Government-held unclaimed property

When a business cannot find you, it is often legally required to hand what it owes you to a government unclaimed-property office rather than keep it. That covers uncashed payroll cheques, utility and rental deposits, credit balances, refunds and insurance payouts. The office holds it — in many places indefinitely — until you claim it.

You may have this if…

You left a job and never cashed a final paycheque
You closed a utility, phone or rental account that held a deposit
You overpaid a bill and never chased the refund
You moved without leaving a forwarding address

Where to search — 2 official destinations

These are the organisations that actually hold this money. Open them directly. You will not be asked to pay to search.

✓ Verified 2026-09-13

Alberta Unclaimed Property Register

Run by Government of Alberta

What it covers: Property held in Alberta and turned over to the province — uncashed cheques, deposits, credit balances and similar.
How the claim works: Search the public register, then submit a claim with proof of identity and of your connection to the property.

Open the official service ↗

Source: Official Government of Alberta page on alberta.ca, which links to the province's own search at unclaimedproperty.alberta.ca.
How we checked: We confirmed this URL in the operator's own official index on 2026-09-13; the page body blocks automated readers.

✓ Verified 2026-09-13

Revenu Québec — Register of Unclaimed Property

Run by Revenu Québec

What it covers: Unclaimed property administered by Revenu Québec, including successions without heirs, and financial assets held in Québec.
How the claim works: Search the public register, then follow Revenu Québec's claim procedure.

Open the official service ↗

Source: Official Revenu Québec page on revenuquebec.ca, confirmed in the operator's own site index.
How we checked: We confirmed this URL in the operator's own official index on 2026-09-13; the page body blocks automated readers.

Your next steps

Gather what identifies you. Old addresses, maiden or former names, account or policy numbers, employer names and the years you were there. Most searches are by name, and old names matter.
Search every name you have used, and every spelling. Records are entered by hand and get misspelt.
Search for relatives too if you may be an heir or nominee — these amounts are commonly sitting under a parent's name.
Claim directly with the organisation that holds it. They will ask for proof of identity and proof of your link to the money. That is normal. A request for a fee to release the money is not.
Expect it to take weeks, not minutes. Official verification is slow. Slowness is a sign you are in the right place, not the wrong one.

⚠️ Before you pay anyone, read this

Searching is free everywhere on this site. Every destination we route you to is an official government or regulator service that does not charge you to look.
You never need a recovery agent. Firms that offer to "recover" your money for a percentage are doing a search you can do yourself in a few minutes.
No official service will ask you to pay a fee to release your own money. A request for an advance fee, a processing charge, or a tax payable up front is the single clearest sign of a scam.
Type the address yourself, or use our link. Do not follow links from an unexpected email, SMS or WhatsApp about unclaimed money, and do not scan a QR code to receive a payout.
Nobody legitimate needs your password, OTP or full card number to help you find unclaimed money.

Let’s Find Money does not hold, recover, or guarantee any funds. We are not a government service and we are not affiliated with any of the organisations we link to. We do not search on your behalf, we do not see your results, and we hold no claimant data. What we do is point you to the official service that actually holds the money, so you can search it yourself, free. Rules, eligibility and processes are set by those organisations and can change — always read their own guidance.