LegalWills.ca vs. LawDepot: 2026 Comparison

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LegalWills.ca or LawDepot? Here's the difference.

LawDepot is a good fit if you need many kinds of legal documents, from Wills to business and real estate forms, under one subscription.

For your Will and the documents that go with it, LegalWills.ca is the better choice for most people. Nothing renews automatically, every document works across Canada in English or French, and the people you trust get help when the time comes.

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LegalWills.ca and LawDepot at a glance

Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax.

How LegalWills.ca and LawDepot compare, as of November 8, 2026
What you are comparing	Wills from $49.95^CAD Start my Will	LawDepot Estate documents, $95.88 a year
Price and updates
A Will	$49.95^CAD, paid once	$95.88 a year, or $39 a month; single-document licences are also sold
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will	$99.95^CAD, with MyFuneral and MyMessages	$95.88 a year, in the same plan
Wills for a couple	$79.95^CAD for both	Both in one subscription, at no extra charge
Future updates	First year included, then optional: from $14.95^CAD a year, or $59.95^CAD once for life	Unlimited while you subscribe
Renewal	Never automatic	Automatic, until you cancel
Where it works
Provinces and territories	All 13, for every document	Living Will not in Québec or Nunavut
In French	Everything, anywhere in Canada	Selected documents only
Québec Will, Protection Mandate, and Power of Attorney	In French or English	In French
Your Will
Guided questions	With a live preview as you go	With a live preview, partial until you buy
AI check of your answers	AnswerCheck™, included with every purchase	Not offered
Trusts for children	Set for each child, to any age up to 30	Held in trust to an age you choose
Executors acting together	Up to 3, plus 3 alternates	Up to 2, plus alternates
Wills for property in the US or the UK	Expat Wills that work together	Its Canadian Will revokes all earlier Wills
Signing your Will electronically	In British Columbia, $19.95^CAD	Not offered for Wills
Printed and mailed to you	$14.95^CAD a document, plus shipping	Not offered
After you sign
Access for the people you trust	Only what you choose, when the time comes, while your membership is active	Shared Users see everything once they accept
Digital wallet cards	Free, for Apple Wallet and Google Wallet	Not offered
Funeral wishes and personal messages	MyFuneral and MyMessages	An End-of-Life Plan for funeral wishes
Help and security
Help from a lawyer	Not offered; we can point you to one	Lawyer phone plan, $59 a month
Two-step sign-in	A code sent by text message	Not offered
Support	Toll-free line answered 24/7	Phone on weekdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET
Money-back guarantee	30 days	Annual plans, within 30 days of purchase
Rating on Trustpilot	4.6 from 6500+ reviews	4.0 from 8,034 reviews

Where LegalWills.ca comes out ahead

Lower cost over time

You pay once, and nothing renews automatically. Our Premium package with 10 years of updates is $179.90^CAD, compared with $958.80 for 10 years of LawDepot's plan.

All of Canada, in English or French

Every document works in all 13 provinces and territories, in English or French. LawDepot's Living Will is not available in Québec or Nunavut.

Room for your family

A separate trust for each child, with payouts in stages, and up to three Executors acting together.

Property in other countries

Expat Wills for Canada, Québec, the US, and the UK that work together. LawDepot's Canadian Will revokes every earlier Will.

Help when the time comes

Keyholders you choose can unlock only the documents and files you pick, after your death. Adding them is free.

AI check of your answers

Included with every purchase, AnswerCheck™ uses AI to look for possible gaps or inconsistencies in your answers before you sign. It isn't legal advice. LawDepot doesn't offer an AI check of your answers. How AnswerCheck™ works

Two-step sign-in

An optional code sent by text message protects your account when you sign in. LawDepot doesn't offer two-step sign-in.

24/7 live support

Our toll-free line is answered 24/7, every day of the year. LawDepot's phone line is open weekdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET.

Signing and printing

E-sign your Will in British Columbia, or have your documents printed and mailed to you. LawDepot's Wills can't be e-signed, and nothing is mailed.

A free wallet card for everyone you trust

Each Keyholder gets a digital card for Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, or as a PDF. When the time comes, it takes them straight to the documents you chose for them. LawDepot's Estate Vault works differently: anyone you share it with can see everything in it as soon as they accept.

A QR code opens the Keyholder sign-in
A one-time code sent to their phone confirms it is really them
You decide what each Keyholder can see, and when

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What it costs over time

LawDepot's plans renew until you cancel, and after you cancel, your documents are view-only. With LegalWills.ca, you pay once: your first year of updates is included, and a membership after that is optional and never renews automatically.

A membership keeps your complete documents printable and your Keyholders' access active. The Will you have signed stays valid whether or not you renew.

$49.95^CAD First year of updates included

For a Will. Keep updating it for life with a one-time $59.95^CAD membership.

A Will, with updates for life$109.90^CAD
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will$99.95^CAD
The same, with 10 years of updates$179.90^CAD
The same, with updates for life$199.90^CAD

LawDepot

$95.88 Yearly subscription

For a year of its estate documents plan. It renews until you cancel.

One month of estate documents$39
A year of estate documents$95.88
10 years of estate documents$958.80
A year of all its documents$131.88

Our Premium package also includes MyFuneral and MyMessages. LawDepot's 10-year total uses today's yearly price.

What LawDepot does well

A fair comparison should say so. LawDepot is a well-established service, and it may be the right one for you.

