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Court of Appeal for Ontario file size limit and PDF requirements

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The Court of Appeal for Ontario takes electronic filings through its Public Portal, with a maximum of 512MiB and 500 pages per file. Scanned PDFs must use OCR, and the old e-filing email address has been decommissioned.

Source: General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal, Guidelines for Filing Electronic Documents (suspended)

Source checked: October 21, 2026

Requirements

Every rule Court of Appeal for Ontario publishes that affects your PDF, with its source.

Court of Appeal for Ontario requirements with sources
Maximum file sizeRequired512MiBIf a file exceeds either limit, file it in multiple volumes.Source [1]
Maximum pages per fileRequired500 pagesSource [1]
Searchable textRequiredRequiredMaterials must be in a text-searchable format.Source [1]
OCR on scansRequiredRequiredScanned PDF documents must use an Optical Character Recognition format.Source [1]
BookmarksRequiredRequiredApplies to appeal books, compendiums and exhibit books. Bookmarks must show the tab number and name of each document.Source [1]
File namesRequiredLabel every file with the court file number and name it under the Court’s file-naming conventions in the General Practice Direction.Source [1]

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Common rejection reasons

  • Files sent to the old e-filing email address: it has been decommissioned. [1]
  • Hyperlinks between filed materials, which are not permitted (factums may link to cited cases). [1]

Also worth knowing

  • Sealed materials and videos are filed by file-sharing link, not through the portal.

Sources

  1. [1]
    General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal

    Court of Appeal for Ontario

    Read on October 21, 2026. Page date: Effective March 29, 2021; latest revision June 11, 2026.

  2. [2]
    Guidelines for Filing Electronic Documents (suspended)

    Court of Appeal for Ontario

    Read on October 21, 2026.

    The page says these guidelines are suspended; it still describes the old 35 MB email limit.

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Changelog

  1. Email filing (under 35 MB) is decommissioned. Updated to the Public Portal limits in the General Practice Direction revised June 11, 2026.

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