Real or
Fake?

Here are fifteen citations from Canadian courts and tribunals. Some are real, and some are fake. Let’s put your knowledge of the law to the test.

How it works
1.
Read each citation. Decide whether it is real or fake.
2.
After each card, see the answer and where the case was actually cited.
Swipe left = Fake
Swipe right = Real
Before you begin

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Citation
1 / 15
Score
0
Streak 0
← Fake  ·  → Real
Card 1 of 15
Correct
Fictitious
The answers
Every citation, with sources for the fictitious ones.
Your score
0 / 15
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Why this matters

If you don’t catch them, who will?

Every fictitious citation you just saw was submitted to a real Canadian court or tribunal as genuine authority. Spotting them by eye is harder than it looks, and you just found out why.

The research
The Canada AI-Hallucination Cases Database records decisions where fictitious citations reached a court or tribunal.
Each entry is sourced to the decision that caught it.
Free and open to researchers, counsel, and journalists.
View the research→
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