As an unpaid contractor, subcontractor or supplier to a construction project of any kind, you can file a construction lien against the title of property. When an Owner, Contractor or Subcontractor refuses to pay you for the work you have performed your best and strongest recourse is to file a construction lien. The lien is a legal claim against the title of the property. It’s stays the hand of the Paymaster. As a lien claimant you have the power.

In cases of a residential project, you have the power to seek the courts approval to sell the property to satisfy the debt. That’s right! That is what registering a lien can do!

Ontario’s Construction Lien Act establishes a system of lien and hold-back rights and trust provisions to provide financial protection to those who supply services or materials to a construction project.

A construction lien can be filed whether a contract agreement was signed. Under the Ontario Lien Act, a contractor must register their lien against the property where the labour and materials have been supplied on or before the 60th day of the date of last supply or substantial completion. We were the first to create a user friendly “Lien Period Calculator” back in 1995 and it’s been helping construction companies, contractors, subcontractors, labourers, and material suppliers for over 25 years.