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
Counsel
Each bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile of the stated standard hourly rates in the band, with the median marked; the three figures beside it are those. One observation per person per rate, Canadian dollars, undiscounted, on matters with no recognition proceeding. Axis to $1,250.A band with fewer than 12 observations draws nothing.
| Person | Firm | Case | Period | Rate ▼ | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark MilanettiAssociate | Scarfone Hawkins LLPReceiver's counsel | Amax Health Inc.ON · closed | 1 Oct 2019 – 29 May 2020 | $200 | Motion Record dated June 9, 2020 |
| Caleb TimmermannAssociate Lawyer · counsel · associate | Soloway Wright LLPReceiver's counsel | Beaumen Waste Management Systems Ltd.ON | to 3 Feb 2021 | $190 | Second and Final Trustee Report |
| Amy VanderwalAssoc. · counsel · associate · Insolvency | Goodmans LLPDebtor's counsel | Reliance Insurance Company, Canada BranchON · closed | 8 Nov 2001 – 31 Dec 2002 | $188stated average | Affidavit (2) - 2003.12.12 |
| Thomas MastersonAssociate · called 2019 | Harrison Pensa LLPTrustee's counsel | Sirius Concrete Inc.ON | 1 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2021 | $185 | Motion Record - 5 th Report - 25-OCT-2021 |
| Jason DiFrusciaAssociate · called 2021 | Harrison Pensa LLPTrustee's counsel | Sirius Concrete Inc.ON | 1 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2021 | $175 | Motion Record - 5 th Report - 25-OCT-2021 |
| Thomas MastersonAssociate · called 2019 | Harrison Pensa LLPTrustee's counsel | Sirius Concrete Inc.ON | 1 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2021 | $175 | Motion Record - 5 th Report - 25-OCT-2021 |
| Caitlin SzymberskiAssociate | Kugler Kandestin, LLPTrustee's counsel | Montreal Maine & Atlantic Canada Co.QC | 23 May – 30 Sep 2014 | $175 USD | Second Interim Application for Compensation and… |
| Natasha SutherlandAssociate | Duncan & Craig LLPReceiver's counsel | Squamish JV Ltd.BC · closed | — | $175stated averagediscounted bill | Receivers Third Report to the Court |
| Patty WatsonLegal Associate · counsel · associate | Miller Thomson LLPMonitor's counsel | North American Fur Auctions Inc.ON | 1 Jul 2020 – 28 Feb 2021 | $160 | Sixth Report of the Monitor .pdf |
| Nicholas ValsamisAssociate Lawyer · counsel · associate | Soloway Wright LLPReceiver's counsel | 6773982 Canada Inc. and 6317081 Canada Inc. Sunnyside Footsteps Parent CentreON · closed | to 2 Sep 2021 | $142.53 | Second and Final Report of the Court- Appointed Receiver |
| Magdalene BaczynskiAssociate | Duncan & Craig LLPReceiver's counsel | Squamish JV Ltd.BC · closed | — | $125stated averagediscounted bill | Receivers Third Report to the Court |
| Jason DiFrusciaAssociate · called 2021 | Harrison Pensa LLPTrustee's counsel | Sirius Concrete Inc.ON | 1 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2021 | $100 | Motion Record - 5 th Report - 25-OCT-2021 |
| Jonathan MahoneyAssociate · called 2020 | Harrison Pensa LLPTrustee's counsel | Sirius Concrete Inc.ON | 1 Oct 2019 – 8 Oct 2021 | $100 | Motion Record - 5 th Report - 25-OCT-2021 |
What a bill looks likeBenchmarks
Measured across the recordA partner's hour
$950 · $859.14 in 2025
median of each bill's top standard rate, 2026, over 178 bills; 195 in 2025
The blended rate, stated
$578.43
median of the average hourly rates filings state outright, counsel, over 945 bills; receivers $425 (712), monitors $596 (461). 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
$420 · $570 · $745 · $850
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.