Ontario Limitations Act, 2002, sections 4 and 15(2): two years from discovery, fifteen years at most (Limitations Act, 2002, S.O. 2002, c. 24, Sched. B, ss. 4, 15(2))
In Ontario a contract claim must be brought within two years of being discovered and never after fifteen years from the act behind it, which sets how long contract files are worth keeping there. Other provinces have their own statutes.
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“Unless this Act provides otherwise, a proceeding shall not be commenced in respect of a claim after the second anniversary of the day on which the claim was discovered. ... No proceeding shall be commenced in respect of any claim after the 15th anniversary of the day on which the act or omission on which the claim is based took place.”
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