Notary Public Services
Notary public services certify true copies, witness signatures, and commission oaths and affidavits for the institution that will receive your document, whether that is a court, a bank, a foreign consulate, a school, or IRCC. Same-day appointments are usually available. Prices start from $29.95 for the first notarization. The work is performed by Narek Mirzoyan, an Ontario paralegal authorized under the Notaries Act (Ontario), not by IRCC, since notary authority is provincial. Every Ontario notary is also a commissioner for taking oaths and affidavits. Service runs by appointment, in person, in English, Russian, and Armenian.
Last reviewed by Narek Mirzoyan, Paralegal LSO # P12490 and RCIC # R1005184, on 2026-05-30.
Mirzoyan Immigration is a private entity and is not affiliated with any government agency or the Government of Canada.
Our service fees are for professional assistance and are separate from any mandatory official government filing fees
Who are Notary Public Services For
You need a notary public when an institution will not accept your document on your word alone and demands a notary's signature and seal, a sworn oath, or a certified copy of an original. This service fits the person or business holding a document that has to satisfy a court, a government body, a bank, a school, or a party abroad. A notary verifies identity and witnesses execution; a notary does not give legal advice on the contents of the document. The profiles below are the ones who book a notary most often.
You need an affidavit or statutory declaration sworn or affirmed before a notary or commissioner in Ontario.
You need an invitation or sponsorship letter notarized for a parent, grandparent, or visitor, often for a super visa or visitor visa application.
You need a certified true copy of a passport, citizenship certificate, PR card, diploma, or other identity document.
You need a travel consent letter notarized for a minor child travelling internationally.
You need a real estate, mortgage, or vehicle ownership document notarized for a closing or transfer.
Your document is destined for use outside Canada and must be notarized before authentication or apostille.
What Mirzoyan Immigration Notarizes and Commissions
The firm applies the notarial certificate, signature, and seal, or commissions the oath, across the documents clients bring most often. The live menu spans personal, immigration, real estate, and corporate paperwork.
- Affidavits and statutory declarations, including affidavit of service, sworn statement for a family gift of a used vehicle, and affidavit of marital status or dependents.
- Certified true copies of a Canadian passport, citizenship certificate, birth certificate, driver's licence, diploma, degree, and other identity documents.
- Immigration-related letters and forms, including travel consent letters, invitation letters, and forms filed with permanent residence, study permit, and visitor visa applications.
- Real estate and financial documents, including closing documents, mortgage documents, acknowledgment and directions, promissory notes, loan agreements, and bank documents.
- Corporate and commercial documents, including corporate resolutions, share or asset purchase agreements, commercial and residential leases, and letters of intent.
This list is not exhaustive. If a document is not named here, the firm can usually still assist, so ask when you book. The notary verifies your identity against government-issued photo ID, witnesses any signature executed in person, administers the oath or affirmation, compares an original to the copy being certified, and applies the seal.
What to expect during your notary appointment
A notary appointment runs in five steps, from booking to seal.
Book the appointment. Reserve a slot online, choose the location, and indicate the document type and the number of notarizations needed. You receive a confirmation with a checklist of what to bring.
Bring the document and ID. Bring the original document, unsigned if the signature must be executed in front of the notary. You bring valid government-issued photo ID that matches the name on the document, plus any second signer.
Attend in person. Notarization in Ontario requires in-person attendance under the Notaries Act, since the notary must witness the signature or compare the original to the copy. The notary verifies your identity against the ID you present.
Sign and swear before the notary. For an affidavit or statutory declaration, you sign in the notary's presence and swear or affirm the contents are true. For a certified copy, the notary compares the original to the copy and certifies it.
Receive the notarized document. The notary applies the seal and signature and returns the document. If it is bound for use abroad, the document goes to the authentication and apostille step next.
Same-day appointments are usually available in Toronto and North York on weekdays.
Notary Fees
The fee is a flat charge per notarization, not per page. The published schedule starts from $29.95 for the first notarization (signature and seal) and $14.95 for each additional notarization at the same appointment, for non-power-of-attorney documents. Power-of-attorney documents are quoted separately. Ontario sets no separate government fee for notarization, so the flat fee is the entire amount you pay for the notary step. Authentication and apostille, when a document is used abroad, carry their own separate government fees, paid to ODS at the provincial office, not to the firm. For the firm's published rates across all document services, see our flat-fee structure, and book a notary appointment to confirm the current fee for your set of documents.
Need a document notarized?
Book a notary appointment with a licensed Ontario paralegal, in person, by appointment, in Toronto or North York. Bring the original document and valid photo ID, and most appointments finish in one visit. Service in English, Russian, and Armenian.
Why Work With a Licensed Practitioner
Anyone can buy a stamp online. A licensed practitioner is a different thing. A notary public in Ontario is appointed under the Notaries Act, and Narek Mirzoyan performs the firm's notary work as a paralegal licensed by the Law Society of Ontario. A licensed paralegal answers to the LSO's professional conduct rules and to a public complaints process, carries professional liability insurance, and is named on the LSO's public directory. An unregulated signing service answers to none of that, so when a notarization is done wrong, you have no recourse and the receiving authority rejects the document.
