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=== Access Pro Bono === | === Access Pro Bono === | ||
Volunteer lawyers provide free legal advice to qualifying people who cannot obtain legal aid or afford a lawyer. | Volunteer lawyers provide free legal advice to qualifying people who cannot obtain legal aid or afford a lawyer. | ||
: | :Toll-free: 604-878-7400 | ||
:[http://www.accessprobono.ca accessprobono.ca] | :[http://www.accessprobono.ca accessprobono.ca] | ||
=== Canada Revenue Agency === | === Canada Revenue Agency === | ||
''[https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/life-events/doing-taxes-someone-died/prepare-returns.html Prepare tax returns for someone who died]'' provides information and forms for those filing tax returns for someone who died. | |||
:Toll-free: 1-800-959-8281 | :Toll-free: 1-800-959-8281 | ||
:[http://www.canada.ca/tax canada.ca/tax] | :[http://www.canada.ca/tax canada.ca/tax] | ||
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=== Lawyer Referral Service === | === Lawyer Referral Service === | ||
Helps people connect with a lawyer for a complimentary 15-minute consult. | |||
: | :Toll-free: 604-687-3221 | ||
:Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919 | :Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919 | ||
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:700 - 808 West Hastings Street | :700 - 808 West Hastings Street | ||
:Vancouver, BC V6C 3L3 | :Vancouver, BC V6C 3L3 | ||
: | :Phone: 604-660-4444 | ||
:[http://www.trustee.bc.ca trustee.bc.ca] | :[http://www.trustee.bc.ca trustee.bc.ca] | ||
Revision as of 21:40, 5 August 2025
| This information applies to British Columbia, Canada. Last reviewed for legal accuracy by Stephen Hsia in March 2019. |
Access Pro Bono
Volunteer lawyers provide free legal advice to qualifying people who cannot obtain legal aid or afford a lawyer.
- Toll-free: 604-878-7400
- accessprobono.ca
Canada Revenue Agency
Prepare tax returns for someone who died provides information and forms for those filing tax returns for someone who died.
- Toll-free: 1-800-959-8281
- canada.ca/tax
Clicklaw
Online resource offers one-stop access to legal information, education, and help for British Columbians from trusted organizations. Select the topic “Wills & Estates.”
Lawyer Referral Service
Helps people connect with a lawyer for a complimentary 15-minute consult.
- Toll-free: 604-687-3221
- Toll-free: 1-800-663-1919
Public Guardian and Trustee of BC
This public body may manage estates, for a fee, when the executor isn’t able or willing to do so, or when someone dies without a will.
- 700 - 808 West Hastings Street
- Vancouver, BC V6C 3L3
- Phone: 604-660-4444
- trustee.bc.ca
Self Counsel Press
Publisher of do-it-yourself guides on legal topics, including the British Columbia Probate Kit, which includes the forms required for probate and a step-by-step explanation of the process.
 Being an Executor © People's Law School is, except for the images, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.
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