How AI is Disrupting Canadian Courts
Research and tools for courts, lawyers and self-represented litigants.
Can I use AI in court?
Click on a highlighted province or territory, or the Federal card. Updated daily.
Which courts have AI rules?
Search 249 Canadian courts and tribunals and see each one’s AI policy status.
Key Findings
National Picture
| Court or tribunal | Jurisdiction | AI policy status | Guide |
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No bodies match your filters.
Adjudicative bodies, courts, tribunals, boards, and commissions, before which parties appear.
A body was included where it had at least 100 reported decisions on the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). The threshold was lowered to 50 for smaller jurisdictions, for example Prince Edward Island. Bodies that have been dissolved or superseded were excluded.
The reported figures are computed over this studied population, not over every adjudicative body in Canada.
249 bodies across fourteen jurisdictions: the federal system, the ten provinces, and the three territories.
Courtready.ca, AI Rules in Canadian Courts Tracker, accessed July 2026. https://courtready.ca/ai-in-canadian-courts/
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Download the full report (PDF) →A Model AI Practice Direction for Canadian Courts and Tribunals
Two-thirds of the courts and tribunals tracked have no AI policy yet. Here’s our proposal:
- Require disclosure without penalty.
- Teach parties how to catch AI’s errors.
- Provide a path to correct AI-related errors.
The research.
We track how AI is entering Canadian courtrooms, and how courts respond.
Canadian AI Hallucination Cases Database
Every reported Canadian decision involving a party submitting non-existent case law, updated daily.
Explore the database →
Sanctions for AI Hallucinated Cases and Misuse
How courts and tribunals have responded, from cost awards to referrals and dismissals.
See the sanctions →
Catch AI-hallucinated case law before they reach the court.
CaseCheck
CaseCheck reads a filing, extracts every citation, and checks each one against Canadian case law. Built for courts, lawyers and the public.
Try CaseCheck →What the System Should do
Where we argue the justice system and AI companies should go from here.
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