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Ontario: apostille and legalization for documents issued there

We are based in Montreal and work across Canada. Documents arrive by courier and go back the same way.

Which authority issues the apostille

This jurisdiction is its own competent authority. Documents issued or notarized here are apostilled by Official Documents Services, within the Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery rather than by Global Affairs Canada, so the file never leaves the province.

Ontario issues its own apostilles, so documents from the province go to the provincial authority rather than to Global Affairs Canada. Volume is high and so are the queues, which is the usual reason an Ontario file takes longer than the same document from a smaller province.

Competent authorities are set by government and can change. We confirm which one applies to your file in writing before anything is filed.

Documents issued here

The provincial and territorial records we handle most often. Federal documents (RCMP certificates, immigration papers, federal incorporations) always go to Global Affairs Canada, whichever province you are in.

Birth, marriage and death certificates from the Office of the Registrar General
Diplomas and transcripts from Ontario universities and colleges
Documents notarized by an Ontario lawyer or notary public
Judgments of the Ontario courts
Corporate records from the Ontario Business Registry

Then the destination decides the rest

The apostille answers only half the question. Whether a consular stage follows it depends on the country the document is going to.

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A quote is free and comes with the exact sequence of steps your file needs, wherever in Canada it was issued.

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