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Ontario Small Claims Court · Central West

Owen Sound Courthouse

Claims up to $50,000. The forms are free here, filled from your answers. This page has the address, the filing channel, the fees, and the deadlines for this court.

Check your claim, free Fill the claim (Form 7A)

Address

611 - 9th Ave. East

Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 6Z4

519-370-2430

Venue (rule 6.01): start the action where the cause of action arose, where a defendant lives or does business, or at the court's place of sitting nearest to a defendant.

Small Claims Court in Owen Sound: the local guide

How to file here

Small Claims Court Submissions Online

Outside Toronto, claims are filed through Submissions Online (rule 1.05.4), or in person at the counter. Email filing is allowed only when a deadline is 5 business days away or less.

The six-step filing checklist

Fees (O. Reg. 332/16, as stored 2026-01-06)

File a claim$108
File a defence$77
Default judgment$94
Set a trial date$308
Garnishment$144

Fee waiver: O. Reg. 2/05. Frequent claimants (10+ claims a year in this office) pay $228 to file.

The clocks that matter

2 years

Limitation period

From the day you discovered the claim (Limitations Act, 2002, s. 4).

6 months

To serve the claim

From the issue date (rule 8.01(2)). Then file the Affidavit of Service, Form 8A.

20 days

To file a defence

From service (rule 9.01). No defence: the plaintiff can ask for default judgment.

90 days

To the settlement conference

After the first defence is filed (rule 13.01(3)). Every defended case has one.

Count your own deadlines

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