What does it mean to 'reseal' an Ontario grant of probate in another Canadian province?

"Resealing" refers to a process some provinces use to formally recognize a grant of probate issued somewhere else, rather than making the estate trustee start an entirely new application from scratch in the second province. Where it's available, an Ontario grant can effectively be presented to the other province's court, and that court stamps, or "reseals," it, giving it local effect for dealing with property located there.

Not every province handles this the same way, and whether resealing is available, and exactly how it works, depends entirely on the destination province's own rules — this is genuinely a case where Ontario law has nothing more to say, because the process happens under someone else's system. Some provinces use resealing, others require a fresh ancillary grant application instead, and the details, including forms, fees, and required supporting documents, vary by jurisdiction.

Because of that variation, an estate trustee dealing with Ontario and out-of-province property shouldn't assume resealing will be available or straightforward; the practical step is confirming directly with a lawyer licensed in the other province what that province actually requires before assuming an Ontario grant will simply carry over.