Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
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Wherever possible, parties should file their documents through the Civil Submissions Online Portal
or the Family Submissions Online Portal.
Family court documents relating to a simple or joint divorce may continue to be filed electronically by using the Ministry’s Family Claims Online Portal in accordance with the Family Law Rules.
If CaseLines is not yet available in the region, counsel and parties are asked to upload copies of orders and endorsements via Family Submissions Online so that they can be accessed for upcoming events.
Documents can still be filed by email in the following circumstances:
Email addresses for filing are region-specific-see regional notices.
35MB (Email only)
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where materials are filed by email, the materials must be filed in paper format when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
PDFs must have Optical Character Recognition enabled
Factums must be submitted in Word and PDF format
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Online Platform
In Commercial and Estates List proceedings that require documents to be submitted to the court:
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This process will replace sending materials to the judge and the Commercial List office by email.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Sections 841-844, Criminal Code of Canada
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An electronic signature consists of electronic information that identifies the signatory and the date and place of signing. Any reference to a signature in the Criminal Proceedings Rules is to be interpreted and considered amended in accordance with this section.
Email addresses for filing are region-specific; see regional notices
35MB
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
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See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees and O. Reg. 417/95: Superior Court of Justice Family Court Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
Factums must be in both Word and PDF format
The indexes to all records should include bookmarks. Factums should contain hyperlinks to authorities and to the records.
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Upload documents to CaseLines or a document sharing platform
Then send documents by email to scj-csj.divcourtmail@ontario.ca
The re line in the email is to include the following: “FOR FILING – Case name –File No. – Date of hearing”.
35MB
Unless the Court approves an expedited or modified schedule, all materials are to be uploaded at least four weeks before the hearing date.
Document names must set out:
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Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
You can file most Small Claims Court documents online, with the following exceptions:
For the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal:
For the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal: PDF
For documents filed by email: PDF
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must be uploaded in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition enabled. Supporting documents may be uploaded in any of the other formats listed.
Court Submissions Online and Email: PDF documents must have Optical Character Recognition enabled.
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Use the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal to file:
Most other Small Claims Court documents can be filed through the Small Claims Court Submissions Online portal.
If your court date or submission deadline is five days or fewer away, the Small Claims Court will accept the documents by e-mail at the specific e-mail addresses indicated on the Email Accounts for Small Claims Court Locations page.
Access the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal here.
Access the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal here.
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must not be larger than 5MB. Supporting documents may be up to 10MB, but the total size of attachments must not exceed 20MB.
Court Submissions Online: The portal will only accept documents smaller than 10MB.
Email: The size of each email, including attachments, must not exceed 35MB.
All court documents should be saved with file names that reflect:
Ex. Affidavit–Defendant–DoeJA–03-MAR-2021
E-Filing Service Portal and Court Submissions Online: File names may only contain letters and numbers and cannot exceed 30 characters in length including the extension (e.g., “pdf" or "jpg").
Documents filed by email:
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where representatives and parties deliver materials by email, subject to direction from the Court, they undertake to file the same materials in paper format, and pay the requisite filing fee, at the court when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 332/16: Small Claims Court Fees and Allowances
You must have an account with Service Ontario to file a claim online. You can amend your claim online at any time before it is served on a defendant.
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
---
Wherever possible, parties should file their documents through the Civil Submissions Online Portal
or the Family Submissions Online Portal.
Family court documents relating to a simple or joint divorce may continue to be filed electronically by using the Ministry’s Family Claims Online Portal in accordance with the Family Law Rules.
If CaseLines is not yet available in the region, counsel and parties are asked to upload copies of orders and endorsements via Family Submissions Online so that they can be accessed for upcoming events.
Documents can still be filed by email in the following circumstances:
Email addresses for filing are region-specific-see regional notices.
35MB (Email only)
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where materials are filed by email, the materials must be filed in paper format when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
PDFs must have Optical Character Recognition enabled
Factums must be submitted in Word and PDF format
---
Online Platform
In Commercial and Estates List proceedings that require documents to be submitted to the court:
---
This process will replace sending materials to the judge and the Commercial List office by email.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Sections 841-844, Criminal Code of Canada
All
---
An electronic signature consists of electronic information that identifies the signatory and the date and place of signing. Any reference to a signature in the Criminal Proceedings Rules is to be interpreted and considered amended in accordance with this section.
Email addresses for filing are region-specific; see regional notices
35MB
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
---
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees and O. Reg. 417/95: Superior Court of Justice Family Court Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
Factums must be in both Word and PDF format
The indexes to all records should include bookmarks. Factums should contain hyperlinks to authorities and to the records.
---
Upload documents to CaseLines or a document sharing platform
Then send documents by email to scj-csj.divcourtmail@ontario.ca
The re line in the email is to include the following: “FOR FILING – Case name –File No. – Date of hearing”.
35MB
Unless the Court approves an expedited or modified schedule, all materials are to be uploaded at least four weeks before the hearing date.
Document names must set out:
---
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
You can file most Small Claims Court documents online, with the following exceptions:
For the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal:
For the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal: PDF
For documents filed by email: PDF
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must be uploaded in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition enabled. Supporting documents may be uploaded in any of the other formats listed.
