What the professionals charged
3,597 bills from 234 firms on 874 matters · 9,084 stated hourly rates · as the filings state them
The rate ladder, drawn to scaleThe ladder
CAD · standard rates · drawn at 12 or moreOfficers of the court
Each bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the stated standard hourly rates in the band, with the median marked — the bar and its three figures are for subscribers. One observation per person per rate, Canadian dollars, undiscounted, on matters with no recognition proceeding.A band with fewer than 12 observations draws nothing.
| Person | Firm | Case | Period | Rate ▼ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly NiebergallCounsel · counsel · associate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Amy NugentSr. Counsel · counsel · associate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Shona SinclairAssociate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Matthew RitchieAssociate · Real Estate | Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLPMonitor's counsel | Pure Global Cannabis Inc.ON | 17 Mar – 14 Apr 2020 | ••• | Monitor’s Motion Record re Approval of Activities, dated… |
| Lee NicholsonAssociate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Khalfan KhalfanAssociate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Emma WalterAssociate | Stikeman Elliott LLPInformation officer's counsel | Pier 1 Imports, Inc.ON | 12 Feb – 5 Oct 2020 | ••• | Sixth Report of the Information Officer (October 8, 2020) |
| Puya FesharakiAssociate · called 2015 | Thornton Grout Finnigan LLPCounsel, client not stated | Black Angus Fine Meats & Game Inc., Black AngusFreezer Beef (2005) Ltd., RSV Investments Inc. and SeanDeer Enterprises Ltd.ON · closed | 16 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020 | ••• | Second Report of the Receiver dated February 19, 2020 |
| Natalie CuthillAssociate | McMillan LLPMonitor's counsel | Walter Energy Canada Holdings, Inc.BC · closed | 1 May 2018 – 31 Jan 2020 | ••• | First Affidavit of Vicki Tickle, sworn February 19, 2020 -… |
| Puya FesharakiAssociate · called 2015 | Thornton Grout Finnigan LLPCounsel, client not stated | Black Angus Fine Meats & Game Inc., Black AngusFreezer Beef (2005) Ltd., RSV Investments Inc. and SeanDeer Enterprises Ltd.ON · closed | 16 Nov 2019 – 31 Jan 2020 | ••• | Second Report of the Receiver dated February 19, 2020 |
| Jonathan BrightAssociate | McMillan LLPMonitor's counsel | Walter Energy Canada Holdings, Inc.BC · closed | 1 May 2018 – 31 Jan 2020 | ••• | First Affidavit of Vicki Tickle, sworn February 19, 2020 -… |
| Daniel RicherAssociate | Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLPMonitor's counsel | Beleave Inc.ON | — | ••• | Sixth Report of the Monitor dated November 27, 2020.PDF |
| Ehsan WahidieAssociate | McMillan LLPMonitor's counsel | Walter Energy Canada Holdings, Inc.BC · closed | 1 May 2018 – 31 Jan 2020 | ••• | First Affidavit of Vicki Tickle, sworn February 19, 2020 -… |
| Jenna ClarkAssociate | Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLPMonitor's counsel | Energold DrillingBC · closed | — | ••• | Affidavit #1 of Lance Williams |
| Emma NewberyAssociate | Dentons Canada LLPTrustee's counsel | Feronia IncBC | 24 Aug – 4 Sep 2020 | ••• | 1. An Order extending the time for filing a proposal by… |
| S. BogorochJunior Assoc · counsel · associate | Minden Gross LLPTrustee's counsel | Dylex LimitedON · closed | — | ••• | Motion Record of the Trustee returnable August 24, 2020 |
| Mark MilanettiAssociate | Scarfone Hawkins LLPReceiver's counsel | Amax Health Inc.ON · closed | 1 Oct 2019 – 29 May 2020 | ••• | Motion Record dated June 9, 2020 |
What a bill looks likeBenchmarks
Measured across the recordThe blended rate, stated
median of the average hourly rates filings state outright, counsel, over 945 bills. A further 74 bills state fees and hours and no rate; that quotient is kept as its own series and never mixed in.
Counsel by year of call
median standard rate by years since call — 0-4 years (224), 5-9 years (151), 10-19 years (212), 20+ years (264)
Where the rates are
3,597 bills
monitor 591 · receiver 1,013 · interim receiver 38 · trustee 64 · …
Who bills these estatesWho bills
Named in the filings- KSV Restructuring Inc.354
- Deloitte Restructuring Inc.191
- MNP Ltd.182
- FTI Consulting Canada Inc.181
- Ernst & Young Inc.136
- Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP129
- BDO Canada Limited122
- Aird & Berlis LLP103
- Alvarez & Marsal Canada Inc.91
- PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.74
- Grant Thornton Limited67
- Dentons Canada LLP62
Bills, counted one per firm per period however many filings restate it. 234 firms appear in the record; these are the 12 with the most.
How to read thisMethod
The frame. Every figure here comes from a fee affidavit, a passing of accounts, a motion record or an officer's report that a court file holds — fees that were filed for approval, which skews to the larger, longer and more contested mandates. It is not a survey of all insolvency work.
The series. The ladder and the tiles use standard hourly rates of named people, in Canadian dollars, on bills with no courtesy discount and on matters with no recognition proceeding. Discounted bills, stated averages and the rare bill that states fees and hours but no rate are kept as separate series and never mixed in. Nothing is drawn from fewer than 12 observations.
What it is not. A court does not test a bill by hours × rate; it asks what value was delivered (Bank of Nova Scotia v. Diemer, 2014 ONCA 851). This page shows what comparable mandates charged, never what a bill should have been. The record holds sixteen Québec fee documents and no French rate tables; it is not a benchmark for Québec.
Every fact carries its document. Each bill and each rate links to the filing that states it; each benchmark cell can be traced to the rates it was computed from through the rates view.