Powers of Attorney
   If there is at least one person whom you trust to make medical decisons on your behalf when you cannot speak for yourself, formally designating that person as your agent is the most helpful step you can take in your end-of-life planning.  Each province or territory handles this designating in a different way.


Alberta

Document Name = Personal Directive
Role Name = Agent
Help & Info Sources =
1) Office of the Public Guardian: Tel. #s = Calgary (403) 297-3364, Edmonton (780) 427-0017, Lethbridge (403) 381-5648, Red Deer (403) 340-5165, North Region (780) 833-4319
2) www.seniors.gov.ab.ca (search the site for "personal directives" [OK without quotation marks])


British Columbia

Document Name = Representation Agreement
Role Name = Representative
Help & Info Source = www.rarc.ca (Representation Agreement Resource Centre, Tel. (604) 408-7414 – questions and answers, plus info on kits and legal clinics)


Manitoba

Document Name = Health Care Directive
Role Name = Proxy
Help & Info Source = www.gov.mb.ca/health/livingwill.html (provides a form to use, plus answers to common questions)


New Brunswick

Document Name = Power of Attorney for Personal Care
Role Name = Attorney for Personal Care
Help & Info Source = www.legal-info-legale.nb.ca/showpub.asp?id=36&langid=1 (questions and answers from Public Legal Education and Information Service of New Brunswick, Tel. (506) 453-5369)


Newfoundland

Document Name = Advance Health Care Directive
Role Name = Substitute Decision Maker
Help & Info Source = www.publiclegalinfo.com/law_online/health.html#006 (brief info from Public Legal Information Association of Newfoundland, Tel. (709) 722-2643 or 1-888-660-7788)


Nunavut

No specific legislation yet. Staff at the Justice Library (or someone they referred you to) might be able to tell you how to do something similar to formally designating an agent – Tel. (867) 975-6134


Northwest Territories

Document Name = Personal Directive
Role Name = Agent
Help & Info Source = www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca (search the site for "personal directives" [OK without quotation marks]); Tel. (867) 920-3367 (Health and Social Services Dept.)


Nova Scotia

Document Name = Authorization to Give Medical Consent
Role Name = Guardian
Help & Info Source = www.legalinfo.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=115 (a page on advance healthcare directives, from the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia, Tel. (902) 454-2198)


Ontario

Document Name = Power of Attorney for Personal Care
Role Name = Substitute Decision Maker
Help & Info Source = www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/english/family/pgt/poa.pdf (power-of-attorney kit available for downloading; can also be ordered by phone, (416) 314-2800 or 1-800-366-0335)


Prince Edward Island

Document Name = Health Care Directive
Role Name = Proxy
Help & Info Source = www.isn.net/cliapei (Community Legal Information Association of Prince Edward Island, Tel. (902) 892-0853 or 1-800-240-9798)


Quebec

Document Name = Mandate Given in Anticipation of Incapacity
Role Name = Mandatary
Help & Info Source = www.educaloi.qc.ca/en/loi/senior_citizens/52/ (question-and-answer pages from Educaloi, CP 55032, CSP Notre Dame, 11 Notre Dame West, Montreal, QC, H2Y 4A7)


Saskatchewan

Document Name = Health Care Directive
Role Name = Proxy
Help & Info Source = www.plea.org/freepubs/hcd/health.htm (printable / downloadable pamphlet from the Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan, Tel. (306) 653-1868)


Yukon

Document Name = Representation Agreement
Role Name = Representative
Help & Info Source = www.hss.gov.yk.ca/downloads/rep_agreement_booklet.pdf (question-and-answer pamphlet); also www.hss.gov.yk.ca/downloads/rep_agreement_form.pdf (downloadable form) – both from Yukon Health and Social Services Department, Tel. (867) 667-3673 or 1-800-661-0408 ext. 3673.