Recent Canadian court decisions concerning the interpretation of the scope of arbitration clauses in commercial contracts – that is, the description of the types of disputes the parties want to resolve by arbitration – demonstrate that Canadian courts are now strongly disposed to favour arbitration.

The Ontario Court of Appeal issued four significant decisions addressing construction liens, labour picketing injunctions, and residential tenancy terminations. These rulings clarify holdback priority calculations under the Construction Act, establish when labour dispute notice requirements apply to secondary picketing, and reinforce mandatory disclosure obligations for landlord's own use evictions under the Residential Tenancies Act.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario issued several significant rulings during the week of May 25, 2026, addressing critical issues spanning professional regulation, defamation law, negligence liability, and commercial disputes. These decisions clarify important legal principles regarding costs awards against regulatory bodies, anti-SLAPP motion analysis, occupiers' duties to warn of hidden dangers, and enforcement of settlement agreements in various contexts.

Following are summaries of the civil decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal for the week of January 24-28, 2022. There were 15 substantive civil decisions released this week.

Following are this week's summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of February 27, 2023. It was a busy week at the Ontario Court of Appeal with many lengthy decisions released.