Legal Information Resources
- A Death in Your Family by People’s Law School – Information for people who want to know more about what to do first when a family member dies, how to make funeral arrangements, and where to find support. Part of the Clicklaw Wikibooks collection.
- BC Government: Wills & Estate Planning – Including sections for Indigenous populations.
- Clicklaw: Common Questions
- How to make a will
- Relative died without a will
- Wills for people who live on reserve
- Executor of a will
- Probate application and forms
- Contesting or disputing a will
- See all wills-related Common Questions
- See all personal planning-related Common Questions – Representation Agreements, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives
- Nidus: Provides resources on personal planning (planning for incapacity or end-of-life).
Hospice Care
- Nidus Personal Planning and Resource Centre Registry – Personal planning is about planning for incapacity, end-of-life and other support needs. Personal planning formalizes informal help provided by your friends and family and gives them or others the legal authority necessary to help you.
- Canadian Virtual Hospice – Information and support on palliative and end-of-life care, loss and grief.
What to do
- After a Death (Canada) – outlines what to do when someone dies, at the federal level, such as: canceling a passport, notifying the CRA, contacting credit bureaus to avoid fraud, and claiming life insurance.
- Life Events: Death (BC) – what to do when someone dies, at the provincial level. Learn how to register a death in British Columbia and order a death certificate. Get information about wills and estates.
- Make a Will Week (October in BC) – to encourage the public to write their will or bring an existing will up-to-date.
Books & Kits
- Available at PRPL
- Self-Counsel Press: Wills – Books, kits, and forms to help you prepare an estate plan, make a legal will or codicil to a will, and write a medical directive or living will or representation agreement.