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.
| Firm | Case | Period ▼ | Fees | Rates | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counselperiod 1 of 2 on this matter | Uppal Farms & Greenhouses Ltd.British Columbia · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | ••• | •••9 people | Affidavit #1 of J. Schultz (Fees)28 Nov 2025 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counselperiod 1 of 3 on this matter | Blackstone Investments (AB) Ltd.Alberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | — | •••3 people | Fee Affidavit of Kristin Gray5 May 2025 |
| Dentons Canada LLPMonitor's counselperiod 1 of 3 on this matter | Teal Jones Holdings Ltd.British Columbia · CCAA | —Sought | ••• | •••17 people | Affidavit #1 of J. Schultz - Part 19 Dec 2024 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counselperiod 1 of 3 on this matter | CCR Technologies Ltd.Alberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | —cumulative | ••• | — | First Report of the Receiver7 Oct 2024 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counsel | Westmount Group of CompaniesAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) | from 25 Jun 2023Sought | ••• | — | Fourth and Final Report of the Receiver -…15 Apr 2024 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counsel | Chateau Inn Ltd.Alberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | —cumulative | ••• | — | Receiver's Second Report to Court26 Jan 2024 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counselperiod 1 of 6 on this matter | Turuss (Canada) Industry Co., Ltd.Ontario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | ••• | •••3 people | Eleventh Report of the Receiver and First…10 Oct 2023 |
| Dentons Canada LLPReceiver's counselperiod 1 of 3 on this matter | Legacy LifestyleOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) | — | ••• | •••10 people | Motion Record 7 of 7 – May 11, 202311 May 2023 |
| Dentons Canada LLPCounsel, client not stated | Mohawk Trail Properties Inc., 2317159 Ontario Inc., and Mohawk Inn & Suites Management IncOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | from 1 Mar 2023 | — | — | First and Final Report of the Receiver29 Mar 2023 |
| Dentons Canada LLPCounsel, client not statedperiod 1 of 4 on this matter | Canada Fluorspar (NL) Inc. ("CFNI")Newfoundland and Labrador · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | ••• | •••4 people | First Report16 Sep 2022 |
| Dentons Canada LLPCounsel, client not stated | Siljon Investments Inc. and Siljon Far Hills Ltd.Ontario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | — | ••• | Motion Record dated December 13, 2019 Vol 113 Dec 2019 |
| Dentons Canada LLPCounsel, client not statedperiod 1 of 4 on this matter | Strata Energy Services Inc.Alberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | ••• | •••12 people | Application - Returnable July 11, 2016 -…11 Jul 2016 |
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.