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How it works

How service of process works with Canadian Process Server

You send the request and pay once a verified process server near the address accepts it. The server serves your papers, logs every attempt on your job's record, and returns a sworn affidavit of service to your dashboard.

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For clients

Five steps from request to sworn affidavit.

Everything happens online, in any of the 10 provinces and 3 territories.

  1. 01

    Request

    Tell us who to serve and where, add the court information, pick the document type, service type and deadline, and upload your documents as a PDF.

    • Page count is read from your PDF
    • Your price updates as you fill in the form
    • Create your account during checkout
  2. 02

    Get a server

    Your job is offered to verified process servers near the address. One of them accepts it.

    • Every server is approved by a person at Canadian Process Server
    • Your documents stay locked until you pay
  3. 03

    Pay

    Once a server has accepted, you pay online by card. Your payment is held until the job closes.

    • Nothing to pay before a server accepts
    • Price in Canadian dollars, with GST/HST as its own line before you pay
  4. 04

    Track

    Every status change and attempt appears on your job's timeline in your dashboard, and we email you at each update.

    • Server's notes, date and time
    • GPS location and photos
    • Up to three attempts
  5. 05

    Get your affidavit

    When the papers are served, your server completes the affidavit of service on your province's template, has it sworn before a commissioner for taking affidavits and uploads it.

    • Download it from your dashboard
    • A copy arrives by email

Before you start

What to have ready.

The request form asks for these details. Have them at hand before you start.

The request form asks for

01Person to serve
The name of the person or business receiving the papers.
02Service address
Street address, including the province and postal code.
03Court information
The court and case details shown on your documents.
04Documents
The papers to be served, as a PDF. We count the pages for you.
05Service type
Standard, Rush or Same-day.
06Deadline
The date the papers need to be served by.
07Document type

Pick the one that matches your papers.

  • Statement of Claim
  • Plaintiff's Claim (Small Claims)
  • Notice of Application
  • Application (Family)
  • Divorce Application
  • Notice of Motion / Motion
  • Summons to Witness
  • Order
  • Notice of Garnishment
  • Subpoena
  • Other
Example · job timeline
CPS-20517

Statement of Claim · 6 pages · Standard · Due Nov 12

Hamilton, ON

  1. Nov 3 · 10:05 a.m.

    Request submitted

  2. Nov 3 · 10:48 a.m.

    Process server assigned

  3. Nov 3 · 11:02 a.m.

    Payment received

  4. Nov 4 · 12:20 p.m.

    Attempt 1 - not home

    Neighbour says she works days. Will return after 6 p.m.

    GPSPhoto

  5. Nov 4 · 6:35 p.m.

    Served

    Served personally at the front door. Identity confirmed by name.

    GPSPhoto

  6. Nov 5 · 2:15 p.m.

    Affidavit of service uploaded

While it's in progress

Every attempt, on the record.

Your dashboard shows the job's timeline as it happens. Each attempt your server logs carries the same four details.

  • Server's notes

    What happened at the door, in the server's words.

  • Date and time

    When each status changed and each attempt was made.

  • GPS location

    Where the server was when they logged the attempt.

  • Photos

    Pictures taken at the address.

You also get an email at every update, so you don't have to keep checking.

If the person can't be served

Up to three attempts, and a record either way.

Some people are hard to find at home. Your server tries up to three times, logging each attempt with notes, time, GPS location and photos.

  1. Attempt 01

    Logged with notes, time, GPS location and photos

  2. Attempt 02

    Logged with notes, time, GPS location and photos

  3. Attempt 03

    Logged with notes, time, GPS location and photos

Served

Affidavit of service

Sworn before a commissioner for taking affidavits and uploaded to your dashboard as a PDF. A copy comes by email.

Not served after the attempts

Affidavit of attempted service

Also called an affidavit of non-service. It documents each attempt your server made.

For process servers

How a job works on your side.

Approved servers take jobs near them from their phone. Here is the path from offer to payout.

  1. 01

    Offer

    You get an offer near you showing the area, document type, page count, service type, deadline and payout.

  2. 02

    Accept

    Accept or decline within 30 minutes. After that, the offer moves to the next server.

  3. 03

    Details released

    Once the client pays, you get the documents, the name of the person to serve, the full address and instructions.

  4. 04

    Serve and update

    Log each status and attempt from your phone with notes, GPS location and photos.

  5. 05

    Affidavit

    Complete the affidavit form, download the generated affidavit, have it sworn or affirmed before a commissioner for taking affidavits or a notary public, and upload it. You tell us how you will do this when you apply.

  6. 06

    Payout

    Your payout is released after the job closes, paid in Canadian dollars to your own Canadian bank account through Stripe.

Become a process server

Start your request.

You see the price before you submit and pay only after a process server accepts your job.

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