Commissioners for Oaths
The City Clerks department provides commissioning services Monday to Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
A commissioner is a person authorized by the Province of Ontario to take oaths or declarations of an affidavit or a statutory declaration.
A commissioner is not the same as a Notary Public. The City does not keep a list of Notary Publics; however Lawyers and Paralegals often provide this service.
The commissioner is not responsible for the content of the affidavit. The person signing the document is responsible for understanding the details of the document and ensuring the contents are accurate.
The person signing the document is responsible for ensuring they provide photo identification such as a valid Driver's Licence, Passport, Ontario Photo card and paying the $25 charge per signature for the service. The individual is responsible for supplying the form to be signed by the commissioner when they arrive at City Hall.
Commissioning fee
The 2026 fee for commissioning services is $25.00 per signature.
Accepted documents
Common documents we can commission include:
- adult name change documents
- affidavit for lost/stolen or damaged passport
- affidavit from the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal
- affidavit of a lost cheque
- affidavit of proof of loss of motor vehicle/boat (from an insurance company)
- affidavit of proof of residency
- affidavit of unregistered vehicles (boats, motorcycles, snowmobiles, trailers, etc.)
- Canadian citizenship forms
- delayed statement of live birth
- domestic and foreign pension documents (Proof of Life)
- City of Welland generated documents
- immunization health form/exemptions
- statutory declaration for motor vehicle deals compensation fund
- statutory declaration for OSAP – statement of common law status/supporting children
- statutory declaration of apprenticeship hours
- statutory declaration of lost identification (must include police report number)
- statutory declaration of theft of a GST/HST or federal cheque
- sworn statement for the transfer of a used motor vehicle in the province of Ontario
- travel affidavit
What we can't commission
Common documents we can commission include:
- age of majority or BYID card applications
- certified true copies of documents
- court, legal or civil issue-related documents
- custody documents
- declaration of replacement of shares
- declaration of a translator
- declaration or claimant and indemnity
- divorce, separation, marriage or cohabitation
- documents not in English or that do not have English descriptors
- documents related to debt
- documents requiring a notary public’s signature
- power of attorney
- real estate-related documents
- statement of arrears
- statutory declaration of progress payment distribution – holdback security deposits
- tender documents
- wills, living wills, codicils to wills, or estate settlement
Important
You must sign affidavits in front of the commissioner. Please do not sign the document(s) prior.
Contact
- Office of the City Clerk
- Civic Square,
60 East Main St., Welland, ON L3B 3X4 - 905-735-1700 x2155
- info@welland.ca
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