Last Will & Testament Kit (Canada)
A last will and testament allows you to specify who your assets will pass to following your death, make property management arrangements for young beneficiaries, appoint guardians, forgive debts, and more.
This self-help legal kit includes step-by-step instructions, detailed information and all the legal forms necessary to prepare your own last will and testament without the need or expense of hiring a lawyer.
- Prepare a legal will in minutes.
- Step-by-step instructions.
- lawyer approved legal kit.
- Valid in Canada.
- See below for a full product description.
Description
Prepare your Canadian will with nine templates, editable downloads and clear step-by-step guidance.
The Last Will & Testament Kit helps you choose a suitable form, organise your information and record your wishes for a straightforward estate. This third edition, updated for 2026, brings the guidance, sample wills and practical tools together in one place.
Inside the kit:
- Nine sample will templates for different family circumstances, with downloadable blank Word versions.
- An estate-planning and asset-locator worksheet to organise property, accounts, important records and contacts.
- Guidance on choosing executors, making gifts, nominating guardians for minor children and signing and witnessing your will.
- Province-by-province information on matters such as the age for making a will and intestacy, with explanations of when individual advice is needed.
- Additional will clauses and instructions to help you work through common choices.
- Canadian terminology and guidance for registered accounts, including RRSPs, RRIFs and TFSAs.
Choose the PDF download for the complete guide with its front and back covers. The kit includes access codes for the blank Word forms. Sign in to your EstateBee account, enter each code under Use Codes and find the files in My Online Documents. Save the files to your computer before opening them in Microsoft Word or compatible software.
Designed to edit and print: complete the blank forms on a computer or print them to complete by hand. Use Print Preview to check every page and the two-witness signature block. If a browser preview will not print, open the saved Word file directly or export it as a PDF. Download support is available at books@estate-bee.com; please do not email completed wills or identity details.
For Canada’s common-law provinces and territories. Not for use in Québec or estates governed by the special wills and estates provisions of the Indian Act. This kit provides general guidance, not individual legal or tax advice. Provincial requirements and personal circumstances differ; obtain professional advice for complex estates or uncertain provisions.
Table of Contents
Last Will & Testament Kit
Important Note
About EstateBee
Using Self-Help Kits
Introduction to Wills
Introduction
What is a Will?
Why Make a Will?
Intestacy & What Happens Without a Will?
Can I Make My Own Will?
Requirements for a Valid Will
Age of Majority and Age for Making a Will
Mental Capacity and Undue Influence
Gifts and Beneficiaries
Gifts Your Assets
Disinheriting Your Spouse or Children
Types of Gifts
Specific Item Gifts
Cash Gifts
Gift of the Residuary Estate
Types of Beneficiaries
Who May Not Be a Beneficiary?.
What Assets Can I Gift Under My Will?
Gifts to Charities
Imposing Conditions on the Receipt of Gifts
Failed Gifts
Releasing Someone from a Debt
Matters Affecting the Distribution of Your Assets
What if You Own Property Overseas?.
Children, Guardians and Property Management
What is a Guardian?
Sole and Joint Guardians
Alternate Guardians
Who Can Be a Guardian?
What to Consider When Choosing a Guardian for Your Children
Management of Children’s Property.
Whom Should You Choose as a Trustee?
Executors
Executors
Alternate Executors
Overview of Executors’ Duties
Who Should Be Your Executor?
A Brief Introduction to Tax
Overview of the Canadian Tax System
Capital Gains Tax
Capital Losses
Calculating Adjusted Cost Base
Deemed Disposition on Death
Calculating Fair Market Value
Income Tax Payable on Capital Gains
Transfers to a Spouse or Common-Law Partner
RRSPs and Life Insurance
Principal Residence Exemption
Gifts Made During Your Lifetime
Capital Gains Deduction
Getting Ready to Make Your Own Will
Do I Need a Lawyer?
Deciding on Your Beneficiaries
Deciding on Who to Appoint as Your Executors
Deciding on Who to Appoint as Guardians of Your Minor Children
Deciding What Type of Will You Need
Choosing People to Witness You Signing Your Will
Altering Your Will Before Signing
Signing Your Will
Signing and Witnessing Requirements
After You Have Made Your Will
Where to Store Your Will
Keeping Your Will Updated
Using a Codicil to Update or Change Your Will
Revoking Your Will
Appendix 1 - Glossary of Legal Terms
Appendix 2 - Will Writing Worksheet
Appendix 3 - Sample Wills
Template 1: Unmarried or unpartnered, with no children: one residuary beneficiary
Template 2: Unmarried or unpartnered, with no children: multiple residuary beneficiaries
Template 3: Unmarried or unpartnered, with children
Template 4: Married or partnered, with adult children: husband or male partner
Template 5: Married or partnered, with adult children: wife or female partner
Template 6: Married or partnered, with minor children: husband or male partner
Template 7: Married or partnered, with minor children: wife or female partner
Template 8: Married or partnered, with no children: husband or male partner
Template 9: Married or partnered, with no children: wife or female partner
Appendix 4 - General Instructions for Completing your Will
Appendix 5 - Specific Instructions for Completing your Will
Appendix 6 - Additional Clauses That You May Wish to Add
Forms
Nine sample wills and editable blank Word downloads
The kit explains which template suits which circumstances and how to complete, sign and witness it.
- Unmarried or unpartnered, with no children: one residuary beneficiary.
- Unmarried or unpartnered, with no children: multiple residuary beneficiaries.
- Unmarried or unpartnered, with children.
- Married or partnered, with adult children: husband or male partner.
- Married or partnered, with adult children: wife or female partner.
- Married or partnered, with minor children: husband or male partner.
- Married or partnered, with minor children: wife or female partner.
- Married or partnered, with no children: husband or male partner.
- Married or partnered, with no children: wife or female partner.
The downloads also include the estate-planning and asset-locator worksheet and additional will clauses.
Use the codes printed in the kit with your EstateBee account. After entering a code under Use Codes, open My Online Documents to download the file. Save it to your computer, open it in Word or compatible software, and edit or print it. Check all pages in Print Preview before signing.
For Canada’s common-law provinces and territories. Not for use in Québec or estates governed by the Indian Act’s special wills and estates provisions. Provincial requirements and personal circumstances differ; read the kit’s guidance and obtain individual legal advice where needed.
Why Choose Estatebee
EstateBee brings the guidance and practical documents together so you can work through your choices in a clear order.
- Canadian context: province-by-province guidance, Canadian registered-account terminology and clear limits on where the forms can be used.
- Practical tools: nine will templates, a planning worksheet and additional clauses, supported by completion and signing instructions.
- Editable downloads: blank Word files you can save, complete and print on your own computer.
- A clear next step: understand when a straightforward template may help and when your circumstances need individual advice.
- Download help: contact books@estate-bee.com if you need assistance accessing the included files.
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