited Partnerships Act, the BC Partnership Act Part 3, the Alberta Partnership Act Part 2 and the Quebec Civil Code société en commandite framework. Our free template covers the partnership formation, capital structure, distributions, and the four high-stakes Expert layers (reserved matters, fund economics, transfer and admission, indemnification and dispute resolution).
Read MoreLegalLoan Agreement Template
A loan agreement records the terms on which one party lends money to another and is the single most important document if repayment ever becomes disputed. Our free Canadian template covers principal, interest, repayment schedule, default and collateral, and is drafted to comply with the federal Interest Act and provincial secured transactions legislation.
Read MoreRentalLTB T2 Application — Tenant Rights, Grounds & Submissions (Ontario)
A landlord who walks into your unit without notice, changes the locks, cuts the heat or makes the tenancy unlivable is breaking specific sections of Ontario's Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 — and the Landlord and Tenant Board exists to order it stopped and paid for. The T2 form itself is a checklist; what decides the file is the submission behind it. Our Canadian template builds that document: the right ground matched to the right section of the Act, the one-year window confirmed, a dated incident log, a quantified rent abatement, and the administrative fine positioned where the conduct earns it.
Read MoreRentalLTB T6 Application — Maintenance, Grounds & Submissions (Ontario)
A leak that gets a plaster patch, mould that gets a coat of paint, heat that "is on the list" — Ontario tenants live with disrepair because the landlord bets nothing will come of it. The Landlord and Tenant Board's T6 application is how that bet loses: repair orders with deadlines, rent abatements running back months, and a ban on rent increases until the work is done. The form is a checklist; the file is won on the submissions. Our Canadian template writes them — the s.20 standard, the notice-and-response chronology that the Onyskiw framework turns on, the abatement quantified the way the Board itself sizes it, and the municipal work order attached where one exists.
Read MoreBusinessNon-Compete Agreement Template
A non-compete agreement restricts a party from competing with a business for a defined period and within a defined geographic area. Use our free Canadian template to draft reasonable restrictions that stand a fair chance of being enforced by Canadian courts — with attention to Ontario’s statutory ban on employment non-competes and the common-law reasonableness test.
Read MoreBusinessNon-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Template
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) protects confidential information exchanged between parties during commercial discussions, partnerships, or engagements. Use our free Canadian NDA template to safeguard trade secrets, business plans, and sensitive data under Canadian common law and equitable principles of confidence.
Read MoreRentalNotice of Lease Violation Template
A Notice of Lease Violation is a pre-formal letter from the landlord to the tenant identifying a specific lease violation, demanding cure within a defined period, and warning of escalation if the cure deadline is missed. Our free Canadian template is province-aware (Ontario Form N5/N6/N7, BC Form RTB-33, Alberta 14-day notice), includes the escalation pathway through the Landlord and Tenant Board / Residential Tenancy Branch / Residential Tenancy Dispute Resolution Service, and supports the dated evidence schedule, full provincial statute recital and optional without-prejudice settlement offer.
Read MoreBusinessNotice of Non-Payment (Construction) Template
A Notice of Non-Payment is the formal statutory notice from an Owner (or a General Contractor) to the next party down the construction pyramid stating that the recipient's Proper Invoice will not be paid in whole or in part. Our free Canadian template is drafted to satisfy the strict 14-day notice window under Ontario Construction Act s.6.4(2) (post-1 January 2026 amendments), Alberta PPCLA s.32.2, and Saskatchewan Prompt Payment Construction Act, 2024, with optional Expert add-ons for the statutory compliance schedule, the itemised setoff particulars, the ODACC / ARCANA adjudication referral, and the lien preservation reminder.
Read MoreLegalParenting Plan Template
A Parenting Plan is a written agreement between separated parents that records the allocation of decision-making responsibility, the parenting-time schedule, holiday and vacation arrangements, communication and transition protocols, and the dispute-resolution mechanism for the children. Our free Canadian template is aligned with the 2021 Divorce Act terminology reforms (decision-making responsibility, parenting time, contact) and tracks the widely-cited AFCC Ontario Parenting Plan Guide and Template — the leading-practice reference routinely adopted by Ontario family courts.
