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Ontario Small Claims Court Fee Calculator

Itemise clerk fees under O. Reg. 332/16 using the 2026 fee schedule (reviewed 19 July 2026). Choose infrequent or frequent claimant, tick the fees you have paid or expect to pay, and enter quantities where sensible. Transportation or service costs go in the separate additional-costs field.

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2026 fees, reviewed 19 July 2026. 2026 fees verified against O. Reg. 332/16, current consolidation from 19 December 2025; recheck on the publication date.

Claimant rate

A frequent claimant is a claimant who, on or after January 1 in a calendar year, has already filed 10 or more claims in the same Small Claims Court office in that calendar year. The next claim filed after reaching that threshold is charged at the frequent-claimant rate.

Fees

Most cases only involve a few of these fees. Leave a quantity blank or zero if it doesn't apply. Fees are grouped by task for scanning; the calculation is the same.

Filing and starting a case
Subtotal: $0.00
FeeUnitQuantity
Plaintiff's Claim - infrequent claimant
$108.00
Defendant's Claim
$108.00
Defence
$77.00
Hearings, trials, motions
Subtotal: $0.00
FeeUnitQuantity
Request to fix trial or assessment date - infrequent claimant
$308.00
Request for default judgment - infrequent claimant
$94.00
Notice of motion
$127.00
Summons to witness
$33.00
Digital hearing recording - first day
$23.00
Digital hearing recording - each additional day requested at the same time
$11.00
Enforcement (after judgment)
Subtotal: $0.00
FeeUnitQuantity
Receipt for enforcement process or order
$45.00
Certificate of judgment
$30.00
Writ of delivery, writ of seizure and sale, or notice of examination
$68.00
Issue or renew notice of garnishment
$144.00
Consolidation order
$127.00
Forward file to Divisional Court
$105.00
Copies, records, file services
Subtotal: $0.00
FeeUnitQuantity
Making up and forwarding papers, documents and exhibits
Plus reasonable transportation, entered separately below.
$105.00
Uncertified copy
$1.00
Certified copy
$4.00
Court file inspection by non-party / non-solicitor
$11.00
Retrieval of file from storage
$83.00
Witness fees (paid to the witness, not the court)
Subtotal: $0.00
FeeUnitQuantity
Witness attendance - ordinary
$11.00
Witness attendance - professional (as described by regulation)
$27.00

Estimate

Enter one or more quantities above to see line items.

Clerk fees total
$0.00
Additional user-entered costs
$0.00
Grand total
$0.00

Estimate only. Fees may be waived where an Ontario fee-waiver certificate applies. This calculator does not decide eligibility.

Estimate only
Calculations are estimates. Laws, rates, and rules can change. Obtain professional legal or financial advice before relying on any result.

About this calculator

Court fees for Small Claims Court are set by O. Reg. 332/16 under the Administration of Justice Act. The regulation distinguishes between infrequent and frequent claimants, sets per-item amounts, and provides for automatic adjustments on 1 January of each odd year - the next scheduled adjustment is 1 January 2027.

Some line items are charged by quantity - witness summonses, copy pages, file inspections, and additional recording days. Ordinary witness attendance is $11/day; the higher $27/day rate applies only to a witness described in the regulation as a professional witness. Travel is a reasonable actual expense.

Worked example

An infrequent-claimant plaintiff files a claim ($108), later requests a trial date ($308), issues two witness summonses ($33 × 2 = $66), obtains six certified copies of the eventual judgment ($4 × 6 = $24), and pays $40 in service disbursements.

Clerk fees total $506; grand total with service is $546.

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Last reviewed: 19 July 2026Spotted an error? Suggest a correction →