How to request a capacity assessment — and autofill Form 4 with my-id.ca
Request an assessment of capacity without retyping your details
When someone may be incapable of managing property or personal care, a request for assessment under section 16 repeats the applicant's name, address, and details about the person to be assessed. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Guardianship — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Form 4 - Request for Assessment of Capacity under Section 16 — 004-0243
What this form is about
Form 4 is a request for assessment of capacity under section 16 of the Substitute Decisions Act. It starts the process of having a designated capacity assessor evaluate whether a person is incapable of managing property or personal care.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your full legal name and current address as applicant.
- The person's name and address to be assessed.
- Why an assessment is being requested.
- Your relationship to the person.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- When is a capacity assessment requested?
- When there is concern that an adult cannot manage property or personal care and a formal assessment under the Substitute Decisions Act is needed.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills your name and address and the person's identifying details.
- Does my-id.ca order the assessment?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your information; the assessment is arranged through the official process on ontario.ca.
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.