Apostilles
Canada
is not a signatory to The Hague
Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign
Public Documents (1961). Notaries in Canada are
therefore unable
to provide "apostille certificates".
The
Canadian equivalent to the apostille
is to have the notarized document authenticated by the government, and
then legalized by the foreign embassy.
Authentication involves a government body (either the federal
Department of Foreign Affairs or the Ontario
government’s
Management Board Secretariat) certifying that the seal and signature
appearing on a notarized document is that of an authentic notary public
in good standing.
Legalization
involves the foreign embassy certifying a notarized document for use in
the foreign country. Embassies
will
usually require the documents first be authenticated fy the Department
of Foreign Affairs.
We can have your documents authenticated by the Federal Government for $100.
We can have your documents legalized by a foreign embassy for $125
(plus embassy fees).
We can have your documents both authenticated &
legalized for
a reduced fee of $195.
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