Read MoreBusinessPartnership Agreement Template
A partnership agreement sets out the rights, obligations, and profit-sharing arrangements between two or more people carrying on business together in Canada. Use our free template to override the default rules in provincial Partnership Acts and avoid disputes over contributions, decision-making, and dissolution.
Read MoreCareerPerformance Improvement Plan Template
A Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) is a formal written plan from an employer to an employee identifying specific performance concerns, SMART improvement goals, the support and resources the employer will provide, the review schedule, and the consequences if the goals are not met. Our free Canadian template is province-aware and complies with the McKinley just-cause framework, the common-law progressive-discipline doctrine, and the procedural and substantive duty to accommodate under the applicable provincial Human Rights Code.
Read MoreLegalPower of Attorney Template
A power of attorney lets you appoint a trusted person to make financial, legal or personal care decisions on your behalf if you are unable to make them yourself. Our free Canadian template is drafted to meet the requirements of the Substitute Decisions Act (Ontario), the Power of Attorney Act (British Columbia) and the Powers of Attorney Act (Alberta).
Read MoreLegalPrenuptial Agreement Template
A prenuptial agreement — known in Canadian family law as a marriage contract — lets engaged couples decide in advance how property, debts and spousal support will be handled if the marriage ends. Our free Canadian template is drafted with reference to the Family Law Act (Ontario), the Family Law Act (British Columbia) and the federal Divorce Act.
Read MoreLegalPromissory Note Template
A promissory note is an unconditional written promise by one person to pay a fixed sum of money to another, and is the simplest enforceable debt document in Canadian law. Our free Canadian template is drafted to satisfy section 176 of the Bills of Exchange Act and the federal Interest Act so the note can be sued on without argument.
Read MoreLegalRelease and Waiver Template
A release and waiver lets a participant acknowledge the risks of an activity and release the organiser from certain liability claims in advance. Our free Canadian template is drafted to meet the standards Canadian courts apply to waivers under negligence law, provincial occupiers’ liability legislation and cases like Crocker v. Sundance Northwest Resorts.
Read MoreRentalResidential Lease Agreement Template
A residential lease agreement sets out the terms on which a landlord rents a home to a tenant in Canada. Our free Canadian template reflects provincial Residential Tenancies Acts and aligns with the Ontario standard lease, BC and Alberta tenancy rules, and the statutory requirements for rent, deposits, entry and termination. Across Canadian provinces, tenant protections are some of the strongest in North America, and understanding how they apply to your lease is essential.
Read MoreRentalRoommate Agreement Template
A roommate agreement records the household arrangements between people sharing a home in Canada — how rent and utilities are split, how chores and guests are handled, and how disputes are resolved. Our free template is a plain-English contract designed for shared-accommodation situations that typically fall outside provincial Residential Tenancies Acts.
Read MoreBusinessSaaS Subscription Agreement Template
A SaaS Subscription Agreement (sometimes called a Master Subscription Agreement or MSA) is the contract under which a SaaS Provider grants a Customer subscription access to a cloud-hosted software service. Our free Canadian template includes the master subscription terms (licence, fees, term, liability) and supports Expert add-ons for the Service Level Agreement (SLA Schedule), the Data Processing Addendum (PIPEDA + Quebec Law 25), the Acceptable Use Policy with SOC 2 security standards, and the AI features clause with training-data opt-out and output IP ownership.
Read MoreLegalSeparation Agreement Template
A separation agreement records how separating spouses will handle parenting, support, property and debts while they live apart. Our free Canadian template is drafted with reference to section 54 of the Family Law Act (Ontario), the federal Divorce Act and the Federal Child Support Guidelines.
Read MoreBusinessService Agreement Template
A service agreement documents the terms on which one party provides services to another in Canada. Use our free template to define scope, compensation, warranties, liability limits, and termination — built on Canadian common-law contract principles and tested limitation-of-liability drafting.
Read MoreLegalSettlement Offer Letter — Without Prejudice (Canada)
Most Canadian money disputes do not end at trial — they end in a letter like this one. But a settlement offer is a precision instrument, and the two standard mistakes cut deep: an offer without "without prejudice" protection becomes evidence against you, and an offer without a full-and-final release buys silence instead of finality. Our Canadian template gets both right — and adds the lever self-represented parties never use: in Ontario's Small Claims Court, a written offer the other side refuses and then fails to beat can double the costs award under rule 14.07. Whether you are owed the money and offering a discounted clean close, or the one paying and offering a plan you can keep, the letter carries the privilege, the release, the default acceleration and the costs position — drafted around the settlement privilege the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed in Sable Offshore (2013 SCC 37).
