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Template · Affidavit

One-and-the-same-person affidavit

Used when records show your name differently (after marriage, a spelling change, or across foreign documents).

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AFFIDAVIT OF ONE AND THE SAME PERSON

I, [current full legal name], of the City of [city], in the Province of Ontario, MAKE OATH AND SAY (or SOLEMNLY AFFIRM) THAT:

1. I am the person named in the documents described below.
2. The name “[Name A]” and the name “[Name B]” refer to one and the same person, namely me.
3. The difference arises because [reason — e.g. marriage, spelling variation in a foreign record, translation].
4. The documents affected are [list documents], and I make this affidavit to confirm my identity across them.

SWORN (or AFFIRMED) before me at the City of [city], in the Province of Ontario, this [day] day of [month], [year].

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Signature of deponent                          Signature of commissioner

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A Commissioner for Taking Affidavits in and for Ontario

Don't sign it yet. Bring the completed, unsigned document to your session — the commissioner watches you sign.

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