Commissioner of Oaths

A commissioner for taking affidavits may take affidavits and administer other legal oaths, affirmations or declarations within or outside Ontario, or subject to any territorial limit the Attorney General may specify, as permitted by the Commissioners for taking Affidavits Act.

Note: Please contact SFG Paralegal Services LLP by phone at: (888) 398-0121 to discuss any specific questions that you may have.

The following is a small listing of forms that a Commissioner of Oaths can sign.

• Delayed birth registration forms;
• Application to amend birth registration;
• Declaration affirming parentage;
• Election to change of name of child under the age of 12;
• Statutory declaration by an applicant to correct an error in registration;
• Legal name change application;
• Blank statutory declaration;
• City of Ottawa planning applications;
• Insurance claims;
• Common law status affidavits;
• Vehicle ownership transfers;
• Special invitations to family members overseas;
• Passport applications (in lieu of guarantor);
• Pension purpose attestations of recipient being alive and confirming their residency;
• Residency document;
• Lost passport;
• Single status certificate;
• Consent letter for traveling with a child commonly referred to as a travel document;
• Federal government permanent residency card applications (this is the only application for which the City of Ottawa reserves the right to produce a true copy as required);
• Municipal Information Form (MIF) for liquor license;
• Affidavit waiving vaccinations based on religious grounds.