This Power of Attorney (Effective upon Incapacity) for Canada allows an individual to authorize another to act on your behalf in the event of a legal incapacity or you become a patient in a psychiatric facility and certified to be incompetent to manage your own affairs. In that instance, this document allows the authorized agent/attorney to make decisions for you regarding legal, business or financial matters, as well as any general day-to-day matters. It is imperative that you carefully choose the person you wish to act on your behalf as they will exercise broad powers over your personal, business and legal affairs.

This Power of Attorney (Effective Upon Incapacity) contains the following provisions:

• Personal Information: Sets out the signor full name;
• Attorneys in Fact: Sets out the full name of any individual you wish to appoint as your attorney or agent to act on your behalf;
• Powers: Sets forth that this Power of Attorney only takes effect in the event of legal incapacity or if you are certified as incompetent to manage your own affairs;
• Revocation: This Power of Attorney revokes any others previously made;
• Signatures: This document must be signed in the presence of two witnesses.

Protect yourself and your rights by purchasing this accurate and up-to-date form.

This lawyer-prepared package includes:

1. General Instructions
2. Power of Attorney (Effective Upon Incapacity) for Canada

Law Compliance: This form can be used in the following provinces: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and Yukon