Toronto·NewStarting Tuesday, parts of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will be online as part of a multi-year digital transformation project aiming to bring the court system into the 21st century.New system will allow court users to file documents, access case information onlineJulia Alevato · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2025 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 29 minutes agoThe first phase of the project will be launched in Toronto on Tuesday for all family and civil matters, including bankruptcy, commercial, contested estates, the small claims court and the divisional court. (The Canadian Press)Starting Tuesday, parts of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice will be online as part of a multi-year digital transformation project aiming to bring the court system into the 21st century.The new system will allow court users to file documents, access case information, schedule matters and appearances, pay fees and receive decisions electronically instead of having to go to a courthouse.Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz has been outspoken about the need to modernize the province’s justice system and said the change is long overdue.“What we’re trying to achieve is a system that works for everybody on a far more equitable timeline so that you can deliver justice in a system that is really quite responsive to the public and the public’s needs,” he told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Monday.The Ontario government announced the courts digital transformation initiative in 2021, describing it as the “most significant single step forward in the digital evolution of justice in Canada.”In 2023, the province announced $166 million in funding for the new system and awarded Thomson Reuters a contract to develop the new platform.1st phase to be launched in TorontoThe first phase of the project will be launched in Toronto on Tuesday for all family and civil matters, including bankruptcy, commercial, contested estates, the small claims court and the divisional court. It will then be expanded to Toronto’s criminal matters in 2027 and regionally after that, said Morawetz.Michelle Bouthiette, the senior manager and lead for the Superior Court of Justice courts digital transformation, told CBC Radio’s Metro Morning on Monday that the platform has been effective so far.“It’s very simple to use. It requires little to no training or guidance to navigate,” she said. “This project really is focused on making sure that we are implementing one solution that will have all of the information, meaning you don’t have to go to all of our disconnected systems anymore to get to some sort of information.”Bouthiette said she’s confident about Tuesday’s launch and looks forward to having people use the new system in real-time. ABOUT THE AUTHORJulia Alevato is a producer at CBC Toronto. Born and raised in Brazil, she moved to Canada in 2019 to study and pursue her career in journalism. You can reach her at julia.alevato@cbc.ca.With files from CBC’s Metro Morning
Ontario to introduce new digital court system Tuesday
