How to apply for an extension of time in Ontario proceedings — and autofill it with my-id.ca
Apply for an extension of time without retyping your details
When you need more time to file or respond in a legal or administrative matter, an extension application repeats your name and contact details. This guide is an example of letting my-id.ca fill those fields so you can focus on your reasons.
Official form and source
- Service page: Ministry of the Attorney General — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for an Extension of Time — 004-0423
What this form is about
The application asks the relevant tribunal or court to grant more time for a filing or step in a proceeding.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your name and contact details.
- The matter, the deadline, and your reasons for the extension.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca or the tribunal's website.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your details once. Save your name and contact details in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the repeating fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Write your reasons yourself.
- File promptly.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Legal and administrative forms repeat the same contact details. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with self-hosted AI — the repeating fields fill themselves.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the extension application ask for?
- Your name and contact details, the matter or proceeding, and the reasons you need more time. my-id.ca can store your contact details for autofill.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It keeps your name and contact details ready so the form fills quickly; you explain why you need the extension.
- Where do I file it?
- With the relevant tribunal or court handling the matter. Confirm the current process and any fee on ontario.ca or the tribunal's website.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.