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Limitation Period & Deadline Calculator
Find the last day to start a claim, file a Defence or apply to a tribunal in Ontario. Each date names the law it comes from.
2 years · Limitations Act, 2002, s. 4
The act or omission the claim is about. For an unpaid debt, the day the payment was due.
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When you first knew, or reasonably should have known, about the loss, who caused it and that a court case was the way to fix it (s. 5).
The two years don't start while they are a minor with no litigation guardian (s. 6).
Made before the two years ran out, either one restarts the clock from that day (s. 13).
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Act well before the last dayA missed limitation period can end a claim for good, even a strong one. The deadline in your situation can also turn on facts this calculator doesn’t ask about, such as when you found out, an agreement that paused the clock, or another law with a shorter deadline. If a date here is close, get advice now.
Official sources · checked November 3, 2026
- Limitations Act, 2002, ss. 4–7, 13, 15 and 16 · Ontario e-Laws
- Rules of the Small Claims Court, O. Reg. 258/98, rr. 3.01, 8.07, 9.01 and 11.01 · Ontario e-Laws
- Municipal Act, 2001, s. 44(10) to (12) · Ontario e-Laws
- Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, ss. 29, 57, 57.1, 87, 89, 135 and 136 · Ontario e-Laws
- Employment Standards Act, 2000, ss. 96(3), 97, 98 and 111(1) · Ontario e-Laws
- Human Rights Code, s. 34 · Ontario e-Laws
- Provincial Offences Act, ss. 5, 5.1, 9 and 11 · Ontario e-Laws
- Legislation Act, 2006, ss. 88 and 89 (holidays and counting time) · Ontario e-Laws
Weekends and holidays use the court holidays in the Rules of the Small Claims Court and the Legislation Act, 2006.
Estimates only, worked out from the dates you enter and the rules listed above. This is general information about Ontario deadlines, not legal advice. A licensed paralegal can confirm the deadline that applies to you.
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