Read MoreCareerSeverance Agreement Template
A Severance Agreement is a bilateral release of all employment-related claims in exchange for severance consideration. Our free Canadian template is drafted to be enforceable under the Waksdale / Dufault termination-clause framework, satisfies the common-law Bardal reasonable-notice factors, supports the Income Tax Act retiring-allowance and RRSP-rollover treatment under section 60(j.1), and accommodates province-aware Employment Standards Act recitals (including Ontario's separate section 64 severance pay).
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentSeverance Review Demand Letter — Employee Side (Canada)
Most Canadian severance offers are built on the statutory minimum — a few weeks of pay against a release that ends every claim you have. The law measures dismissal differently: common law reasonable notice, assessed on the Bardal factors, runs in months, and Ontario courts have spent the 2020s striking down the termination clauses those offers stand on. Our Canadian template writes the employee-side demand letter that sets out the gap, attacks the clause where one exists, prices the full package under Matthews, and answers the deadline pressure — before you sign anything.
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A shareholder agreement governs the relationship between the owners of a Canadian corporation. Use our free template to set out share rights, voting arrangements, transfer restrictions, and dispute resolution — drafted with the Ontario Business Corporations Act and Canada Business Corporations Act in mind.
Read MoreBusinessShareholder Loan Agreement Template
A Shareholder Loan Agreement documents the terms on which a corporation lends money to one of its shareholders (or to a person related to a shareholder). Our free Canadian template is drafted to satisfy the CRA Income Tax Act s.15(2) one-tax-year repayment rule, qualify for the s.15(2.4) bona-fide-commercial-terms exception, and address the s.80.4(2) deemed-interest-benefit rule with the CRA quarterly prescribed rate.
Read MoreLegalSmall Claims Defence — Reasons & Particulars (Canada)
Being served with a Canadian small claim starts two problems at once. The first is a clock: 20 days to file a Defence (Form 9A) in Ontario, 20 days for Alberta's Dispute Note (30 if served outside Alberta), and just 14 days in British Columbia — whether the claim sits at the online Civil Resolution Tribunal or the Provincial Court. Miss it and the case is decided without you: default judgment, enforceable like any other. The second is structure: "I disagree" defends nothing. Our Canadian template handles both — the province-correct deadline computed from your service date, then the defence judges actually credit: every allegation answered admitted, denied or no-knowledge with a reason, the principal defence built element by element, and the counterclaim, set-off and payment-terms mechanisms most self-represented defendants never find.
Read MoreLegalSmall Claims Plaintiff's Claim — Reasons & Particulars (Canada)
Every Canadian small-claims form has the same trap: a few blank lines labelled "reasons for claim and details", with no hint that those lines decide the case. Ontario's Plaintiff's Claim (Form 7A) — in a court that since 1 October 2025 hears claims up to $50,000 — Alberta's Civil Claim at the country's highest ceiling of $100,000, and British Columbia's CRT application and Notice of Claim all ask for a narrative the official guides never teach. Our Canadian template builds it the way judges read it: a dated chronology as the spine, the cause of action mapped element by element onto your facts, the quantum itemized with a document behind every dollar, and the interest and fee claims most self-represented plaintiffs forget — attached to the form, not instead of it.
Read MoreWills & EstatesSmall Estate Certificate Support — Form 74.1A (Ontario)
Ontario's Small Estate Certificate is the streamlined probate route for estates of $150,000 or less at the date of death, run on Form 74.1A under Rules 74.1 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. It is simpler than the regular Certificate of Appointment of Estate Trustee, but the asset list, the 30-day pre-filing notice and the form set still have to line up — and the August 13, 2025 amendments under O. Reg. 72/25 refreshed the forms again, so the version on file matters. Our Canadian template writes the submissions you attach to Form 74.1A: a clean asset matrix that feeds the draft certificate item for item, the Estate Administration Tax computed on the first-$50,000-exempt rule, the 180-day Estate Information Return signposted, and the post-grant duties laid out. It does not replace the official form — it is the cover letter and checklist that get the file through the Estates Office first time.
