Legacy Storytelling Services in Canada
Life’s stories live here
As featured in:
The Globe and Mail • Canadian Family Offices • CBC • SiriusXM • Moolala
Legacy is more than wealth - it’s your voice, wisdom, and lived experience. At LegacyNex, we help you preserve the parts of life you can’t put in a will: your stories, your reflections, and the meaning behind the choices you’ve made.
Through guided interviews, we create beautifully crafted legacy books, audio recordings, and video story collections your family can return to for generations.
Stories, wisdom, and reflections - passed forward with care.
Legacy Books, Audio & Video Storytelling
We turn your stories and life lessons into professionally created keepsakes. Our services include:
Core offerings:
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A guided interview transformed into a polished, beautifully written book capturing your life stories, values, and wisdom.
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A warm, conversational interview professionally edited into a keepsake audio series your family can listen to anytime.
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Combined audio and written keepsakes for a fully rounded experience.
Family Story Recording Services
We work with anyone who wants to preserve stories, values, and wisdom —
for the people they love or the clients they serve.
Individuals and Families
Preserve your most meaningful stories and reflections in guided collections your family can return to for decades. A gift for today, tomorrow, and generations to come.
Professionals
We partner with wealth managers, estate lawyers, and family-office professionals to integrate personal legacy storytelling with financial and estate planning - creating a holistic approach to inheritance.
A way to offer clients deeper clarity, connection, and context.
Our standards
Privacy & trust
Privacy comes first. With NDAs, secure systems, and encrypted delivery, your stories and reflections are handled with care and confidentiality every step of the way.
“We all have something valuable and positive to leave to the ones who matter most in our lives – even if what we leave isn’t money.”
- Thomas William Deans
About LegacyNex
Our Founder:
Elena Iacono
“I created LegacyNex because the most powerful inheritance we can give is the wisdom and perspective we gather along the way. My promise - to my late father, and to everyone I work with - is to help turn stories into guideposts for the people we love.”
- Elena Iacono
Why LegacyNex?
Most people want to share more than documents or financial assets. They want to pass forward meaning - the stories, values, and lessons that shaped them.
This isn’t a template. It’s a relationship.
LegacyNex is a Canadian, human-first storytelling service helping families preserve more than financial assets. We help you safeguard the voice, wisdom, and lived experience that define a true legacy.
LegacyNex is proudly based in Oakville, Ontario and serves clients across Toronto, the GTA, and throughout Canada.
The LegacyNex Difference
People don’t want generic templates or DIY apps. They want to be heard. They want thoughtful questions, a real conversation, and a trusted partner who knows how to listen and produce a final product.
Private, personal, and guided in real time
Captures wisdom and perspective - not just memories
Offers professionally produced final product
Makes it easy to give now or to the future
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Frequently Asked Questions
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A legacy book is a professionally written collection of your stories, reflections, values, and life lessons. Through a guided conversation, we capture your words and transform them into a beautifully crafted, 100-200 page book your family can return to for generations.
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We guide you through a warm, private conversation. From there, we professionally edit the audio or video into a polished keepsake that captures your voice, presence, and perspective. Families often say it feels like “sitting across from you again.”
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Absolutely. Most clients come to LegacyNex wanting to preserve the stories, voice, and wisdom of the people they love. We make the process simple, comfortable, and deeply meaningful for older adults and their families.
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It’s related - but broader. An ethical will typically shares wishes and values. LegacyNex captures the context: the stories, lived experiences, lessons, and perspectives that shaped those values. It’s a fuller, more human expression of what matters most.
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Collections are completed within 4 weeks from the conversation date.
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Yes. Privacy and confidentiality are standard, not optional. Every project includes an NDA, secure systems, and encrypted delivery to protect your stories.
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Yes. We partner with advisors across Canada to integrate meaningful legacy storytelling into estate and wealth planning. Our work helps clients articulate the values and context behind their decisions, strengthening clarity and connection across generations.
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LegacyNex is proudly based in Oakville and serves individuals, families, and professionals in Toronto, the GTA, and across Canada. All sessions can be conducted virtually or in person where available.
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You don’t need to prepare anything. Our guided process and thoughtful questions make the conversation feel natural and easy. Most clients say the experience is surprisingly enjoyable and grounding.
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Yes - LegacyNex collections make meaningful gifts for parents, grandparents, partners, or anyone wanting to reflect on their life and pass something forward. We can also create beautifully designed gift certificates on request.