Online Will Services in Canada: A 2026 Comparison

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What an online Will service is

An online Will service asks about your family, your belongings, and the people you trust, and turns your answers into a Will written for the law of your province or territory. You then sign it as that law requires, usually on paper in front of two witnesses.

Most services also prepare a Power of Attorney, so someone you trust can manage your finances if you cannot, and a Living Will, with your health care wishes. A Will is one part of planning for the people you care about, and it works best when you keep it up to date.

It is not the right tool for everyone: see when a lawyer or notary is the better choice.

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How we compared

This guide is written by LegalWills.ca, one of the five services it compares. To keep it fair, we describe the others only from what their companies publish, we say where each of them does well, and we list our sources so you can check them.

On September 27, 2026, we read each company's website, pricing pages, help centre, and terms, and checked Trustpilot, the Better Business Bureau, and the two law societies' program lists.
We did not create accounts, start free trials, or buy anything from the other services, so features that appear only after you sign in may not be described here.
Our own prices on this page update automatically. The other services' prices are the ones they published on September 27, 2026.
Our prices, and those of Willful, Epilogue, and LawDepot, are before sales tax. FormalWill does not say whether its price includes tax.

If you think we have something wrong, please contact us and we will look into it.

The five services at a glance

This table sums up the differences that the rest of this guide explains.

How LegalWills.ca compares with other online Will services in Canada, as of September 27, 2026
What you are comparing	LegalWills.ca	Willful	Epilogue	LawDepot	FormalWill
Price
A Will	$49.95^CAD	$129	$139	By subscription: free for 7 days, then $54 a month (or $39 a month, or $95.88 a year, for estate documents only)	$79, in its Premium Will Plus bundle with Powers of Attorney
Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will	$99.95^CAD (Premium package, which also includes MyFuneral and MyMessages)	$199 (Premium plan, which also includes an Estate Inventory; not available in Québec)	$199 (not available in Québec)	Included in the subscription (its Living Will is not available in Québec or Nunavut)	$79 (Premium Will Plus; its Power of Attorney for property is not available in New Brunswick or British Columbia)
Couples	$79.95^CAD for two Wills, or $149.95^CAD for two Premium packages	$349 for two Premium plans (no couples price for Wills alone)	$269 for two Wills, or $329 with incapacity documents	Separate Wills for each partner under one subscription	$158 for two Premium Will Plus bundles; no couples plan
Updates and ongoing cost
Updates	Unlimited for the first year, then an optional membership from $14.95^CAD a year, or $59.95^CAD once for life; nothing renews automatically	Free for life, with no membership	Free for life, with no subscription	While a subscription or licence is active; after you cancel, your documents are view-only	Unlimited for one year; later terms not published
A Will with updates for life	$109.90^CAD in total, with a lifetime membership	$129	$139	Not offered; updates need an active subscription	Not offered
Where it works
Provinces and territories	All 10 provinces and all 3 territories	10 provinces (not Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut)	10 provinces (not Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut)	Provinces and territories (the full list is not shown publicly)	All provinces and territories
Québec	A Will made in the presence of witnesses, a Protection Mandate, and a Power of Attorney	A Will made in the presence of witnesses only	A Will made in the presence of witnesses only	A Will, a Protection Mandate, and a Power of Attorney, in French	No Québec-specific documents
French	The complete service and your documents, anywhere in Canada	In Québec only	French website and questions; documents in English outside Québec	Selected documents only, including its Québec Will	English only
Your Will
Trusts for children and young beneficiaries	Set separately for each beneficiary, to any age up to 30, with payouts in stages	Payouts in stages, but one schedule for all minors	One age for all young beneficiaries, with no payouts in stages	An inheritance held until a chosen age	One chosen age for all minor children
Executors	Up to 3 acting together, and up to 3 alternates	One, or two acting together, plus backups	One, an optional co-executor, and one alternate	One, or two co-executors, plus alternates	More than one, with alternates
Assets in other countries	Expat Wills for assets in Canada, Québec, the US, and the UK that work together	No; its Will revokes all earlier Wills	No secondary Wills	Not offered	Referred to a lawyer
After you sign
Help for the people you trust	Free Keyholders who can unlock the documents and files you choose after your death, while your membership is active, each with a free digital wallet card for Apple Wallet or Google Wallet	An email telling the people you named about their role	An email to the people you named; no access for them after your death	Estate Vault sharing, switched off if you cancel	Not offered
Funeral wishes, messages, and records	MyFuneral and MyMessages in every package; MyVault and MyLifeLocker in the Ultimate package ($129.95^CAD)	An Estate Inventory in the Premium plan; funeral wishes as a non-binding section of the Will	Final Wishes, an asset list, and a Social Media Will, included	An End-of-Life Plan, and an Estate Vault for files	Asset and funeral wishes documents in Premium Will Plus
Signing and printing	E-signing in British Columbia ($19.95^CAD); virtual witnessing in Ontario through NotaryPro; Print & Ship from $14.95^CAD per document plus shipping	Digital signing in British Columbia ($49); remote notary in Ontario through NotaryPro; Print & Ship for $35	Video witnessing in Ontario ($119 to $249); print and mail for $29	Wills cannot be e-signed; nothing is mailed	Print and sign at home; nothing is mailed
Help and support
Optional review of your document	Legal Document Review: written comments from a qualified legal professional, $69.00^CAD per document (not available to Ontario residents)	Not included in its plans	Not offered	A lawyer phone plan, $59 a month or $590 a year	A one-hour lawyer consultation (fee not published)
Support	A toll-free line answered 24/7 by our assistant, which can transfer you to our support team; email and chat	Live chat and booked calls, weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET; a 24/7 chatbot	Phone, email, chat, and booked calls (hours not published)	Phone, weekdays 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET; email; chat at some times	Phone and email, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET; chat
Two-step sign-in	Available (a code sent by text message)	Not currently supported	Not offered	Not offered	Not offered
Money-back guarantee	30 days	30 days (one refund per customer)	None (all sales final)	Annual plans, within 30 days of first purchase	Not offered
Law society innovation programs	Law Society of Ontario Access to Innovation, and Law Society of British Columbia Innovation Sandbox	The same two programs	Not listed	Not listed	Not listed
Reviews and track record
Reviews on Trustpilot	4.7 from 6300+ reviews	4.4 from 1,853 reviews	4.6 from 66 reviews	4.0 from 8,034 reviews	No Trustpilot listing
Online since	2000	2017	2020	2001	About 2010

