Substitute Service By Text Message In Ontario

In this post, Daniel Rabinovitch explores Ontario's courts' increasing acceptance of using text messages as a method of substituted service in legal cases. He discusses Rule 16 of Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure, outlining when alternate service methods may be allowed, and how courts are more open to considering text messages as a valid alternative.

If "the medium is the message," what have Ontario's courts said by permitting substituted service of claims by text message?

In my view, the message from the court is that, provided you have taken reasonable steps in attempting to serve an individual in person, the courts are increasingly willing to consider alternative means to alert someone who has been named in an action.