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First introduced last fall, Saskatchewan's Bill 149, The Franchise Disclosure Act, received Royal Assent on May 8, 2024 (the "Act"). In doing so, Saskatchewan now joins British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba...

A franchise business can be an extremely successful business model and is a common way to structure a business.

When a dealer enters into an agreement with an automaker, it may be contemplating a forever, "till death do us part" kind of relationship. In the early stages...

Franchisors offering franchises in Ontario will be pleased to know that the Ontario government has recently released an amended regulation to the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000...

On January 18, 2016, the Quebec Court of Appeal rendered an interesting judgment as to the consequences of a contract which precluded future claims, by a franchisee against its franchisor on the basis of false representations.

When a franchise relationship ceases, the franchisee generally has an obligation to deidentify, which means to stop using the intellectual property of the franchisor and to cease...

Franchisors’ disclosure obligations may be triggered even where a franchisee is assigning its interest in a franchise to a third party.

A recent decision of the Court of Appeal for Ontario helps define the concept of "control" in relation to the definition of a "franchisor's associate".

This decision may cause franchisors to pause before seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant covering a territory that they do not plan to re-franchise.

The franchisor, Springdale Pizza Depot Ltd., appealed the original decision that it could not avail itself of the resale disclosure exemption.

In 2038724 Ontario Ltd. v. Quizno’s Canada Restaurant Corporation, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently dismissed a motion to approve a Settlement Agreement between the Franchisor and the Representative Franchisees on the basis of an overbroad unfair release.

As any Ontario franchisor will tell you, the last few years have not been a walk in the park for owners of franchise systems.

On April 30, 2018, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released its decision in 1688782 Ontario Inc. v Maple Leaf Foods Inc., 2018 ONCA 407, reversing a decision granting summary judgment (in part) in favour of Mr. Sub...

The grant of franchises in the Province of Manitoba will be subject to regulation as of October 1, 2012.

Is it Time for You to Consider Revising your Canadian Franchise Agreement to Remove the Risk?

In Hepburn v. AlarmForce,1 the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered the question of what constitutes a material change under the Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000.

Saskatchewan has officially become the seventh Canadian province to enact its own provincial franchise legislation, joining Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba...

In Aroma Franchise Company Inc. v Aroma Espresso Bar Canada Inc., 2024 ONCA 839, the Ontario Court of Appeal weighed in on the issue of arbitrator...