Prices are in Canadian dollars. Ours are before tax, which is added at checkout for your province or territory; competitor prices are as published, and most of them also add tax at checkout. Our prices are always current; competitor details were checked on September 27, 2026.

For comparison: estate lawyers' fees for Wills and Powers of Attorney for a couple average about $1,450 across Canada, and about $1,750 in Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary, according to eState Planner's pricing guide for lawyers, and a lawyer can advise you on situations that an online Will on its own cannot. A downloadable do-it-yourself kit, such as Self-Counsel's Complete Canadian Wills Kit, costs $24.95 and is not for use in Québec.

Detailed comparisons

Sources

Competitor details come from each company's own website, help pages, and terms, and ratings from Trustpilot, all checked on September 27, 2026. Services and prices change, so please check the details that matter most to you.

Price and updates

In short: a LegalWills.ca Will costs less than one from Willful or Epilogue, which include lifetime updates in their price. FormalWill sells its Will in a $79 bundle with Powers of Attorney and a year of changes, and LawDepot works by subscription.

A Will, or a Will with a Power of Attorney and a Living Will

LegalWills.ca A Will is $49.95^CAD on its own, or $69.95^CAD in the Essentials package with MyFuneral and MyMessages. The Premium package, with a Will, Power of Attorney, Living Will, MyFuneral, and MyMessages, is $99.95^CAD. Try it free and pay only when you are ready to download or print.
Willful A Will is $129. Its Premium plan, with a Will, Powers of Attorney for property and for personal care, and an Estate Inventory, is $199; it is not available in Québec.
Epilogue A Will is $139. A Will with a Power of Attorney for finances and a health care document is $199; that package is not available in Québec.
LawDepot Works mainly by subscription: its estate planning documents plan is $95.88 a year (or $39 a month), and all of its documents are $131.88 a year; both renew automatically until you cancel. A 7-day free trial needs a credit card and then renews at $54 a month. Single-document licences cost $7.50 to $119, with access for a limited time.
FormalWill Its Will comes in a $79 Premium Will Plus bundle, with Powers of Attorney for property and for health, documents for your assets and funeral wishes, and a year of changes; its Power of Attorney for property is not available in New Brunswick or British Columbia.

