Website for What Every Older Canadian Should Know about: Power of Attorney (for Financial Matters and Property) and Joint Bank Accounts
It is important to know how a power of attorney or a joint bank account works before you use them. This webpage explains how this options work and what the risks and advantages to both.
Subject Headings Power of Attorney
Published by Government of Canada (2016) CAN
Last modified on 06/14/2017
By Attorney General of Ontario, 2015
Website for Dealing with Mental Incapacity
This website provides information about mental incapacity and the related law in Ontario, including Power of Attorney, living will and guardianship.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Power of Attorney, Mental Health/Illness - Legal Aspects
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2015) CAN
Last modified on 04/23/2019
By Ministry of the Attorney General, 2008
Pdf document for Powers of Attorney
This booklet provides information on Powers of Attorney, including Continuing Powers of Attorney for Property, and Power of Attorney for Personal Care. Included in the booklet are instructions on how to fill out legal forms to give others your Powers of Attorney.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Power of Attorney, Advance Directives
Published by Queen's Printer for Ontario (2008) CAN
Last modified on 02/13/2015
By Province of Ontario, 2011
Pdf document for Your Substitute Decision-Maker Wallet Card
This resource provides you with a printable, wallet-sized document detailing your Substitute Decision-Maker (SDM) or Power of Attorney consent to treatment information.
Published by Province of Ontario (2011) CAN
Last modified on 02/09/2015
By Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association, 2011
Website for Speak Up: Start the Conversation About End of Life Care
This website provides information and support for making decisions about end-of-life care. Topics include information on advance care planning, making an advance care plan, and choosing a substitute decision maker.
Subject Headings Power of Attorney, Death and Dying, Advance Directives
Published by Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Association (2011) CAN
Last modified on 04/10/2015
By Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE); Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), 2010
Pdf document for Power of Attorney for Personal Care
This website provides information about Power of Attorney in Ontario. A Power of Attorney is a legal document that gives someone else permission to act on your half. This includes the ability to make decisions about your health care.
Subject Headings Power of Attorney, Advance Directives
Published by CLEO (2010) CAN
By Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO), 2010
Pdf document for Continuing Power of Attorney for Property
This document provides information to help you ensure that control of your property is given to a trusted friend or family member. It deals specifically with the legal rules, terms, and obligations of the Continuing Power of Attorney as they apply to a person's property. It also addresses basic questions about what "power of attorney" means.
Subject Headings Legal Aspects, Power of Attorney, Wills
Published by Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) (2010) CAN