Canada

Capital for Canadian litigation across four provinces.

Active in BC, Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec. Law firm capital and commercial litigation finance — with separate underwriting models for common-law and civil-law jurisdictions.

Canada's litigation finance market is expanding rapidly. Outcome models are trained on provincial court data across all four primary markets, including a dedicated civil-law model set for Quebec.

Products Available in Canada
Law Firms
Law Firm Capital
Working capital and disbursement funding for plaintiff firms in BC, Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec. Structured around contingency fee and conditional billing frameworks.
Commercial
Commercial Litigation Finance
Single-case and portfolio funding for Canadian commercial disputes. BC Supreme Court, Ontario Superior Court, and Court of King's Bench (Alberta) coverage.
Class Actions
Class Action Funding
Canadian class proceedings under provincial class proceedings acts. Certification strategy and settlement curve modeling available for funded class matters.
Quebec
Quebec Civil Law
Quebec operates under the Civil Code — a distinct legal tradition from common-law provinces. Criterica Capital maintains separate underwriting models for Quebec civil proceedings.
Canadian Market Context

Canada's litigation finance industry has grown sharply since 2020, driven by increased commercial litigation, active class action dockets in BC and Ontario, and rising demand for law firm working capital facilities.

Champerty and maintenance doctrines have been substantially relaxed in common-law provinces, with Ontario and BC providing the clearest regulatory frameworks for third-party funding agreements.

Quebec operates under the Civil Code and Code of Civil Procedure — requiring separate models and distinct due diligence. Criterica Capital maintains dedicated Quebec underwriting capacity with French-language capability.

Coverage Details
Provinces
BC, Ontario, Alberta, Quebec
Primary courts
BC Supreme Court, ON Superior Court, AB King's Bench, QC Superior Court
Federal courts
Federal Court, Federal Court of Appeal
Legal traditions
Common law (BC/ON/AB) + Civil law (QC)
Models trained
CA outcome models across 4 provinces
Min. case value
CAD 100,000
How We Underwrite

Every capital decision at Criterica Capital is underwritten against outcomes, not collateral. Our models are trained on 106M+ real court records across US federal courts, state courts, and international jurisdictions.

We assess jurisdiction-level recovery rates, case-type outcome distributions, time-to-resolution curves, and attorney performance history before committing capital. No collateral. No credit check. Outcomes only.

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Outcome models
23,500+ predictive models across case types and jurisdictions
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Court record depth
106M+ verified decisions used in model training
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Jurisdiction calibration
Circuit, district, and state-level recovery benchmarks
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Recovery modeling
Expected value, settlement range, and duration estimates per case
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