LEGAL
SERVICES

REAL ESTATE, SUBDIVISIONS & FARMLAND TENDERS

We assist both buyers and sellers of residential and commercial properties, helping you navigate the paperwork to ensure that the transaction proceeds smoothly. Including:

- "For sale by owner";

- Farmland rollovers or navigating Capital Gains Exemptions;

- Subdivisions;

- Advertising Farmland for Tender;

- Farmland Leases

ESTATE ADMINISTRATION & PROBATE

If you are named as executor of an estate or need to apply as administrator for a loved one who passed away without a will, we can help guide you through the process of administering the estate, including the application for probate or administration, collecting estate assets, and ongoing estate administration and distribution.

BUSINESS START-UPS AND CORPORATE

Whether you are setting up a new corporation, or looking for advice on Shareholder Agreements, we work closely with you and your accountant to make sure your needs are taken care of. Our practice areas include:

- New Incorporation;

- New Partnerships;

- Section 85 roll-overs;

- Corporate restructuring;

- Unanimous Shareholder Agreements;

- Annual returns & resolutions

WILLS & ESTATE PLANNING

Advice on all aspects of estate law including wills and estate planning to ensure that your assets will be transferred in a manner that meets your needs and wishes.

POWERS OF ATTORNEY & HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES

If you are not able to make your own financial or legal decision, or to make your own health care decision, these documents will ensure your wishes are followed and that you choose who will make these important decisions for you.

About Us

Andrew Hnatiuk

Lawyer*

Andrew grew up on a hobby farm near Lockport, and attended Happy Thought School and Selkirk Regional High School. In those years he was active in Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps. Daerwood, and during his high school and undergraduate studies you might remember seeing Andrew working at The Marketplace (Co-op).

Andrew moved his law practice back home to Selkirk in 2020, operating as Hnatiuk Law, beginning as a family-run office and growing to a team of four, with a strong presence in the community. In 2025, Hnatiuk Law entered association with PKF lawyers.

Before moving his family back to Selkirk, Andrew's law practice was based in the rural communities of Manitou, Morden, Pilot Mound, and Somerset, with a focus on real estate and mortgage/refinancing (including a mix of farmland, subdivisions, farm tenders, and residential/town properties), business law/corporate and commercial, estate administration and probate, and estate/succession planning.

Andrew earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Manitoba, and completed his articles with a Crown Corporation in Winnipeg. During Law School, Andrew worked as a legal researcher with Manitoba's capital market and investment regulator, the Manitoba Securities Commission. He also served on the editorial board at the Canadian Journal of Human Rights; and volunteered with the Legal Help Centre.

Before studying law, Andrew earned a B.A. degree in Economics and Management from the University of Manitoba and a Chartered Insurance Professional designation from the Insurance Institute of Canada, and worked for a number of years as a commercial underwriter with one of Canada’s largest insurance companies.

Andrew’s law practice has always been community-based. Growing up in the Selkirk area, Andrew was active with a number of local charities, including volunteering at Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, co-founding a youth drop-in/Youth Group which met at Selkirk Gospel Chapel, and numerous other initiatives through his involvement with Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps. Daerwood. In fact, Andrew and his wife Mandy first met when they were both volunteering their time as children's camp counselors at Victoria Beach.

In 2005, Andrew was awarded the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award, which included recognition for his community service to the Selkirk area. As a lawyer he has endeavored to continue this practice by making service to the local community a priority.

Publications:

Manitoba Law Journal: Andrew Hnatiuk, "Bill 2: The Highway Traffic Act Amendment (Safety of Workers in Highway Construction Zones", Volume 38, Number 2 (2015).
Seedbed Publishing (Asbury Theological Seminary): Andrew Hnatiuk, "Earning our right to be heard" (July, 2016).

* Legal Services provided by Andrew David Hnatiuk Law Corporation