Toronto Court Delays Dashboard
Tracking how long it actually takes to get a civil hearing in Toronto. Pulled daily from the Superior Court of Justice’s online booking system, across 11 hearing types.
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Real-time wait times for civil hearings at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, across all 11 tracked hearing types.
Monthly Report
Aggregated wait-time trends for civil hearings in Toronto. Use this view to see whether delays for a given hearing type are getting better or worse over the longer term.
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Toronto Court Delays Dashboard
The Toronto Court Delays Dashboard tracks how long it actually takes to get a civil hearing in Toronto. The data comes from Courtready's Toronto Court Dates Finder, our companion tool that monitors the Superior Court of Justice's online booking system. We convert the earliest available date for each tracked hearing type into a wait in calendar days. The dashboard covers 11 hearing categories across Associate Judge motions, case conferences, Civil Practice Court, trial scheduling courts, and Small Claims Court motions. Check out our other free Ontario litigation tools below.
We built this dashboard because Toronto court delays are a serious access-to-justice issue that has been acknowledged by the Court itself. When wait times for a routine motion stretch into months, self-represented litigants and small businesses are often pushed out of the system entirely, because the cost of waiting exceeds the value of the claim. Transparent, evidence-based numbers are the first step toward fixing the problem. If you want to act on the data rather than just read it, our Toronto Court Dates Finder emails you the moment a date in your preferred range opens up.
Disclaimer: This dashboard is provided for research and public legal education purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The numbers are snapshots from a third-party booking interface and may not reflect availability at any other moment in time. Always confirm current dates with the Court directly before relying on them for filing or scheduling decisions. For questions about the methodology, or to report an error, please email admin [at] courtready.ca.
Common Questions
How long does it currently take to get a civil court date in Toronto?
It depends on the hearing type. The Toronto Court Delays Dashboard above tracks 11 categories of civil hearings at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto and shows the current wait time for each one in calendar days. Some hearing types currently sit at over 200 days, while others clear in a week or less. The dashboard updates daily, so the numbers you see reflect what the Court's online booking system was actually offering on the date stamped at the top of the report.
Why are Toronto court delays so long?
Toronto's civil court delays are driven by a combination of high case volume, judicial vacancies, and a backlog that built up during the pandemic and has not fully cleared. The Superior Court of Justice has publicly identified Toronto court delays as a serious access-to-justice problem. Long waits push self-represented litigants and small businesses out of the system entirely, because the cost of waiting often exceeds the value of the claim.
Where does the Toronto Court Delays Dashboard data come from?
The data comes from Courtready's Toronto Court Dates Finder, our companion tool that monitors the Superior Court of Justice's online hearing booking system for Toronto. The Finder takes a daily snapshot of the earliest available date offered for each tracked hearing type, and the dashboard converts those snapshots into wait times in calendar days. The monthly report aggregates the daily snapshots into longer-term trend lines so you can see whether delays for a given hearing type are getting better or worse over time.
How is this dashboard different from the Toronto Court Dates Finder?
The Toronto Court Delays Dashboard is a research tool. It shows you, in aggregate, how long civil hearings are taking in Toronto right now and over time. The Toronto Court Dates Finder is the action tool that powers the dashboard's data. The Finder lets you set up an email alert so that when a date in your preferred range becomes available in the Court's booking system, you find out immediately. Use the dashboard to understand the landscape, and use the Finder to act on it.
What civil hearing types does the Toronto Court Delays Dashboard track?
The dashboard tracks 11 civil hearing types at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. They include, among others, Associate Judge motions, case conferences, Civil Practice Court, and Small Claims Court motions.
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