Court Submissions Online and Email: PDF documents must have Optical Character Recognition enabled.
---
Use the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal to file:
Most other Small Claims Court documents can be filed through the Small Claims Court Submissions Online portal.
If your court date or submission deadline is five days or fewer away, the Small Claims Court will accept the documents by e-mail at the specific e-mail addresses indicated on the Email Accounts for Small Claims Court Locations page.
Access the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal here.
Access the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal here.
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must not be larger than 5MB. Supporting documents may be up to 10MB, but the total size of attachments must not exceed 20MB.
Court Submissions Online: The portal will only accept documents smaller than 10MB.
Email: The size of each email, including attachments, must not exceed 35MB.
All court documents should be saved with file names that reflect:
Ex. Affidavit–Defendant–DoeJA–03-MAR-2021
E-Filing Service Portal and Court Submissions Online: File names may only contain letters and numbers and cannot exceed 30 characters in length including the extension (e.g., “pdf" or "jpg").
Documents filed by email:
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where representatives and parties deliver materials by email, subject to direction from the Court, they undertake to file the same materials in paper format, and pay the requisite filing fee, at the court when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 332/16: Small Claims Court Fees and Allowances
You must have an account with Service Ontario to file a claim online. You can amend your claim online at any time before it is served on a defendant.
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
---
Wherever possible, parties should file their documents through the Civil Submissions Online Portal
or the Family Submissions Online Portal.
Family court documents relating to a simple or joint divorce may continue to be filed electronically by using the Ministry’s Family Claims Online Portal in accordance with the Family Law Rules.
If CaseLines is not yet available in the region, counsel and parties are asked to upload copies of orders and endorsements via Family Submissions Online so that they can be accessed for upcoming events.
Documents can still be filed by email in the following circumstances:
Email addresses for filing are region-specific-see regional notices.
35MB (Email only)
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where materials are filed by email, the materials must be filed in paper format when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
PDFs must have Optical Character Recognition enabled
Factums must be submitted in Word and PDF format
---
Online Platform
In Commercial and Estates List proceedings that require documents to be submitted to the court:
---
This process will replace sending materials to the judge and the Commercial List office by email.
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees
Sections 841-844, Criminal Code of Canada
All
---
An electronic signature consists of electronic information that identifies the signatory and the date and place of signing. Any reference to a signature in the Criminal Proceedings Rules is to be interpreted and considered amended in accordance with this section.
Email addresses for filing are region-specific; see regional notices
35MB
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
---
See O. Reg. 293/92: Superior Court of Justice and Court of Appeal Fees and O. Reg. 417/95: Superior Court of Justice Family Court Fees
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
All
Factums must be in both Word and PDF format
The indexes to all records should include bookmarks. Factums should contain hyperlinks to authorities and to the records.
---
Upload documents to CaseLines or a document sharing platform
Then send documents by email to scj-csj.divcourtmail@ontario.ca
The re line in the email is to include the following: “FOR FILING – Case name –File No. – Date of hearing”.
35MB
Unless the Court approves an expedited or modified schedule, all materials are to be uploaded at least four weeks before the hearing date.
Document names must set out:
---
Rule 4.05(4.1), Rules of Civil Procedure
You can file most Small Claims Court documents online, with the following exceptions:
For the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal:
For the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal: PDF
For documents filed by email: PDF
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must be uploaded in PDF format with Optical Character Recognition enabled. Supporting documents may be uploaded in any of the other formats listed.
Court Submissions Online and Email: PDF documents must have Optical Character Recognition enabled.
---
Use the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal to file:
Most other Small Claims Court documents can be filed through the Small Claims Court Submissions Online portal.
If your court date or submission deadline is five days or fewer away, the Small Claims Court will accept the documents by e-mail at the specific e-mail addresses indicated on the Email Accounts for Small Claims Court Locations page.
Access the Small Claims Court E-Filing Service Portal here.
Access the Small Claims Court Submissions Online Portal here.
E-Filing Service Portal: Claims must not be larger than 5MB. Supporting documents may be up to 10MB, but the total size of attachments must not exceed 20MB.
Court Submissions Online: The portal will only accept documents smaller than 10MB.
Email: The size of each email, including attachments, must not exceed 35MB.
All court documents should be saved with file names that reflect:
Ex. Affidavit–Defendant–DoeJA–03-MAR-2021
E-Filing Service Portal and Court Submissions Online: File names may only contain letters and numbers and cannot exceed 30 characters in length including the extension (e.g., “pdf" or "jpg").
Documents filed by email:
To ensure the email is received and processed by the appropriate court office, the subject line should include the following information:
The body of the email should include the following information if applicable:
Where representatives and parties deliver materials by email, subject to direction from the Court, they undertake to file the same materials in paper format, and pay the requisite filing fee, at the court when regular court operations resume.
See O. Reg. 332/16: Small Claims Court Fees and Allowances
You must have an account with Service Ontario to file a claim online. You can amend your claim online at any time before it is served on a defendant.
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