Couples

LegalWills.ca $79.95^CAD for two Wills, or $149.95^CAD for two Premium packages. Our Mirror Will tool copies the sections you choose into your partner's Will, and each Will can still be changed on its own.
Willful$349 for two Premium plans (not available in Québec), each with its own account. There is no couples price for Wills alone, so two Wills are $258.
Epilogue$269 for two Wills, or $329 with the incapacity documents, each partner with a separate account.
LawDepotBoth partners can make separate Wills under one licence, at no extra charge.
FormalWillNo couples plan; each person buys their own, so two Premium Will Plus plans are $158.

Updates and cost over time

Your Will should change when your life does, so what it costs to keep it up to date matters as much as the first price.

What each service charges, in Canadian dollars, as of September 27, 2026
Service	A Will	Will, Power of Attorney, and Living Will	Updates
LegalWills.ca, first year of updates included	$49.95^CAD	$99.95^CAD	Unlimited for the first year; after that, an optional membership that never renews automatically
LegalWills.ca, with updates for life	$109.90^CAD	$199.90^CAD	Unlimited for life, with the one-time lifetime membership included in these totals
Willful	$129	$199 (not available in Québec)	Free for life
Epilogue	$139	$199 (not available in Québec)	Free for life
LawDepot	$95.88 a year for its estate planning documents plan, or $131.88 a year for all of its documents	The same subscriptions; its Living Will is not available in Québec or Nunavut	Included while your subscription is active; it renews automatically until you cancel
FormalWill	$79, in its bundle with Powers of Attorney	$79 (its Power of Attorney for property is not available in New Brunswick or British Columbia)	One year of changes, after which its terms are not published

LegalWills.ca includes a year of unlimited updates. After that, a membership is optional and never renews automatically: for a Will, it is $14.95^CAD a year, or $59.95^CAD once for life (for the Premium package, $19.95^CAD a year, or $99.95^CAD once for life). It 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.

Willful and Epilogue include every future update in their price, which is a real advantage if you expect to change your Will often. Even so, a LegalWills.ca Will with a lifetime membership costs $109.90^CAD in total, less than a Will alone at either service; our Premium package with a lifetime membership comes to $199.90^CAD, about the same as their $199 packages, and it also includes MyFuneral and MyMessages.

LawDepot works as a subscription: while it is active, you can change, print, and download your documents, and if you cancel, they become view-only. FormalWill includes a year of changes with its $79 plan and does not publish what later changes cost.

Where each service works

In short: LegalWills.ca works everywhere in Canada, in English or French, and prepares a Will, a Protection Mandate, and a Power of Attorney in Québec. Willful and Epilogue cover the 10 provinces.

Provinces and territories

LegalWills.caAll 10 provinces and all 3 territories.
WillfulThe 10 provinces, but not Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut.
EpilogueThe 10 provinces, but not Yukon, the Northwest Territories, or Nunavut.
LawDepotWe could not confirm from its public pages which provinces and territories its Will covers; its Living Will is not available in Québec or Nunavut.
FormalWillSays it covers every province and territory.

Québec

Québec recognizes three forms of Will: notarial, holograph, and made in the presence of witnesses. A notarial Will is made with a notary, so none of these services prepares one.

LegalWills.caA Will made in the presence of witnesses, a Protection Mandate, and a Power of Attorney, in French or English, and a referral to a notary if you would rather have a notarial Will.
WillfulA Will made in the presence of witnesses, in French or English, but no Protection Mandate or Power of Attorney.
EpilogueA Will made in the presence of witnesses, and a list of notaries for a notarial Will; its Power of Attorney and health care documents are not available in Québec.
LawDepotA French-language Will made before witnesses (Testament), a Protection Mandate (Mandat de protection), and a Power of Attorney (Procuration); its Living Will is not available in Québec.
FormalWillNo Québec-specific Will or guidance, and English only.

