The Ontario Government Suspends Limitation Periods Effective March 16, 2020

  • April 20, 2020
  • Lida Moazzam & Sharon Vogel, FCI Arb, Singleton Urquhart Reynolds Vogel LLP

In view of COVID-19, on March 20, 2020, the Attorney General of Ontario ordered the suspension of limitation periods and other procedural time periods. The Order is retroactively dated to March 16, 2020.

The provincial government has made this Order pursuant to s. 7.1 of the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act [“Act”], which authorizes the Lieutenant Governor to make appropriate orders in cases of a provincial emergency with respect to the operation of the law of Ontario.

This Order also suspends any procedural time periods for steps to be taken in any proceeding in Ontario, subject to the discretion of the court.