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Ontario

1 AI instrument checked on 10 October 2026.

Ontario lists 1 AI instrument checked on 10 October 2026, grouped by courts, regulators, law societies, privacy regulators and legislation.

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Legislation for Ontario
Instrument	Issuer	Date on page	What it says	Source
Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 4.06.1(2.1) – factum certification of authorities and quotationsCourt ruleLegislationPrimary sourceConfidence: highBinding rule. Scope not stated in the stored source.	Ontario (Rules of Civil Procedure)	2026-09-01 (in force) · Effective 2026-09-01	From 1 September 2026, a factum must include a signed statement that the signer is satisfied every authority cited is authentic and every quotation accurately reproduces the authority. O. Reg. 275/26 replaced the authenticity-only text introduced by O. Reg. 384/24. The subrule does not require a statement that AI was or was not used. The signer certifies authenticity of every authority and accuracy of every quotation A self-represented party signs the statement. Authorities on a government site, CanLII, a court site or a commercial publisher of decisions are presumed authentic	Ontario (Rules of Civil Procedure)

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Law Society of Ontario · Law society · checked 2026-10-10
LSO technology page could not be fetched on 10 Oct 2026; existing batch 2 row (white paper, secondary) retained.

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AI instruments for Ontario
Instrument	Issuer	Date on page	What it says	Source
Rules of Civil Procedure, rule 4.06.1(2.1) – factum certification of authorities and quotationsCourt ruleLegislationPrimary sourceConfidence: highBinding rule. Scope not stated in the stored source.	Ontario (Rules of Civil Procedure)	2026-09-01 (in force) · Effective 2026-09-01	From 1 September 2026, a factum must include a signed statement that the signer is satisfied every authority cited is authentic and every quotation accurately reproduces the authority. O. Reg. 275/26 replaced the authenticity-only text introduced by O. Reg. 384/24. The subrule does not require a statement that AI was or was not used. The signer certifies authenticity of every authority and accuracy of every quotation A self-represented party signs the statement. Authorities on a government site, CanLII, a court site or a commercial publisher of decisions are presumed authentic	Ontario (Rules of Civil Procedure)

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