Our guide to Wills in Québec explains the three forms of Will and when a notary is the better choice.

French

LegalWills.caThe complete service, and your documents, in French anywhere in Canada, through Volontés de Vie.
WillfulFrench in Québec only.
EpilogueA French website and questionnaire, but its documents for the other provinces are in English.
LawDepotA few documents in French, including its Québec documents; most of its documents are in English only.
FormalWillEnglish only.

Flexibility for families

In short: LegalWills.ca gives families more choices, from a separate trust for each child to up to three Executors acting together and a backup beneficiary for every gift.

Trusts for children and young beneficiaries

LegalWills.caA separate trust for each young beneficiary, to any age up to 30, with part paid at one age and more at a later age if you wish.
WillfulPayouts in stages, but one schedule for all minors.
EpilogueOne inheritance age for all young beneficiaries, paid out at once.
LawDepotAn inheritance delayed to an age you choose, but no separate ages for each child or payouts in stages.
FormalWillIts $79 plan lets you choose one age at which all minor children receive their share.

How your estate is shared

LegalWills.caA main plan, a backup plan in case your beneficiaries have passed away, and an optional final safety net, with shares in percentages or fractions and a choice, for each beneficiary, of who inherits their share if they die before you.
WillfulCustom percentage shares, backup beneficiaries, and a fallback for each beneficiary.
EpilogueYour estate goes to your spouse or partner first, and then to your children in equal shares, with a backup plan you can tailor; for unequal shares between your children, it refers you to a lawyer.
LawDepotThe rest of your estate is divided by shares, with alternate beneficiaries.
FormalWillEqual shares or percentages, among up to 10 beneficiaries.

Executors

LegalWills.caUp to three acting together, and up to three alternates, either in order or acting together.
WillfulOne, or two acting together, with backups.
EpilogueOne, an optional co-Executor, and one alternate; you can name RBC Royal Trust from within its questionnaire.
LawDepotOne, or two acting together, with alternates.
FormalWillMore than one, with alternates.

Guardians for your children

LegalWills.caA guardian and an alternate for each minor child, and you can choose to use the guardian only if your spouse dies before you.
WillfulThe same guardian, with backups, for all of your children; the guardian's spouse can be added as a co-guardian.
EpilogueOne guardian and one alternate.
LawDepotA guardian for minor or dependent children.
FormalWillA guardian, with alternate guardians.

Gifts of belongings and money

LegalWills.caUp to 100 gifts of household items, personal effects, or money, each with an optional substitute beneficiary in case the first person dies before you.
WillfulEach gift goes to one person with no backup, so if that person dies first, the gift becomes part of the rest of your estate.
EpilogueGifts of personal items, but not gifts of money to individuals.
LawDepotAn alternate can be named for each gift.
FormalWillMoney, vehicles, jewellery, household items, investments, and homes.

Assets in other countries

LegalWills.caExpat Wills for assets in Canada, Québec, the US, and the UK that work together, because you choose whether each Will revokes all earlier Wills or only those for its own jurisdiction.
WillfulNo Wills for other countries, and a Willful Will revokes all earlier Wills.
EpilogueSuggests legal advice if you have significant assets outside Canada.
LawDepotIts Canadian Will has no provisions for assets abroad.
FormalWillSuggests legal advice if you have significant assets outside Canada.

After you sign

In short: LegalWills.ca lets the people you choose unlock your documents after your death, with a free wallet card for their phone. The other four services do not offer this.

Keyholders and free digital wallet cards

At LegalWills.ca, you can name up to 20 Keyholders, such as your Executor, at no charge. After your death, they can unlock the documents and files you have chosen, as long as your membership is active, 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, where a one-time code texted to their phone confirms it is really them. The other four services offer neither wallet cards nor a way to release the documents you choose only after your death.

