SAMPLE — PRACTICE ESTATE (INVENTED PEOPLE). NOT FOR FILING.
Estate of Eleanor Grace Bishop · Your courthouse: 330 University – Toronto (Superior Court of Justice, Estates Office)
Ontario courts take probate applications by email. Send yours to:
Follow these rules — the court checks them:
| Attachments | PDF only. One court form per PDF. Name each file with the form number and what it is (for example: 74.1A-Application-Bishop.pdf). |
| Include | The court's Information Form, your forms 74.1A, 74.1B, and 74.1C, and proof of death. Get the Information Form from the court's e-filing page — the address is in the fine print at the end of this sheet. Fill in its top boxes before you send. |
| Subject line | TOR – ESTATES – (file number, if you have one) – Application |
| Size limits | Keep each email under 35 pages of attachments AND under 35 MB. If your package is bigger, split it: "Email 1 of 2", "Email 2 of 2". |
The original will must reach the court on paper, with your tax payment. Take them in person, or send by mail or courier, to:
Put a short cover note on top: the estate name, your name and phone, and the words "Original will and tax payment for an emailed probate application."
The court says applications are usually looked at within about 15 business days — longer when something is missing, or when the office is busy. Big-city offices are often slower. Nobody can promise a date.
When your certificate is ready, the court emails it to you.
If the court finds a problem, it will contact you. If the problem is in the documents we made, our promise applies: we fix it and make your package again, free — email support@probateprep.ca.
One legal deadline to remember: within 180 days of the certificate, file the Estate Information Return with the Ministry of Finance. It is not a tax return — it confirms the estate's values. Set a reminder now.
The Information Form and the court's full e-filing rules are here: https://ontariocourtforms.on.ca/en/filing-electronic-documents-in-probate-proceedings-non-contentious-estates-proceedings/