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Ontario Small Claims Court · Toronto

47 Sheppard – Small Claims 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

47 Sheppard Ave. East

Toronto, Ontario M2N 5N1

416-326-3554

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 Toronto: the local guide

How to file here

Ontario Courts Public Portal

Toronto claims are filed through the Ontario Courts Public Portal (rule 1.05.5, in force October 14, 2025), with Case Center for hearing documents (rule 1.05.6).

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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