The distinction matters most on documents that travel. A notary's seal is recognized internationally; a commissioner's authority stops at Ontario's border. Every notary public in Ontario is also a commissioner, but the reverse is not true, so a commissioner-only signer cannot certify a true copy or sign a document bound for a foreign government. Confirm any signer before you hand over an original: a licensed notary's standing is verifiable, and a stamp from an unregulated service is not.
Why Clients Choose Mirzoyan Immigration
Mirzoyan Immigration is led by Narek Mirzoyan, RCIC # R1005184, an Ontario paralegal who performs the firm's notary work, and Vahe Mirzoyan, RCIC # R514223 and Ontario paralegal, both on the CICC public register for the firm's immigration practice and LSO’s Register. Clients choose the firm for concrete reasons: licensed Ontario paralegals performing the notarization, two locations in Toronto and North York, service in English, Russian, and Armenian, a flat per-notarization fee with no per-page surprise, and same-day appointments where available. Two frameworks govern how the firm handles every document, notary files included.
One on One Advisory. When you hire Mirzoyan Immigration, your questions go directly to a licensed practitioner. Not an intake coordinator. Not a paralegal assistant. The person who reviews your document is the person who notarizes it and answers your questions about it.
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When a Notarized Document Gets Rejected
It is rejected by the receiving authority, the institution the document is for: a consulate, a court registry, a bank, a land registry, or IRCC reading an immigration affidavit. Three patterns cause most of those rejections, and none of them appears on a notary's price list.
The wrong document type for the destination country. A client needs a document for use abroad and assumes a notarized copy is enough, when the destination consulate requires the full authentication or apostille chain on top of the notarization. Canada joined the Hague Apostille Convention in January 2024, so a Hague-member country now wants the apostille, while a non-Hague country such as India, Pakistan, Iran, China, or the UAE still wants consular legalization. The notary step is the same; the chain after it is not. Confirm what the receiving country requires before the appointment, not after the document is rejected at the consulate window.
Confusing notarization with authentication and apostille. Notarization, authentication, and apostille are three separate steps, and a notarized document alone is routinely rejected when the destination also requires the apostille. The notary verifies identity and witnesses the signature. Global Affairs Canada or the Ontario authentication office then verifies the notary's own signature, and the apostille certificate makes a foreign government accept it. Skipping the second step is the single most common reason a correctly notarized document comes back from abroad. Authentication and apostille run on their own processing window, so a document needed at a consulate by a deadline should be notarized well in advance.
Notary Public Services Across the GTA
The firm offers notary and commissioner appointments in Toronto and North York, by appointment, in person. For same-day local help and the full Toronto appointment detail, see our notary public Toronto and notary public North York pages. Notary work sits inside the firm's broader document services in Canada, alongside PR card renewal and lost-document replacement.
Frequently asked questions
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A notary public can certify true copies, witness signatures, and administer oaths, and the notary's seal is recognized internationally. A commissioner for taking oaths and affidavits can administer oaths and witness signatures within Ontario, but cannot certify a copy as a true copy. Every notary public in Ontario is also a commissioner. Narek Mirzoyan, Paralegal LSO # P12490, performs both at Mirzoyan Immigration.
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Notary public services at Mirzoyan Immigration start from $29.95 for the first notarization (signature and seal) and $14.95 for each additional notarization at the same appointment, for non-power-of-attorney documents. The fee is charged per notarization, not per page. Ontario sets no separate government notary fee, so the flat fee is the entire cost. Contact us to confirm the current fee for your documents.
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Bring the original document, unsigned if the signature must be witnessed by the notary, and valid government-issued photo ID that matches the name on the document. For a certified true copy, bring the original, since the notary cannot certify a copy without comparing it to the original in person. Bring any second signer who must appear, and a certified translation if the document is in a language the signer does not read.
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Yes, in most cases. Same-day notary appointments are usually available in Toronto and North York on weekdays, subject to a notary being on site and free. Booking online is the only way to guarantee a slot, since walk-ins cannot be guaranteed. Notarization in Ontario requires you to attend in person, because the notary must witness the signature or compare the original to the copy.
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The firm notarizes and commissions affidavits, statutory declarations, certified true copies, travel consent letters, invitation and sponsorship letters, real estate and mortgage documents, vehicle ownership transfers, and corporate authorizations. It cannot certify a copy without seeing the original, administer an oath in a language the signer does not understand without a certified translator, or perform apostille and document authentication, which is a separate government step after notarization.
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Often not. Notarization is the first step. A document used in another country usually also needs authentication and an apostille. Global Affairs Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery verify the notary's signature so a foreign government will accept the document. A notarized document alone is routinely rejected at a consulate when the destination country requires the apostille step on top of the notarization.
Book Your Notary Appointment
Most notary appointments finish in one visit. Bring the original document and valid photo ID, and book early when the document supports a deadline, a court filing, a sponsorship submission, a school cut-off, or international travel, because a document bound for use abroad still needs the authentication or apostille step after the notary, and that adds time you cannot recover at the last minute. The most expensive version of this appointment is the one that produces a notarized document the receiving authority later rejects
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This page is general information about notary public services and is not legal or immigration advice. Notarization confirms identity and signature, or that a copy matches an original; it does not validate the legal sufficiency of the underlying document. Notary public regulation is provincial and this page covers Ontario only. For advice on your situation, contact Mirzoyan Immigration.