Read MoreLegalSpousal Support Agreement Template
A Spousal Support Agreement is a bilateral contract between former spouses or common-law partners formalising the payment of spousal support outside the courts. Our free Canadian template tracks the federal Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG), satisfies the Miglin two-stage enforceability test, addresses the periodic vs lump-sum tax treatment under the Income Tax Act, and accommodates registration with the provincial maintenance-enforcement agencies (FRO in Ontario, FMEP in British Columbia, MEP in Alberta and the equivalents in other provinces).
Read MoreBenefits & AppealsSST Appeal — Income Security: CPP & OAS Grounds (Canada)
When Service Canada maintains a refusal on reconsideration — a CPP disability pension, a retirement or survivor benefit, an Old Age Security pension or the Guaranteed Income Supplement — the next step is the Social Security Tribunal of Canada. You have 90 days, and an absolute outer limit of one year that no argument can reopen. Our Canadian template builds the grounds document for that appeal: the legal test matched to your benefit, a point-by-point rebuttal of the reconsideration decision, a dated evidence schedule, your hearing-format and accommodation requests, and the Appeal Division route mapped if you need to go further.
Read MoreLegalStatutory Declaration of Common-Law Union Template
A Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union is a joint solemn declaration sworn by two partners confirming that they have lived together in a conjugal relationship for at least twelve consecutive months. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requests this declaration on Form IMM 5409 whenever an applicant relies on common-law status — most often in spousal sponsorship, study permit, work permit and permanent residence applications. Our free Canadian template mirrors the structure of IMM 5409, follows the Canada Evidence Act and the commissioner-for-oaths legislation in force in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta and the other common-law provinces, and is ready for commissioning by a Commissioner for Taking Affidavits, a Notary Public, or a lawyer or paralegal acting in the capacity of commissioner by virtue of office.
Read MoreRentalSublease Agreement Template
A sublease agreement allows an existing tenant to rent their unit to a subtenant for part of the remaining lease term. Our free Canadian template covers landlord consent, the split of responsibilities between original tenant and subtenant, and the specific rules that provincial Residential Tenancies Acts impose on sublets. Understanding Canadian sublease law is essential before proceeding, as the rules vary between Ontario, British Columbia and other Canadian provinces.
Read MoreRentalTenant Deposit Return Demand Letter (Canada — BC, Alberta & Ontario)
The tenancy is over, the keys are back, and the deposit has gone quiet. Canadian law is more on your side than most tenants realize — British Columbia doubles a deposit the landlord neither repays nor claims within 15 days; Alberta voids damage deductions where the inspection reports were skipped and bars wear-and-tear deductions outright; Ontario never allowed a damage deposit in the first place. Our Canadian template writes the demand with your province's exact levers: the clock, the sanction, the inspection knockout, the interest — and the tribunal route with fees if the landlord still sits still.
Read MoreRentalTenant Repair Request Letter (Canada — ON, BC & Alberta)
Every repair remedy in Canadian tenancy law begins the same way: a dated, written request the landlord cannot later claim never happened. Verbal reports to the building manager evaporate; this letter does not. Our Canadian template adapts to your province — Ontario's s.20 standard with the LTB T6 behind it, British Columbia's s.32 duty with the narrow s.33 emergency mechanism, Alberta's s.16 habitability covenant with the RTDRS and public-health inspector behind it — and states the next step calmly enough that most landlords make sure it never happens.
Read MoreCareerTermination Letter Template
A termination letter formally ends the employment relationship and documents notice, severance, final pay and benefits continuation. Our free Canadian template is drafted to align with provincial employment standards legislation and the common-law reasonable-notice rules that govern dismissals across the common-law provinces.
Read MoreBusinessUnanimous Shareholder Agreement Template
A Unanimous Shareholder Agreement (USA) is a special statutory instrument that, when signed by EVERY shareholder of a corporation (and the corporation itself), can restrict in whole or in part the powers of the directors and transfer those powers to the shareholders. Our free Canadian template is statute-aware (CBCA s.146 / OBCA s.108 / ABCA s.146 / BCBCA ss.137-140), operates as a constating document under Duha Printers v Canada, and supports pre-emptive rights, buy-sell mechanisms, drag-along/tag-along, and deadlock resolution.
