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Guides to serving Ontario Small Claims Court documents in Ottawa, and in Gatineau for Ontario court files: the affidavit, and what happens when service fails.

  • Serving Ontario Small Claims Court documents in GatineauOntario court documents served on people in Gatineau: what we serve, rates and what is included.
  • Affidavit of Service (Form 8A): what you receiveWhat the sworn affidavit states, and how you receive it.
  • When the person can’t be servedThe Affidavit of Attempted Service and additional attempts.

Process serving of Ontario court documents only

We deliver documents issued by the Ontario Small Claims Court, including to people in Gatineau. We do not serve documents of Quebec courts or tribunals, we are not bailiffs (huissiers de justice) and we have no office or place of business in Quebec. We are not lawyers or licensed paralegals, we do not give legal advice and we do not represent anyone. OttawaSmallClaims.ca is independent and not affiliated with any court, the Ontario Small Claims Court, the Ministry of the Attorney General, the Law Society of Ontario or any government body.

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