What a certificate of service asks for — and how to autofill 004-02043 with my-id.ca
Prove you served court documents without retyping your contact details
Parties filing a certificate of service in Ontario proceedings repeat their name, address, and contact information alongside details of how and when documents were served. 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: Ministry of the Attorney General — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Certificate of Service — 004-02043
What this form is about
Form 004-02043 is a Certificate of Service used to confirm that specified documents were served on other parties in a proceeding — confirm applicable rules and timing for your court or tribunal on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Deponent or affiant name and address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Documents served, recipients, and dates of service.
- Method of service (personal, courier, email if permitted, etc.).
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your deponent 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 must I file a certificate of service?
- Confirm rules for your court or tribunal — timing varies by proceeding.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills your name and contact details; service facts must match what actually occurred.
- How is 004-02043 different from 004-3041?
- Both are certificates of service for different court contexts — confirm which form your proceeding requires.
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.