Ontario Small Claims Court
Build a structured Ontario Small Claims Court file.
This section helps you understand Ontario Small Claims Court, organize evidence, prepare documents, and move into the connected CourtSimplified workflow.
Claim limit
Up to $50,000
Common documents
Plaintiff’s Claim, Defence, Settlement Conference Brief, affidavits, witness materials, and enforcement documents.
Court focus
Clear timelines, focused evidence, consistent facts, and organized documents are stronger than emotional arguments.
What Small Claims Court is for
Small Claims Court is commonly used for disputes involving unpaid money, property damage, contracts, services, business disputes, debt, defamation, negligence, refunds, and other civil disputes within the monetary limit.
Strong cases are organized cases
CourtSimplified should help users separate facts from opinions, connect evidence to each issue, identify proof gaps, and prepare court-ready materials.
How the process usually works
1. Understand the dispute
Clarify what happened, who is responsible, what evidence exists, what amount is claimed or disputed, and what outcome you want.
2. Prepare the claim or defence
Organize the facts into a clear timeline and explain the loss, damage, unpaid amount, or disagreement.
3. File and serve documents
Use the correct Small Claims Court documents, then serve the other side properly and keep proof of service.
4. Organize evidence
Collect screenshots, invoices, receipts, contracts, photos, messages, estimates, witness details, and timelines.
5. Prepare for settlement conference
A judge may review the issues, explore settlement, identify weaknesses, and discuss what proof is still missing.
6. Prepare for trial or enforcement
If the case does not resolve, organize the evidence and documents needed for trial or judgment enforcement.
What you should prepare
Continue into the CourtSimplified workflow
Start the structured intake so the case can move through analysis, evidence, forms, documents, strategy, court package, and export.