Divisional Court Appeals
The Divisional Court is a branch of the Superior Court of Justice. It hears appeals from tribunals such as the Landlord and Tenant Board, appeals from Small Claims Court and appeals from smaller Superior Court orders. You provide the materials and instructions for your appeal; we prepare, organize and assemble the record so it meets the court’s requirements.
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LTB & Tribunal Appeal
Appeals from Landlord and Tenant Board orders & other tribunals
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Appeals from Superior Court & Small Claims orders
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Motions to dismiss, quash or for security for costs
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Affidavit — Up to 10 Exhibits
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What We Prepare for a Divisional Court Appeal
We prepare it from your materials and instructions
Appeal Books & Compendiums
Compiled, indexed, paginated and tabbed.
Factum Preparation
Prepared from your materials and instructions, to the court’s published requirements.
Motion Records
For stay or leave motions.
Exhibit Organization
Affidavits prepared from your materials and instructions.
Electronic Filing
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Regions
Eight judicial regions
| Region | Regional Centre |
|---|---|
| Central East | Durham Region Courthouse, Oshawa |
| Central South | Hamilton Courthouse |
| Central West | Brampton Courthouse |
| East | Ottawa Courthouse |
| Northeast | Sudbury Courthouse |
| Northwest | Thunder Bay Courthouse |
| Southwest | London Courthouse |
| Toronto | Osgoode Hall |
What Kinds of Orders Are Appealed to the Divisional Court
General information only. General information drawn from the sources listed at the bottom of this page. Which court hears your appeal, and the deadline to file, depend on the order you received.
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A final order of a Superior Court judge is appealed to the Divisional Court where it is for a single payment of $50,000 or less excluding costs, periodic payments totalling $50,000 or less over 12 months, or a claim dismissed at that level.
Courts of Justice Act, s. 19(1) and s. 19(1.2)An appeal from a final order of an associate judge of the Superior Court goes to the Divisional Court.
Courts of Justice Act, s. 19(1)Mid-case (interlocutory) orders of a Superior Court judge can only be appealed with leave of the Divisional Court, obtained by motion.
Courts of Justice Act, s. 19(1) · Rules of Civil Procedure, r. 62.02A final Small Claims Court order is appealed to the Divisional Court where it is for payment of more than $5,000 excluding costs, or for recovery of personal property worth more than $5,000.
Courts of Justice Act, s. 31 · O. Reg. 343/19Any person affected by an LTB order may appeal to the Divisional Court within 30 days, on a question of law only. The court may affirm, rescind, amend or replace the order, or send the matter back to the Board.
Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 210Various Ontario statutes route appeals from tribunals to the Divisional Court — including matters under the Health Insurance Act, the Insurance Act and the Licence Appeal Tribunal Act, 1999.
Ontario guide to Divisional Court appealsCertain final orders made under Ontario statutes in the Family Court branch of the Superior Court are appealed to the Divisional Court.
Courts of Justice Act, s. 19(1.2)📍 Where matters are commenced and heard
Commence in the regional centre that matches where the decision under appeal was made.
Commence at the Superior Court location where the order being appealed was made, or at the corresponding regional centre.
A motion for leave under Rule 62.02 is filed in Toronto only, wherever the underlying order was made.
Three-judge panel hearings are held in person unless a party asks for a virtual hearing and the court agrees. Single-judge matters are virtual by default.
Practice Directions
Read the Divisional Court direction first
§ What the direction actually requires
Divisional Court proceedings have their own consolidated practice direction, on top of the provincial and regional ones. It is where the document rules live — naming, page caps, upload deadlines, what goes in which bundle. Most self-represented appeals get sent back over these, not over the merits.
- Consolidated Practice Direction for Divisional Court Proceedings — the main one. Read it first.
- Consolidated provincial practice directions and province-wide forms.
- Regional practice directions and region-specific forms — one set for each of the eight regions.
- Rules of Civil Procedure — Rules 61 and 62 govern appeals and motions for leave.
Uploading to Case Center is not filing. They are two separate steps, and people lose hearings over this. You file through the portal and you upload to Case Center — and documents must be uploaded to Case Center at least four weeks before the hearing date. That deadline takes precedence over the deadlines in Rule 4.05.3.
Toronto matters go through the Ontario Courts Public Portal, which combines filing, case management and Case Center. Every other region files through Civil Submissions Online and uploads to Case Center separately.
Document type – Party type – Party name – Date (DD-MMM-YYYY). For example: Factum – Applicant – Wong – 21-NOV-2021. No firm naming conventions, abbreviations or file numbers.
A PDF filed through the portals must not exceed 500 pages. Appeal books and records go in the minimum number of volumes, each no longer than 500 pages.
Include only the cases you will actually refer to orally, with a pinpoint paragraph reference for each citation, hyperlinked to the paragraph — to a public source such as CanLII where one exists. If the factum hyperlinks every authority, no book of authorities is needed.
Factum, then Application Record or Appeal Book and Compendium, Transcripts, Exhibit Books, Abbreviated Book of Authorities, Bill of Costs or Costs Outline, Participant Information Form, oral hearing compendium, then anything else permitted.
Required. It gives the names of counsel and self-represented parties, how each wishes to be addressed, and the estimated time for oral submissions.
Within two weeks of starting the proceeding, email the court with any preliminary issues, a proposed or agreed schedule for exchanging documents, and the hearing length you expect to need.
Material that is not referred to during oral argument may not be considered, and a document deleted after it has been uploaded to Case Center is a breach of the direction.
Divisional Court, Ontario Superior Court of Justice — ontariocourts.ca.
Appeals from Landlord and Tenant Board orders — Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, s. 210 (appeal to the Divisional Court within 30 days, on a question of law).
Information reviewed September 2026. Statutes and thresholds change — confirm current requirements with the court or a licensed lawyer or paralegal before you file.
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