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Ontario has had four years of prompt payment/statutory adjudication under its belt following changes made in 2019 to the province's Construction Act (formerly the Construction Lien Act).

On December 6, 2016, the Ontario legislature enacted new legislation that expands Ontario municipalities' powers to require the provision of affordable housing in new residential developments.

On October 23, 2025, the Ontario government introduced the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 (Bill 60), a legislative proposal it has stated is aimed at accelerating the construction of homes and infrastructure across the province.

In Expropriation Law: 2021 A Year in Review, Gowling WLG's national Expropriation Law Group has summarized several complex and compelling expropriation cases from across Canada in 2021.

Claims in the construction context can arise for any number of reasons.

he Amendments are intended to reduce compliance costs and increase flexibility in Ontario's excess soil regime.

The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal's recent Queen's Marque case sheds new light on the role of statutory declarations in construction disputes...

In a recent decision, Centura Building Systems (2013) Ltd. v. 601 Main Partnership, 2018 BCCA 172, the British Columbia Court of Appeal confirmed that a court's inquiry under s. 24 of the Builders Lien Act...

Two significant construction developments occurred over the long weekend and since our last Construction Law Update. First, limitation periods and procedural time periods under the Construction Act that were suspended...

On December 18, 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada ("SCC") released its decision in C.M. Callow Inc v Tammy Zollinger[1] ("Callow"); this decision will impact contractors, ...

This series continues our overview of the CCDC 30 Integrated Project Delivery ("IPD") Contract. The first article explained the unique tools that Integrated Project Delivery contracts provide for...

What options does one have when they discover that a term in a previously executed contract or written instrument was worded poorly, or incorrectly drafted?

A recent construction industry grievance referral decision from the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

In Rutledge v Canaan Construction Inc., the Ontario Superior Court of Justice determined that even if an employee is exempt from certain minimum standards under the Employment Standards Act, 2000...

After Ontario's Bill 148 received Royal Assent in November 2017, one of the province's necessary next steps was to make regulatory changes to both enable and clarify several of the Bill's amendments...

The Government of Ontario has passed another piece of legislation that substantially amends the province's employment and labour relations legislation.

On the heels of Bill 47, the Making Ontario Open for Business Act, through which the Ontario government undid many of the changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and Labour Relations Act, 1995 ...

The worker testified that on the day in question, as he entered a construction site office he was asked by the health and safety officer why he had stopped trades people from throwing garbage from the third floor.