Welcome to Notary public services People who are entitled under the regional or provisional legislation to administer the swearing of oaths or solemn affirmations on an affidavit for legal matters are called “commissioner of oaths”. The person who makes an oath as a proclamation is called “a deponent”.
Before signing off the document, the commissioner of oaths must have confirmed the legitimacy of the declarant’s identity and signature by comparing it with the ones on the piece of identification i.e. passport, insurance cards or driver’s license or also documents can be uploaded digitally and can be verified through “fingerprints” to check the authenticity of documents if the law so requires. Almost in every province of Canada, the commissioner of oaths by law requires the physical presence of the deponent before the commissioner of oaths when deponent is signing the document.