Law360 Canada’s coverage of the Chief Justice of Canada’s 2026 annual press conference references Courtready’s research on AI-hallucinated cases in Canadian courts and tribunals.

At his annual press conference in Ottawa on June 9, 2026, The Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada, addressed the growing presence of artificial intelligence in Canadian courtrooms. Among the topics he raised were AI-generated or “hallucinated” legal decisions cited in court, the responsibility of lawyers and law societies to verify that the authorities they file are real, and the guidance on AI use issued by the Canadian Judicial Council and by the Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations, which the Chief Justice co-chairs with the federal Minister of Justice.

Law360 Canada covered the press conference in an article published June 10, 2026: Top judge backs Jordan juggernaut, warns bar against filing fake AI-generated precedents in court (June 10, 2026). The article reports that the Chief Justice highlighted the growing number of AI-hallucinated decisions cited in Canadian courts, pointing to a publication by Courtready stating that, since January 2024, Canadian courts and tribunals had flagged at least 211 non-existent cases in parties’ legal submissions across 111 decisions. The article reports the Chief Justice’s response to that figure: “That’s a big number.”

Courtready maintains the Canadian AI Hallucination Cases Database, a free, bilingual public resource tracking every known Canadian court and tribunal decision involving AI-hallucinated citations and other AI misuse. The database is updated weekly. As of June 10, 2026, it records 302 AI-hallucinated citations across 166 decisions and 51 courts and tribunals nationwide, up from the figures noted at the time of the publication referenced above.

Despite widespread reporting of this issue, the trend appears to be accelerating.