A long track record, with legal documents online since 2001 from its base in Edmonton.
One subscription covers more than 200 document types, from Wills to business and real estate forms.
A couple can make both of their Wills under one subscription, at no extra charge.
Québec documents in French: a Will, a Protection Mandate, and a Power of Attorney.
Free-text clauses and an editor for changing a document's wording.
For the first year, its estate documents plan, at $95.88, costs less than our Premium package.

Which one is right for you?

Choose LegalWills.ca if you

would rather pay once, with nothing that renews automatically
want to keep your documents up to date for years, for less
want an AI check of your answers before you sign
want the people you trust to see only what you choose, when the time comes
want your Will printed and mailed to you, ready to sign
want your account protected by two-step sign-in
want your documents in French anywhere in Canada, or own property in the US or the UK

Start my Will

LawDepot

LawDepot may suit you if you

need other legal documents too, such as business or real estate forms
want both spouses' documents under one subscription
want to add your own clauses or edit the wording yourself
prefer a monthly or yearly subscription to a one-time price

When a lawyer or notary is the better choice

If you own a business, have a family member who will need long-term support, are separated, own significant property outside Canada, or have a large or complex estate, a lawyer (or a notary in Québec) can give you advice on your situation that an online Will on its own cannot. Our free questionnaire points you to a professional when that is the better route.

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Try LegalWills.ca free

Start your Will now and watch it take shape as you answer each question. There is no subscription: you pay once, when you are ready to download or print, and our 30-day money-back guarantee applies.

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Common questions

Still deciding? These are the questions people ask us most about LawDepot.

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Over time, yes. For the first year, LawDepot's estate documents plan is $95.88, compared with $99.95^CAD for our Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will package. LawDepot's plans renew every year until you cancel, so over 10 years its plan comes to $958.80; our package with 10 years of updates is $179.90^CAD in total.

Not at LegalWills.ca. You pay once, with your first year of updates included, and nothing renews automatically. After that, an optional membership keeps your complete documents printable and your Keyholders' access active (without one, you can still make changes, but only the first page of each document prints); the Will you have signed stays valid whether or not you renew. At LawDepot, printing, downloading, and changing your answers need an active licence or subscription, and after you cancel, your documents are view-only.

Yes. LawDepot's 7-day free trial needs a credit card, and unless you cancel before the week is up, it becomes a subscription at $54 a month plus tax. You are not charged if you cancel during the trial. LegalWills.ca has no subscriptions: you can try it free, and you pay once, only when you are ready to download or print.

Yes. Both prepare a Will made in the presence of witnesses, one of the three forms of Will recognized in Québec, as well as a Protection Mandate and a Power of Attorney. LawDepot's Québec documents are in French; ours are in French or English. Our guide to Wills in Québec explains your options, including when a notary is the better choice.

Keyholders are people you trust, such as your Executor, who can unlock the documents and files you choose after your death. Adding Keyholders is free, and you decide what each one can see and how long they must wait. Each Keyholder can have a free digital wallet card, as a PDF or in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, with a QR code that takes them straight to the Keyholder sign-in.

Yes. Both services prepare documents that comply with the requirements of your province or territory, and both give you signing instructions. A document becomes legally valid once it is properly signed and witnessed as that law requires. LegalWills.ca also takes part in the Law Society of Ontario's Access to Innovation program and the Law Society of British Columbia's Innovation Sandbox.

No. LawDepot doesn't offer an AI check of your answers, and it sells phone access to a lawyer separately. Every LegalWills.ca purchase includes AnswerCheck™, which uses AI to look for possible gaps or inconsistencies before you sign. AnswerCheck™ isn't a lawyer and it isn't legal advice, and AI can make mistakes or miss things.

Sources for LawDepot's details, checked November 8, 2026

Information about other services comes from each company's own website and was checked on the date shown on each comparison. Services and prices change, so please check the details that matter most to you.

Online Reviews

We're committed to providing each and every one of our customers with exceptional client care. Here's what some of our customers had to say.

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Very easy to use and excellent value for money compared with other online wills that I searched. Full explanations during the step by step process, and great personal customer service when needed.I like their recommendation to use a separate detailed addendum for Executors which can be kept private and easily amended anytime on your computer. They have a host of other services like their notification service, funeral wishes, etc. Very happy with this product.

Steve Heathcote

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz

Great experience. Quicker, easier and less expensive than a lawyer. The digital access is a nice touch as well with being able to appoint key holders in case something happens. So simple and easy to setup. Would have done this ages ago if I knew how quick and painless it could be. Had my sister set hers up the same day and she had no issues either.

Mike Markle

Excellent product. Virtually foolproof step by step instructions. I have told friends and relatives that even if they have an existing lawyer prepared will and they want to make changes, Legal Wills is the way to go because it is so economical. Could not be happier. Thanks Legal Wills!

Tom and Sherry Whiteway

The process of completing my will was very straight forward, and the information provided to help me understand what to do and why to do it was very succinct and practical. It felt much like completing my online tax return. The wizard led me all the way and it was easy!

Fred Van Arragon

I was looking online about making a will and came upon this website. It's fast, user-friendly, easy, and efficient. I feel a lot better knowing I have a will in place as a parent and didn't have to pay so much to get it done. Thank you for this service, Legal Wills!

Emilie Wallace

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz

Mike Markle

Steve Heathcote

Emilie Wallace

Tom and Sherry Whiteway

Fred Van Arragon

Mike Markle

Steve Heathcote

Loved this product. So very easy to use and produced an excellent document that was pretty much what my lawyer 15 years ago produced and for a much, much higher fee. Well done Legal Wills.

Jan Kupecz