What Documents Can Be Notarized Online in Ontario?

Examples of documents that can be commissioned online

Examples of documents that must be notarized in-person

• Affidavits (e.g., for OSAP applications, court proceedings)
• Statutory declarations (e.g., for residency, common-law status)
• Insurance claims
• Pension-related declarations
• Any government form requiring a commissioner’s signature
• Declarations for name changes or birth registration
• Application for a correction to a Birth Registration
• Insurance proof of loss form
• Common law status declaration (imm5409)
• Pension purpose attestations of the recipient being alive and confirming their residency
• Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief 
• The sworn statement for the transfer of a used vehicle in the province of Ontario
• The sworn statement for a family gift of a used vehicle in the province of Ontario

and many other documents 

You can commission these documents remotely with a commissioner in Ontario.

• Certified true copies of original documents
• Documents requiring notarization for international use (e.g., passport applications, certain immigration documents, apostilled documents)
• Consent Letter for children travelling outside Canada
• A negotiable instrument (cheque, promissory note, loan agreement, etc.)
• A document that is prescribed or belongs to a prescribed class under the Ontario Electronic Commerce Act, 2000
• Declaration from non-accompanying parent/guardian for minors immigrating to canada (IMM 5604)

To notarize these documents, you must meet with notary public in-person.