How to summon a witness to an out-of-court examination (Form 34B) — and autofill rcp-34b with my-id.ca
Compel a non-party witness to attend examination without retyping witness and counsel details
Parties summoning a witness to an out-of-court examination repeat witness identity, examining party and counsel contacts, and court file references on every Form 34B summons. 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: Ontario Superior Court of Justice — ontariocourts.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): FORM 34B - Courts of Justice Act. Summons To Witness (Examination Out Of Court) — rcp-34b
What this form is about
Form rcp-34b is Form 34B — Summons To Witness (Examination Out Of Court) under the Courts of Justice Act and Rules of Civil Procedure — confirm when a summons is required on ontariocourts.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Witness full legal name and address for service.
- Examining party legal name and address.
- Examining counsel name, firm, address, and contacts.
- Court file number, examination date, time, and location.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your witness, party, and counsel identity 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 summons required?
- When a non-party witness will not attend voluntarily — confirm Rule 34 with counsel.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills witness and counsel names and addresses.
- What if the witness fails to attend?
- Confirm remedies and follow-up forms with counsel.
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.