Read MoreLegalVehicle Bill of Sale Template
A vehicle bill of sale records the private sale of a car, truck, motorcycle or trailer between a buyer and seller and is usually required by the provincial motor vehicle registry to transfer ownership. Our free Canadian template is drafted to satisfy section 11 of the Highway Traffic Act (Ontario), the Motor Vehicle Act (British Columbia) and the Traffic Safety Act (Alberta).
Read MoreImmigration & IRCCVisitor Visa Invitation Letter (Canada)
A Canadian host can strengthen a relative’s or friend’s visitor visa, eTA or Super Visa application with a specific, documented letter — the kind a visa officer can place on the file and act on. Our template produces that letter: host status proof for a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or work-permit holder; purpose, duration and accommodation set out in plain terms; financial responsibility allocated; the Super Visa track switched on for parents and grandparents (10-year multiple-entry, $100,000 minimum private health insurance, panel-physician medical examination); and a truthfulness and dual-intent position grounded in sections 16, 22(2) and 40 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentWorkers’ Compensation Review Request — British Columbia and Alberta
British Columbia gives you ninety days to challenge a WorkSafeBC decision; Alberta gives you a year to challenge a WCB-Alberta one — and the two provinces route the challenge to entirely different bodies, with different mechanics and different next steps. Get the body, the deadline or the evidence framing wrong and a good case stalls before it is heard. Our Canadian template is province-aware: it names the right review body, computes the right deadline, builds the new-evidence case the reviewer is looking for, signposts the free worker-adviser office, and maps the appeal that follows — WCAT in BC, the Appeals Commission in Alberta.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentWorkplace Accommodation Request — Employee Side (Canada)
A spoken request for accommodation is easy to lose in an inbox; a written one starts a legal process. Canadian human rights law — every provincial code and, for federal employers, the Canadian Human Rights Act — obliges employers to accommodate disability, family status and religion to the point of undue hardship, and the duty has a procedural half: the employer must genuinely engage with the request. Our Canadian template writes the request that triggers it properly — the ground framed on the right legal test, functional limitations instead of diagnosis, a solutions menu with a trial period, and the paper trail started from line one.
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentWorkplace Harassment Investigation Request — Employee Side (Canada)
In Canada, an employer’s duty to investigate workplace harassment is triggered by the complaint — not by the employer agreeing that harassment happened. A verbal grumble is easy to manage away; a written request that names the legal duty cannot be. Our Canadian template writes that request: a dated incident chronology, the right legal-trigger language for your jurisdiction (the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Ontario, the Canada Labour Code regime federally), a demand for an impartial or qualified investigator, interim measures to keep you safe, and the escalation route if the employer does nothing. It is the letter that starts the investigation and the paper trail at the same time.
Read MoreBusinessWorkplace Harassment & Violence Prevention Policy Template
A Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Policy is a written employer-issued statement that records the employer's mandatory occupational-health-and-safety obligations under the federal Canada Labour Code Part II (and SOR/2020-130) or the relevant provincial OHS legislation. Our free Canadian template tracks the federal Bill C-65 / SOR/2020-130 framework, Ontario's Bill 132 amendments to the OHSA, British Columbia's WorkSafeBC Bullying and Harassment regime, and Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Act, S.A. 2017, c. O-2.1 — drafted to satisfy the most-cited inspection deficiencies (recorded risk assessment + named designated recipient + investigation timeline + corrective-action matrix).
Read MoreCareer & EmploymentWSIB Intent to Object — Notice and Grounds (Ontario)
The single most expensive mistake an injured worker in Ontario makes is the calendar: a return-to-work decision must be objected to within thirty days, while most other WSIB decisions allow six months — and the short clock catches people who assume they have time. Our Canadian template files the Intent to Object that preserves your appeal rights and sets out the grounds the decision is wrong, built for the exact decision you received. It maps the medical evidence, points you to the free Office of the Worker Adviser, and frames the WSIAT escalation — so the objection lands inside the deadline and on the merits.
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