Ontario real estate · built for practitioners without a mentor

The step you missed was the one you didn't know applied.

Seven Ontario matter types in one file that opens in your browser. The intake filters itself to the file actually in front of you. Flags fire as you type, and each one tells you what to watch for and why. Checklists run from opening to the last undertaking.

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Four things that go wrong on ordinary files

None of these is exotic. Each is a point where an experienced conveyancer slows down and a practitioner without one to ask does not — because nothing on the file says to.

Residential purchase NRST and the federal prohibition are two different tests.

One is a tax. The other means the purchase is not permitted at all. A purchaser can owe the tax and be permitted to buy, or owe nothing and be prohibited.

Clearing one does not clear the other. The tool runs them as separate screens and will not let one stand in for the other.

Refinance Spousal consent is required to encumber, not just to sell.

Practitioners internalise consent as a sale issue. A charge is an encumbrance, and refinances move quickly — which is exactly when it is missed.

The tool asks the question on every refinance, second mortgage and private charge, not only on sales.

Sale A collateral charge paid down has not been closed out.

A payout figure is a snapshot. If the facility stays open, the borrower can draw on it after the statement and before the discharge registers — and the money you paid no longer clears the debt.

The undertaking you gave then cannot be met from the funds you hold.

Commercial The 2.5% land transfer tax bracket does not apply to commercial land.

It applies to land with one or two single-family residences. Run a $4.2M industrial purchase on a residential schedule and you are out by about five thousand dollars.

The tool uses a separate commercial schedule and says on screen that it has.

Nothing in it has been verified. Deliberately.

Every rate, bracket, threshold, section number and limitation period in this tool is marked UNVERIFIED. That is not an oversight and it is not a hedge — it is how the thing is built.

A tool that tells you the law is a tool that quietly goes out of date. Rates change, regulations are made and revoked, rules get renumbered — and nobody tells the file sitting on your desktop. The calculators here show their working on screen so you can check the arithmetic against rates you confirm yourself, not so you can trust the number.

Every practice note says what to look at and where to confirm it. None of them says what the law is. Each matter type also prints a one-page verification sheet — a tick-box list of exactly what you should confirm and where, for the file.

If you want software that answers legal questions, this is not it. This tells you which questions to ask, on this file, in what order, and by when.

What it looks like

Reproduced from the working tool.

A flag, with the note underneath it
CRITICAL
Federal prohibition — purchase by a non-Canadian
DO NOT CLOSE. The purchase is prohibited, not merely taxed. Advise the client and escalate to senior lawyer.
Prohibition on the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act — confirm in force
▾ What to watch for, and why

These notes describe what practitioners commonly look at and why the point arises. They are not legal advice and not legal guidance. They do not tell you what the law is, what any rate or period is, or what to do on your file.

Watch for

A purchaser who is not a citizen or permanent resident. Also a corporation with non-Canadian control, a trustee holding for a non-Canadian, or a spouse pair where only one is eligible.

Why it comes up

This is a prohibition, not a tax. Where it applies the transaction is not simply more expensive — it is not permitted. A person exempt for one reason may not be exempt for another.

You should check

  • Whether the Act is still in force on your closing date
  • Whether this property sits inside a census metropolitan area or agglomeration
  • Which exemption is relied on, and what evidence supports it
  • Whether anyone taking title changes the answer
Every critical flag carries one of these — 87 notes in all. Written for someone who has nobody down the hall to ask.
Arithmetic you can check
Purchase price$875,000.00
Ontario land transfer tax$13,975.00
Less: first-time purchaser refund (max $4,000)−$4,000.00
NRST @ 25% — VERIFY RATE AND SCOPE$218,750.00
Total transfer taxes payable$228,725.00
Every figure is labelled an estimate, for understanding only. Useful for scoping the work and for telling a client early what a file is likely to involve — never as a quotation, and never straight onto a Statement of Adjustments.
Every file on one screen
Matter / clientTypeStatusIntakeChecklistFlags
2026-1041A. KaurPURCHASE Working 62% · 73/118 17% · 16/92 2 CRIT
2026-1042R. ChenSALE Ready 91% · 89/98 86% · 57/66 2 total
2026-1043Northfield Holdings Inc.COMMERCIAL Working 44% · 48/108 12% · 9/72 1 CRIT
2026-1039D. OseiREFINANCE Closed 100% · 96/96 100% · 53/53
Nothing is worse than a matter slipping through the cracks. Progress counts only the fields that apply to that file, so 62% means 62% of what this file actually needs.

Matter numbers and names are illustrative.

