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Each province and territory is different and a chart of the court probate fees by province is shown at the end of this post. There is no fee or a very low fee for smaller estates. The areas of Canada that have a maximum fee are Alberta ($400) and Quebec ($65).
The attorney charges a few hundred dollars for this service. (The average fee to review and help settle an estate with a trust is about $500.). Now the total cost of your estate plan is $2,500. Compare this to using a will for your estate plan, which would cost $10,400.Again, it doesnât take a CPA to figure out that a will actually costs four times more than a trust!emember that the average trust costs $2,000 to $2,500 to set up, but thereâs no probate. A trust eliminates the total cost of probate and that potential $10,000 probate fee.