Storing your Will and telling people about it

LegalWills.caYour documents stay in your account, and a Canada Will Registry registration code ($40 value) comes with a Will. You can send each Executor an optional email telling them they have been named, and send each Keyholder a letter you can personalize.
WillfulIncludes a Canada Will Registry code and its own record of where your signed Will is kept, and can email the people you named about their roles. It does not store signed documents or give anyone access to your account.
EpilogueIncludes a Canada Will Registry code and an email to the people you named. Your documents stay in your online dashboard, which only you can sign in to.
LawDepotIts Estate Vault holds your documents and other files. The people you invite can view and download everything in it as soon as they accept, and the vault is switched off if you cancel your subscription.
FormalWillIts terms say it may not keep a copy of your Will or your answers, so keeping the Will safe is up to you.

Funeral wishes, messages, and records for your Executor

Every LegalWills.ca package includes MyFuneral, a separate document for your funeral wishes and organ donation, and MyMessages, which delivers the messages you write to the people you care about after your death. The Ultimate package ($129.95^CAD) adds MyVault, for the files you want your Keyholders to have, and MyLifeLocker, a detailed record of your affairs for your Executor; you can also add either one on its own.

The other services cover some of this in other ways. Willful's Premium plan includes an Estate Inventory of your assets and key contacts, and you can put funeral wishes in a non-binding section of a Willful Will. Epilogue includes a Final Wishes document, a Social Media Will, and a list of your assets and key contacts with every Will. LawDepot has an End-of-Life Plan among its documents, and FormalWill's $79 plan includes documents for your assets and your funeral wishes.

Legal review and advice

In short: none of these services gives legal advice. LegalWills.ca offers an optional written review by a legal professional, and LawDepot and FormalWill offer ways to talk to a lawyer.

None of these services is a law firm, and none gives legal advice as part of making your Will. Some offer extra help:

LegalWills.caAn optional Legal Document Review, $69.00^CAD per document: a qualified legal professional reads your document and sends you written comments on its consistency and clarity. It is not legal advice, and it is not available to Ontario residents. Our free questionnaire also points you to a lawyer, a notary, or a capacity clinic when an online Will is not a good fit.
WillfulIts plans do not include a review of your documents, and it does not give legal advice.
EpilogueFounded by two former estate lawyers. Its documents are generated automatically, without a review, and it refers people who need a custom Will to a lawyer.
LawDepotA separate "Talk to a Lawyer" phone plan, $59 a month or $590 a year, with calls to lawyers in your province.
FormalWillAn optional one-hour consultation with a lawyer from its network, for a fixed fee that it does not publish.

Signing help

In short: every service gives you signing instructions. LegalWills.ca and Willful also offer e-signing in British Columbia, and LegalWills.ca, Willful, and Epilogue can print and mail your documents.

A LegalWills folder from Print & Ship, holding a printed Will on parchment paper and its signing instructions

LegalWills.caE-signing of your Will in British Columbia ($19.95^CAD); virtual witnessing in Ontario through NotaryPro; and Print & Ship, from $14.95^CAD per document plus shipping, which prints your documents on acid-free parchment paper and mails them to you in a folder. A free Affidavit of Execution is included everywhere in Canada except Québec.
WillfulDigital signing of your Will in British Columbia ($49 plus tax, with Willful staff as your witnesses); remote notary signing in Ontario through NotaryPro; and Print & Ship for $35, tax included.
EpilogueSigning on paper, with video witnessing in Ontario ($119 to $249), print and mail ($29, or $49 for a couple), and an Affidavit of Execution with every Will.
LawDepotAn Affidavit of Execution with its Will, and online notarization of a Power of Attorney through NotaryPro. Its eSign tool cannot be used for Wills or Powers of Attorney, and it does not print or mail documents.
FormalWillA signing instruction letter; you sign on paper, and it does not print or mail documents.

Security, support, and refunds

In short: LegalWills.ca offers two-step sign-in, a toll-free line answered 24/7, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Willful also has a 30-day guarantee, and Epilogue's sales are final.

Two-step sign-in

LegalWills.caAvailable, with a code sent by text message (or by email if needed).
WillfulIts help centre says two-factor authentication is not currently supported, although you can sign in with Google.
EpilogueNot offered.
LawDepotNot offered.
FormalWillNot offered.

Support hours

LegalWills.caA toll-free phone line answered 24/7 by our assistant, which can put you through to our support team, plus email and chat.
WillfulLive chat and booked phone calls, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET; a 24/7 chatbot; text messages; and email, answered within one business day.
EpiloguePhone, email, live chat, and 15-minute booked calls; its hours are not published.
LawDepotPhone, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET; email; and live chat at some times of day.
FormalWillPhone and email, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, and chat.