What you get

The intake filters itself

Condominium fields appear on a condo. Tarion fields on a new build. Well and septic on a rural file. Gift fields when there is a gift. You never scroll past questions that do not apply.

Flags with notes

Over 150 rules across seven modules. Every critical flag opens a note: what to watch for, why it comes up, and what you should check.

Open-to-close checklists

40 to 99 tasks per matter type, in phases, with an assignee and a due date on every line. Non-applicable items drop out of the count.

A worked example file

One click loads a completed purchase — two purchasers, rural servicing, gift funds, a survey issue, a six-entry file log. Read it before you start your own.

Verification sheets

One printable page per matter type: what you should confirm, grouped by when it matters, and where to confirm it. For the file.

Word, Google Docs, print

One click to a .doc for the digital file, a clipboard copy that pastes into Google Docs, a clean print, and a blank form to fill in by hand.

Dashboard and backup

Every saved matter with two progress bars, status, flag count and last saved. Search, filter, back up to a file, restore.

It tells you when it is old

After six months the tool warns you that rates and requirements move, and prompts you to re-check everything against current sources.

Seven matter types

Residential PurchaseTwo residency screens, run separately
Residential SalePayouts, undertakings register, vendor residency
Mortgage RefinanceAll-in cost report, consent to encumber
Private LendingBorrower ILA, rate check, loan-to-value
Title Transfer (non-sale)Consideration, intention, creditor exposure
New ConstructionOccupancy vs closing, critical dates, HST clawback
CommercialEnvironmental, estoppels, tax self-assessment

Fair questions

I already have precedents.

Most firms do. The question is whether they are organised — whether you can see every open file at once, what stage each is at, what is outstanding, and what is about to fall due.

Precedents tell you what to write. They do not tell you that a requisition date is in six days on a file you have not opened this week. Nothing in this profession is worse than a matter slipping through the cracks, and that is not a drafting problem.

How do I know the law in it is right?

You don't, and you shouldn't assume it is. Nothing in it has been verified — that is stated on every calculation, in every practice note and in the terms.

It is a tool for organising a file and surfacing questions, not a source of law. Every note tells you where to go and confirm the point for yourself.

What happens when the rates change?

The calculators exist to help you think and scope, not to produce a number you file. They show their working so you can substitute rates you have confirmed.

They are also useful before the work starts — for estimating what a file will actually involve, so you can quote properly at the outset or tell a client early that the scope has grown. After six months the tool prompts you to re-check everything.

Can my staff use it?

Yes, within the firm, on your files, under your supervision. The licence covers internal use by staff working under the purchaser's supervision.

It does not qualify anyone to provide legal services. A clerk — including a freelance clerk — may use it only on files where a licensee supervises the work and takes responsibility for the file.

Who built it?

A lawyer in practice in Ontario, for their own files, because the thing did not exist.

It is sold personally and is not offered by, on behalf of, or in association with any law firm. Buying or using it creates no professional relationship of any kind.

Try it for 14 days

The trial is the whole tool — every matter type, every checklist, every flag and note, the dashboard, the worked example and the verification sheets.

  1. Download the file and save it somewhere permanent — your documents folder, not Downloads.
  2. Open it in your browser. Double-click, or right-click and Open With. It runs locally; nothing is uploaded.
  3. Load the worked example and read a completed file before you start one of your own.
  4. Run real matters for two weeks. Trial exports are marked as trial copies and the blank template is licensed-only; everything else works.
  5. Activate when you decide. Your saved matters are never deleted.
Download — 14 days free About 360 KB. One file. No installer, no account.

Run it as a downloaded local file. Opening it from a hosted page stops the Word download working — that is a browser restriction, not a limitation of the tool.

Price

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NOT LEGAL ADVICE. ONTARIO ONLY. NOTHING IN IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED.

This is an internal working aid for licensees and those supervised by them. The intakes, checklists, flags, notes and calculations are prompts to think, not conclusions. They are not legal advice, not legal guidance, and not a legal opinion, and they must not be given to a client as advice or relied on in place of a licensee's own analysis.

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Every calculation is an estimate, produced for understanding only. Land transfer tax, NRST, refunds, loan-to-value, cost of borrowing, occupancy fees, builder adjustments, net proceeds, HST, closing costs and day counts are illustrative working. They are not advice, not a quotation, and not a Statement of Adjustments. Every rate, bracket, threshold, section number, limitation period and procedural step is UNVERIFIED and must be independently confirmed against the current source on the date of use. An empty flag list is not a clearance and a completed progress bar is not a completed file.

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