Deconstructing Ontario’s Construction Act Deconstructing Ontario’s Construction Act

Transitions Deconstructed – A tool to help you navigate through transition provisions in the Construction Act. For more help understanding Ontario’s Construction Act and other construction issues, please visit our Construction toolkit page.

By answering some quick questions, our tool will provide you with a PDF of the version of the Act, applicable to your improvement or contract.

Use of the Transitions Deconstructed tool is subject to Osler’s Terms of Use. User understands that each fact situation is unique and may require legal interpretation for purposes of the analysis below. Use of this tool is at your own risk.

Find out if the Construction Lien Act applies to your improvement.

What date was the first contract for the improvement entered into between the owner and the contractor?

What date was a procurement process for the improvement commenced by the owner, if any?

Is the premises on which the improvement is to be developed subject to a leasehold interest? – If yes, what date was the first leasehold interest first entered into?

Find out if the prompt payment and adjudication regime apply to your contract.

What date was the contract entered into between the owner and the contractor?

What date was the procurement process for the improvement that is the subject of the contract commenced by the owner of the premises, if any?

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, the prompt payment and adjudication regime provided in Parts I.1 and II.1 of Ontario’s Construction Act respectively, do not apply with respect to your contract. Download the applicable version of the Construction Act here.

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, the prompt payment and adjudication regime provided in Parts I.1 and II.1 of Ontario’s Construction Act respectively, apply with respect to your contract. Download the applicable version of the Construction Act here.

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, the prompt payment and adjudication regime provided in Parts I.1 and II.1 of Ontario’s Construction Act respectively, apply with respect to your contract. Download the applicable version of the Construction Act here.

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, Construction Lien Act and the regulations, as they read on June 29, 2018, continue to apply with respect to your improvement. Download here.

Note: From October 1, 2019, certain provisions from the Construction Act apply with respect to an improvement to a premises in which a municipality has an interest, even if a contract for the improvement was entered into or a procurement process for the improvement was commenced before July 1, 2018.

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, the Construction Lien Act and the regulations, as they read on June 29, 2018, do not apply with respect to your improvement and the Construction Act applies. To determine if the prompt payment and adjudication sections of the Construction Act apply to your contract proceed to the next section.

Construction Act of Ontario

Based on the information you provided, the Construction Lien Act and the regulations, as they read on June 29, 2018, do not apply with respect to your improvement and the Construction Act applies. To determine if the prompt payment and adjudication sections of the Construction Act apply to your contract proceed to the next section.

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