Refunds

LegalWills.caA 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee, explained in our refund and cancellation policy.
WillfulA 30-day money-back guarantee, limited to one refund per customer; a refund deletes your account.
EpilogueNo refunds; its user agreement says all sales are final.
LawDepotAnnual subscriptions can be refunded within 30 days of the first purchase; its terms do not oblige it to refund one-time purchases, trials that have become paid subscriptions, or renewals you did not cancel in time.
FormalWillNo money-back guarantee.

Reviews and track record

In short: LegalWills.ca has been online the longest, since 2000. LegalWills.ca and Willful both take part in the Ontario and British Columbia law societies' innovation programs.

Customer reviews

LegalWills.ca4.7 from 6300+ reviews on Trustpilot, and 4.9 from 1500+ reviews on Google.
Willful4.4 from 1,853 reviews on Trustpilot.
Epilogue4.6 from 66 reviews on Trustpilot.
LawDepot4.0 from 8,034 reviews on Trustpilot (its lawdepot.com profile), and an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
FormalWillNo Trustpilot page, and an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, with no customer reviews there.

The other services' figures were read on September 27, 2026.

How long each service has been online

LegalWills.caHelping Canadians with their Wills since 2000.
WillfulFounded in 2017.
EpilogueLaunched in 2020.
LawDepotFounded in 2001.
FormalWillOperating since about 2010.

Law society innovation programs

LegalWills.ca and Willful both take part in the Law Society of Ontario's Access to Innovation program and the Law Society of British Columbia's Innovation Sandbox, which let new kinds of legal services operate under a law society's oversight. Epilogue, LawDepot, and FormalWill are not listed in either program. Taking part does not mean that a law society endorses a service.

Which service suits which situation

Each of these services does some things well. Here is who we think each one suits.

Willful

Willful may suit you if you

can get a Willful discount through your bank, credit union, or employer
want lifetime updates included in the price, with nothing to add later
prefer a service designed for phones first, and are happy with fewer choices
want an Estate Inventory in the same plan as your Powers of Attorney, and live outside Québec

Epilogue

Epilogue may suit you if you

value a service founded by estate lawyers, with every update included
have plans that fit its standard choices, such as equal shares for your children
want to name RBC Royal Trust as your Executor
plan a gift to charity; it works with more than 100 charities

LawDepot

LawDepot may suit you if you

need other legal documents too: one subscription covers more than 200 templates
are comfortable with a subscription that renews until you cancel it
would like to call a lawyer, through its separate phone plan
value a long track record and a large number of reviews

FormalWill

FormalWill may suit you if you

want a Will, Powers of Attorney, and documents for your assets and funeral wishes for a one-time $79, with a year of changes
would like the option of a one-hour consultation with a lawyer from its network
want your Executor to be able to get help with probate from the same company

Why we recommend LegalWills.ca for most Canadians

It costs less than Willful and Epilogue, and even with a lifetime membership, a Will is $109.90^CAD in total. Nothing renews automatically.
It works in all 13 provinces and territories, in English or French, and prepares a Protection Mandate and a Power of Attorney in Québec.
It gives families more room: a separate trust for each child, up to three Executors, a substitute for each gift, and Expat Wills.
It keeps helping after you sign, with free Keyholders and a free digital wallet card for each of them.
MyFuneral and MyMessages come in every package, with an optional written review by a legal professional (outside Ontario).
Two-step sign-in, a toll-free line answered 24/7, and a 30-day money-back guarantee, from a service helping Canadians since 2000.

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When a lawyer or notary is the better choice

If you own a business, have a family member who will need long-term financial support, are separated, own significant property outside Canada, expect someone to challenge your Will, 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. The other services in this guide say much the same. Our free questionnaire flags these situations and points you to a professional when that is the better route.

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Sources, checked September 27, 2026

Details of the other services come from their own websites, pricing pages, help centres, and terms, and from Trustpilot, the Better Business Bureau, and the two law societies. Services change, so please check the details that matter most to you.