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Affidavits sworn in Scarborough, 7 days a week

Bring the affidavit typed and unsigned, with every exhibit it mentions. You swear or affirm it at the desk at 1225 Kennedy Rd, and leave with the jurat signed.

  • $70 per affidavit
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Six things a court affidavit has to show

Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure set the format in rule 4.06. Check your draft against it before you come; we print it free if you email the file.

  1. Form 4DThe court form for affidavits in a civil proceeding.
  2. Your full name and roleIf you are a party, or work for one, the affidavit says so.
  3. Written in the first person"I" throughout, by the person who swears it.
  4. Numbered paragraphsOne fact per paragraph, from your own knowledge.
  5. Exhibits named by letterEach one is marked by the person taking the affidavit.
  6. A signed juratYou sign; the commissioner records the oath or affirmation.

Source: Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 4.06 (ontario.ca/laws). Small Claims and family courts use their own forms.

What happens at the desk, in order

  1. ID against the name in the affidavitIlya compares your photo ID with the full name written at the top.
  2. Exhibits markedEach exhibit gets its letter and his mark before anyone signs.
  3. Oath or affirmation, then your signatureYou choose the form, then sign while he watches.
  4. Jurat completedHe signs and stamps below your signature. The original goes home with you.
A woman in a navy blazer writing on a document on a clipboard, with a stamp and brass scales on the desk

Attached or shown: the affidavit decides where an exhibit goes

r. 4.06(3)(a)

"Attached to this affidavit"

The exhibit is fastened behind the affidavit and filed with it.

  • Bring it in the order the paragraphs mention it.
  • Keep a copy: the court keeps this one.
or
r. 4.06(3)(b)

"Produced and shown to me"

The exhibit is not attached. It is left with the court registrar and returned when the matter ends.

  • Bring the item itself to the appointment.
  • It is still marked at the desk.

Serving itWhen an exhibit is a document, a copy is served with the affidavit unless that is impractical, under r. 4.06(3)(c).

Other sworn paperwork people bring with an affidavit

A hand writing with a gold pen on a document on a clipboard, beside a wooden stamp, brass scales and a wax-sealed envelopeStatutory declarations$20 per signatureA woman holding a clipboard behind a desk with a document, a pen, a stamp, brass scales and a rolled scrollOSAP affidavits$20 per signatureA man in a suit signing a document beside a Certified True Copy stamp while a man and a woman watchCertified copies of exhibits$20 first documentA man in a suit signing a document at a desk with a NOTARY nameplate, a stamp and brass scalesTranslator's affidavits$20 first documentA hand signing a blank sheet with a black pen, a wooden stamp and brass scales on the deskAffidavits of execution$20 per signatureA hand pressing a self-inking stamp onto a document on a clipboard, a gavel and brass scales behind itSmall Claims Court formsPrice on request

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Pack these before you set off

  1. The affidavit, typed and unsignedA page signed at home is signed again on a fresh copy.
  2. Every exhibit, in letter orderAs the affidavit describes it: attached copy or the item to be shown.
  3. Government photo IDA passport or driver's licence in the name the affidavit states.
  4. Each deponent in personNobody can swear an affidavit for someone else.
  5. Cash or e-Transfer$70 for each affidavit.
A document with a red seal and ribbon on a black folder, a metal embosser on top, law books and brass scales behind

Affidavit questions callers ask

Read us the court, the form number and the signing block, and we will tell you what to bring.

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The office asked for a statutory declaration. Will an affidavit do?

Use the document the office names. A statutory declaration carries the solemn declaration wording of Ontario's Evidence Act and is $20 per signature here; a court affidavit follows the court's own form.

Can two people swear the same affidavit?

Yes. If both swear before the same commissioner at the same time, rule 4.06(4) allows one jurat for both. Otherwise each deponent gets a separate jurat.

What do two affidavits cost?

$140, at $70 each. Certified true copies of exhibits, if the court asks for them, start at $20 for the first document.

Does the notary check that my statements are true?

No. Ilya confirms who you are and administers the oath or affirmation. The facts are yours, and a knowingly false affidavit is perjury under the Criminal Code.

Fast & Reliable Notary Services

  • 416-951-3301
  • kershtein@gmail.com
  • 1225 Kennedy Road, Scarborough, Ontario, M1P 4Y1, Suite 2000, Unit #2020
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  • Sat – Sun: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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