Personal Injury Lawyers Across Ontario
Same law in every city. Different municipality to serve, different courthouse, different 10-day notice. Pick the city where it happened.
We act for injured people across Ontario. The limitation period, the statutory deductible, the tort threshold and accident benefits are provincial, so they are identical in every city on this page.
What is not identical is who you serve. A fall on a road or sidewalk that was not kept in repair needs written notice to the municipality within 10 days, and in a two-tier region the city and the region own different roads. Serving the wrong one inside that window is the mistake that ends these claims.
Each page below sets out the road authority for that city, which court a claim is issued in, which transit authority operates the buses, and where major trauma is treated.
Toronto
Single-tier municipality
One road authority and one clerk, but the shortest evidence window in the province once footage starts overwriting.
Personal injury in TorontoScarborough
Single-tier municipality
Where our office is. Part of Toronto since 1998, so Toronto's notice rules and court apply.
Personal injury in ScarboroughMississauga
Inside Region of Peel
Two governments own the roads here, and the notice you serve depends on which one you were standing on.
Personal injury in MississaugaBrampton
Inside Region of Peel
Brampton sits inside the Region of Peel, which makes it two-tier.
Personal injury in BramptonVaughan
Inside York Region
Inside York Region, so city and regional roads go to different clerks, and a claim is issued at Newmarket.
Personal injury in VaughanMarkham
Inside York Region
Inside York Region, with the same split between city and regional roads and the same 10-day clock on both.
Personal injury in MarkhamHamilton
Single-tier municipality
One clerk after amalgamation, a lead trauma centre, and escarpment routes where maintenance records decide the case.
Personal injury in HamiltonOttawa
Single-tier municipality
One clerk, and a winter long enough that the City's own maintenance log usually decides a fall claim.
Personal injury in OttawaLondon
Single-tier municipality
One clerk, a teaching hospital record, and two major highways that bring commercial carriers into the claim.
Personal injury in LondonDeadlines that apply to you
These are the dates that end claims. Check them first.
If the injury happened on a municipal road or sidewalk and the claim is that it was not kept in repair, written notice must reach the municipality within 10 days.
Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c. 25, s. 44(10)
In most Ontario claims you have two years from the day you knew, or ought to have known, that you had a claim.
Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, s. 4
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