Contracts drafted and reviewed for Canadian law, across the common law provinces and the Civil Code of Québec, with the termination, non-compete, and privacy rules Canadian courts actually enforce. Fixed fees, fast turnaround.
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Standard Canadian contracts drafted in 24 to 48 hours. Complex work in 3 to 5 days.
My Legal Pal drafts and reviews contracts for startups, founders, and established businesses operating across Canada. Every agreement is written for the law that actually governs it, not pulled from a US or generic template and not generated by software.
Canada is a bijural country, which catches out contracts copied from elsewhere. The nine common law provinces follow common law principles, while Quebec is governed by the Civil Code of Québec, which reads contracts differently and has its own rules on formation, good faith, and interpretation. Canadian courts also scrutinise employment terms closely: a poorly drafted termination clause can be struck out entirely, and Ontario has banned most employee non-competes outright. Company documents depend on whether you incorporate federally under the CBCA or provincially under acts like the OBCA or BCBCA. Privacy is governed by PIPEDA federally, Quebec’s Law 25, and provincial statutes, and CASL governs commercial electronic messages.
Whether you are in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, or Ottawa, and whether you need an NDA, a master service agreement, a shareholders’ agreement, a SAFE or convertible note, an employment contract, or a SaaS agreement, the document is built for your commercial position and for the province whose law applies. We provide contract drafting with fixed fees and standard contracts in 24 to 48 hours.
Most Canadian contract problems are not obvious at signing. A termination clause that reads cleanly can be unenforceable in full. A non-compete copied from a US contract may be void by statute. And a document drafted for Ontario can read very differently under the Civil Code of Québec.
Canadian courts, especially in Ontario, scrutinise employment termination clauses closely. If a clause could in any scenario fall below the statutory minimums, courts have struck the whole clause and defaulted to far more generous common law notice. We draft termination language that actually holds.
Restrictive covenants are enforced only so far as they are reasonable, and Ontario’s Working for Workers Act prohibits most employee non-competes outright. We protect the business with confidentiality and non-solicitation clauses that hold, and keep any restraint within what the province allows.
The Civil Code of Québec governs contracts in Quebec, with its own rules on formation, good faith, and interpretation, and French-language requirements apply to many contracts. A common law template does not simply transfer. We draft for the Quebec framework where it applies.
PIPEDA applies federally, Quebec’s Law 25 imposes stricter obligations, and several provinces have their own statutes. CASL governs commercial electronic messages. Your privacy policy, consent flows, and data terms have to match. We draft to the regimes that apply to you.
From brief to signed contract, with a lawyer review at every stage.
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A lawyer confirms scope, the governing province, and a fixed fee before any work begins.
Drafted by a lawyer with experience in this contract type and the relevant Canadian law.
A second review for legal accuracy, commercial fit, and enforceability in the governing province.
A clean contract with a plain-language note on the key clauses and negotiation points.
Adjusted until the contract reflects exactly what you need, ready to sign.
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We work with companies in every major Canadian market and draft to the law of the province that governs each deal.
For finance, tech, and enterprise deals, we draft and review under Ontario law, with termination clauses and the non-compete ban built in from the start.
For businesses governed by the Civil Code of Québec, we draft to the Quebec framework and account for French-language requirements on many contracts.
For tech, film, and trade businesses, we draft under BC law, including the BCBCA for company documents.
From Alberta’s energy and corporate sector to Ottawa’s tech and government-adjacent market, we draft to each province’s framework and to federal CBCA incorporation where it applies.
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Standard contracts in 24 to 48 hours. Complex work in 3 to 5 days. Fixed fees, no surprises.