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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 7 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 30 Oct 2020 | ••• | •••6 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 6 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 9 Oct 2020 | ••• | •••7 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 5 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 20 Sep 2020 | ••• | •••7 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiver | Economy Landscape Contractors Ltd. and Economy Landscape Group LtdAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) | 24 Oct 2018 – 15 Sep 2020cumulative | ••• | — | Receiver's Third and Final Report9 Oct 2020 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 4 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 28 Aug 2020 | ••• | •••4 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 3 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 7 Aug 2020 | ••• | •••4 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 2 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 24 Jul 2020 | ••• | •••4 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 1 of 29 on this matter | GFA WorldOntario · CCAA · closed | to 10 Jul 2020 | ••• | •••8 people | Fourth Report of the Monitor4 Mar 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Weslease Income Growth Fund GP Ltd. and Weslease Income Growth Fund Limited PartnershipAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | 26 Jul 2018 – 18 Feb 2020cumulative | ••• | — | Second and Final Report to the Court21 Feb 2020 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Poseidon Concepts Corp., Poseidon Concepts Ltd., Poseidon Concepts Limited Partnership and Poseidon Concepts IncAlberta · CCAA · closed | 8 Apr 2013 – 31 Aug 2018cumulative | ••• | — | Monitor's Forty-Ninth and Final Report to…10 Oct 2018 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiverperiod 1 of 2 on this matter | Anterra Energy IncAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | 27 Apr 2016 – 31 May 2017cumulative | ••• | — | Monitor's Twelfth Report4 Nov 2019 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | AMCO Farms Inc. and AMCO Produce Inc.Ontario · CCAA | —cumulative | — | ••• | Sixth Report of the Monitor27 May 2026 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 1 of 5 on this matter | TILT Holdings Inc.British Columbia · CCAA · closed | — | ••• | •••4 people | 2026 03 09 Affidavit #1 of Spencer Oppal…28 Mar 2026 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiverperiod 1 of 2 on this matter | 2105384 Ontario Inc. et alOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) | — | — | ••• | Application Record of the Receiver (re…19 Dec 2025 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Limited, Indiva Amalco Ltd., Indiva Inc., Vieva Canada Limited and 2639177 Ontario IncOntario · CCAA · closed | — | — | ••• | Fifth Report of the Monitor4 Dec 2024 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitorperiod 1 of 2 on this matter | 2039882 Ontario Limited o/a Shelter CoveOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | from 4 Sep 2024 | ••• | — | Motion Record - Monitor -…24 Sep 2024 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiverperiod 1 of 4 on this matter | Merit Functional Foods Corporation and 11410083 Canada LTDManitoba · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | ••• | — | Third Report of the Receiver14 Feb 2024 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | GreenSpace Brands Inc., 1052532 B.C. Ltd., Central Roast Inc. and Life Choices Natural Food CorpOntario · CCAA · closed | — | — | ••• | Third Report of the Monitor20 Sep 2023 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiver | Mohawk Trail Properties Inc., 2317159 Ontario Inc., and Mohawk Inn & Suites Management IncOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | — | ••• | First and Final Report of the Receiver29 Mar 2023 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Broadacre Agriculture IncAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | —cumulative | ••• | — | Receiver's First Report to Court filed…21 Mar 2023 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiverperiod 1 of 2 on this matter | Anterra Energy IncAlberta · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | from 30 Sep 2017cumulative | ••• | — | Receiver's Sixth Report unfiled9 Jun 2021 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Green Relief IncOntario · CCAA · closed | — | — | ••• | Monitor's Eighth Report16 Oct 2020 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Monitor | Wayland Group Corp., 2751609 Ontario Inc.and Nanoleaf Technologies Inc. (Maricann Inc. was also a party in the CCAA proceedings and was removed pursuant to the Approval & Vesting Order)Ontario · CCAA · closed | — | ••• | — | Seventh Report of the Monitor30 Jun 2020 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.Receiver | Skywell Homes Ltd. and 2168601 Ontario IncOntario · Receivership (court-appointed) · closed | — | — | ••• | Second Report26 Feb 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.