The Valeo 2021-2025 Canada Law Firm Hourly Rate Report details the average hourly rates by Position (Senior Partner - 25 years or more since graduation year, Partner - 24 years and less, Counsel, Senior Associate - 5 years or more and Associate - 4 years and less) of law firms in Canada - The Canada 7 and others, US AMLAW 200 and US non-AMLAW by overall and individual practice areas (all litigation and transactional practices).
The report gives users real-time insight into rate changes and trends from for year to year. The rate data and related details of this report were taken directly from the Valeo Attorney Hourly Rate and LPM Pricing Platform.
Average hourly rates are denominated in USD. If the original rates were denominated in CAD, then they have been converted to USD.
Table of Contents
Research and Reporting Methodology
Section 1: Hourly Rates by Law Firm & Practice Area
- Bennett Jones LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Tax
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Employee Benefits
- Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Pension & Welfare
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Equities
- Finance
- Private Equity
- Tax
- Technology including Emerging Technology
- Dentons
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities
- Goodmans, LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Gowling WLG
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Environmental
- Finance
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Tax
- McCarthy Tetrault LLP
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Compensation/Executive Compensation
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
- Finance
- Human Resources/Personnel
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Securities
- Tax
- McMillan LLP
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Capital Markets
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Securities
- Trademark
- Miller Thomson LLP
- Arbitration/Mediation
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Creditor Rights
- Cyber Security
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Privilege Review
- Supreme Court & Appellate
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Capital Markets
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Labor & Employment
- Litigation Support Services
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Real Estate
- Research
- Securities
- Tax
- Stikeman Elliott LLP
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Capital Markets
- Class Action
- Commercial Litigation
- Communications
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Employee Benefits
- Environmental
- Finance
- Insurance
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Tax
- Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Commercial Litigation
- Creditor Rights
- Finance
- Torys, LLP
- Bankruptcy/Restructuring/Reorganization
- Capital Markets
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate/Corporate Transactions & Securities
- Finance
- Food & Alcohol Industry
- Intellectual Property
- Labor & Employment
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Patent
- Pension & Welfare
- Private Equity
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Tax
Section 2: City Hourly Rates by Law Firm
- Bennett Jones LLP
- Calgary
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Vancouver (Canada)
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
- Calgary
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Vancouver (Canada)
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Vancouver (Canada)
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Calgary
- Toronto
- Dentons
- Ottawa
- Toronto
- Goodmans, LLP
- Toronto
- Gowling WLG
- Calgary
- Ottawa
- Vancouver (Canada)
- McCarthy Tetrault LLP
- Montreal
- Quebec City
- Toronto
- Vancouver (Canada)
- McMillan LLP
- Toronto
- Miller Thomson LLP
- Toronto
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
- Ottawa
- Toronto
- Stikeman Elliott LLP
- Montreal
- Toronto
- Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
- Toronto
- Torys, LLP
- Calgary
- Montreal
- Toronto
Companies Mentioned
- Bennett Jones LLP
- Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
- Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
- Dentons
- Goodmans, LLP
- Gowling WLG
- McCarthy Tetrault LLP
- McMillan LLP
- Miller Thomson LLP
- Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
- Stikeman Elliott LLP
- Thornton Grout Finnigan LLP
- Torys, LLP
