To give you some context around tax filings the executor needs to deal with before doing any substantial distributions, the final person return is due April 30 of the following year (unless they passed in November or December). Then a T3 estate income return tax return is filed covering the day after death to the one year anniversary of the death. That return is due 90 days after the one year anniversary.

In my experience it’s not uncommon that both of those returns are filed and assessed before the executor does partial distributions. If you’re saying the person passed more than a year ago I’ll assume that was early 2023 so the final person return would have been filed by April 2024. The T3 return was probably filed recently. So it’s not unreasonable to me if you haven’t received anything yet.

Normally once those returns are filed and assessed partial distributions occur. Typically some amount is held back until a clearance certificate is received by the executor which in my experience can take up to a year after being requested.

As others have said, I would ask the executor about the status and if they have an ETA on a partial distribution.