Resources

Looking for existing Commercial List resources all in one place?

Look no further. Lenczner Slaght has compiled the essential documents, links, forms, practice directions and tools relevant to the Commercial List. We have also reproduced all historical newsletters from the Commercial List Users’ Committee with a hyperlinked table of contents for easy navigation. This list of resources will continue to grow and support lawyers and others practicing on the Commercial List.

The Practice Direction

Toronto Region

The Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning the Commercial List contains important procedural rules that are specific to the Commercial List, including:

    • How to start an action on the Commercial List
    • Transferring matters to and from the Commercial List
    • The format of court materials
    • Filing through the Ontario Courts Public Portal (OCPP)
    • How to schedule applications, motions (including summary judgment motions) and trials

East Region

The Consolidated Practice Direction Concerning the Commercial List East Region contains important procedural rules that are specific to the East Region.

A Memorandum was released outlining the new procedures and processes for urgent commercial matters in the East Region. This includes the appropriate Request Form.

Commercial List Forms & Checklists

Below are links to important commercial list request forms.

Model Orders

The Commercial List Bench and members of the bar have created model orders for common types of applications. Counsel are expected to model the draft orders they put before the Court on the model orders. 

When preparing materials for a motion or application to which a model order applies, Counsel must include two copies of:

    • A “clean” copy of the draft order for the judge’s review and approval; and
    • A copy that has been “black-lined” against the model order to show any changes from the model order that are being proposed.

The Commercial List has the following model orders:

Daily Court List

Effective October 14, 2025, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Justice Daily Court Lists will no longer display court appearances for Civil, Family and Divisional Court matters heard in Toronto. Beginning October 14, 2025, hearing information for these matters heard in Toronto will be found on the Ontario Courts Public Portal (OCPP). 

Follow the below steps to obtain the daily list for the Commercial List.

  1. Log in to OCPP.
  2. From the landing page, click Search (along the left-hand menu).
  3. Select Calendar Search.
  4. Enter the following Criteria:
      • Type of Case: Civil and Small Claims
      • Location: Toronto – 330 University Avenue
      • Session Type: (optional)
  5. Click Search.
  6. The Calendar events will appear in reverse chronological order. You can sort them by using any of the listed fields.
  7. Click on a specific date and room to view the scheduled courtroom or virtual hearings for that day. 

Monitors' Websites

A Court Officer appointed in an insolvency proceeding, such as a Monitor or Receiver, maintains a case website, containing relevant documents to the proceeding, including:
    • All Court Orders, Reasons for Decisions and Endorsements
    • All motion records, including affidavits, books of authorities and factum
    • Trustee reports
    • Notices of claims
    • The current version of the E-service list
Links to the case website hosted by the following Court Officers are provided below:
A list of all companies that have been granted protection under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act since September 18, 2019 with links to the Monitor’s websites is maintained by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy and can be found here.

Commercial List Book of Authorities

On the Superior Court of Justice website, you will find the Commercial List Book of Authorities. It contains cases frequently relied on and has been developed and approved for use in matters assigned to the Toronto Commercial List.

We have reproduced it as one bookmarked PDF that you can download here.

Commercial List Data Analysis

To better understand the work of the Court, Lenczner Slaght has undertaken a data analysis on all of the Commercial List cases reported on CanLII from 2019-2025. These reports describe our data collection method, the analysis of the results, and a review of particular cases in each year.

“The Commercial List is a unique court that we are all very proud of.”

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