Probate fees are levied when an application for probate or
administration is sought in the Province of Manitoba or other
common law jurisdictions in Canada.
They are determined as a proportion of value passing through the
estate. In Manitoba, where the value of the property devolving
(i.e. passing through the estate) is more than $10,000, probate
fees total $70 plus $7 for every additional $1,000 of value or
fraction thereof. An estate with a date-of-death value equal to $1
million, for example, would incur probate fees equal to $7,000.
In its 2019 election platform, the Manitoba Progressive
Conservative Party vowed to eliminate probate fees and indicated
post-election that probate fees will be eliminated as of July 1,
2020. Nonetheless, probate fees remain payable in Manitoba as of
the date of this blog.
