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Start free — Curia AI legal research for
Canadian lawyers.

For lawyers, paralegals, and legal teams. Curia is the AI legal research tool, not the chatbot. Research cases, review documents, and prepare drafts in the Canadian AI legal research workspace, with sources you can check. Explore AI legal research for civil litigation across all nine supported provinces and federal law — Ontario, B.C., and seven others — or browse Curia AI resources. Then try Curia or see pricing, and start free with five credits — no credit card.

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Your question

What did Bhasin establish about honest contract performance?

A starting point, with a source

Bhasin recognizes a duty of honesty in contractual performance. Read paragraph 73 to check the scope of that duty.

Supreme Court of Canada2014 SCC 71

Bhasin v. Hrynew

73
“parties must not lie or otherwise knowingly mislead each other about matters directly linked to the performance of the contract.”

Check the passage. Keep your judgment.

  1. 01Ask
  2. 02Research
  3. 03Read
  4. 04Check
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One matter, three outcomes

From “what's the law?” to a review-ready draft, in the same workspace.

A matter keeps the work connected. Research Canadian authorities, analyze the record, then draft with linked sources and review cues in the same workspace.

  1. 1
    Research

    Ask a precise question in plain English.

    Curia searches Canadian case law, court files and your own matter history. Answers cite specific decisions and show whether source text informed the analysis or still needs review.
    R-2428 · Lindqvist12 results
    Bardal v. Globe & Mail ONCA
    Honda Canada v. Keays SCC
    Lake v. La Presse ONCA
    Peet v. Babcock & Wilcox ONCA
  2. 2
    Analyze

    Add a document. It becomes part of the matter.

    Statements of claim, IME reports, and affidavits become usable matter context. Curia extracts issues, pulls dates into the timeline, and flags contradictions for review.
    Statement_of_Claim.pdfparsed
    3 causes of action extracted
    11 dates to timeline
    2 contradictions flagged
    8 comparable cases queued
  3. 3
    Draft

    Draft with authorities ready for review.

    Drafting opens with your matter's context already loaded. Ask for a damages section and get an editable draft with linked authorities, defensible quantum, and clear source-review cues.
    Factum · Summary Judgmentv4
    Parties §1–4 · complete
    Facts §5–18 · complete
    Issues §19–22 · complete
    Relief sought · in review
Core workspace

Three daily surfaces, one matter context.

Start with the work litigators repeat every day in the Canadian AI legal research workspace. Civil litigators can open AI legal research for civil litigation and then start free. Try Curia or see pricing. Open specialist tools only when the matter calls for them.

01 · Matters

Keep the file connected.

Documents, research sessions, timeline events, drafts, and tasks stay under one matter instead of being copied between tools.

02 · Research

Research with source status.

Ask about law in any of the nine supported provinces. Answers pair cited analysis with linked authorities and visible verification cues. Civil litigators can start with AI legal research for civil litigation.

03 · Drafting

Draft from the record.

Generate an editable first pass from matter context, with linked authorities and source-review cues kept beside the work.

Specialist toolsTimeline, expert review, damages, and judge intelligence

Timeline

Matter tool

Extract dates from documents into a reviewable chronology, then trace each event back to the record.

Expert report review

Analysis tool

Review an expert report for methodological gaps, record conflicts, and cross-examination angles worth testing.

Damages Bank

Ontario coverage

Compare observed court awards by injury, venue, year, and plaintiff profile with links to source decisions.

Judges

Ontario + federal

Review descriptive decision metadata with sample sizes and corpus limits. Curia does not predict future rulings.

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Proof, not promises

Verification has a visible boundary.

Curia separates matched authority metadata from the legal review only counsel can perform. The public citation checker shows both the evidence and the limits. Canadian litigators can continue in the Canadian AI legal research workspace or AI legal research for civil litigation, then try Curia or see pricing, and start free.

Try the public citation checker →
  • i.

    Citation metadata is checked.

    The checker tests citation format and matching decision metadata, including the court and decision date.
  • ii.

    Verification limits stay visible.

    A metadata match does not confirm pinpoint accuracy, proposition support, good-law status, or research completeness.
  • iii.

    Privacy terms are public.

    Our privacy policy describes Canadian hosting, encryption, access controls, and how uploaded data is handled.
  • iv.

    Coverage labels stay precise.

    Judge intelligence, Ontario statutes, damages comparables, settlement workflows, and calculators retain precise coverage labels.
Pricing

Pick a monthly workload.

Start with 5 free credits. Paid plans change the monthly allocation, while the core credit costs stay the same.

Starter

Essential legal research for occasional use
$39/ mo
CAD · 25 credits · cancel anytime
  • 25 credits per month
  • Case research with cited answers
  • Upload and analyze documents
  • Generate legal memos and drafts
  • Document summarization
  • Organize by matter
  • PDF & DOCX export

Pro

Everything you need for legal research
$119/ mo
CAD · 100 credits · cancel anytime
  • 100 credits per month
  • Everything in Plus
  • Highest monthly credit allocation
  • Priority support
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Credit use is shown before an action runs. Costs below apply across paid plans.

Quick document help

Document chat answer0.25 credits

Research and drafting

Case research query1 credit
Research follow-up1 credit
Memo generation1 credit
Draft generation1 credit
Draft refinement1 credit
Document summarization1 credit
Counter arguments1 credit
Client summary1 credit

Extended workflows

Matter analysis3 credits
Settlement proposal5 credits

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FAQ

Questions worth asking.

How do I start free on Curia?

Start free with five credits. No credit card. Open Try Curia, create an account, select Ontario or B.C., and ask a research question on a live file. Review cited case law before a proposition enters a memo or factum.

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What is Curia AI?

Curia is an AI legal research tool for Canadian lawyers, paralegals, and legal teams. Ask a question in Ontario, British Columbia, or any of the nine supported provinces, review cited case law, and start free with five credits. No credit card.

Try Curia — start free with five credits
Who is Curia for?

Curia supports lawyers, paralegals, law clerks, and in-house legal teams researching Canadian law, reviewing documents, and preparing drafts. Start with a focused research question or organize ongoing work in a matter. Curia assists legal work; it does not replace professional judgment or review.

What does Curia verify about a citation?

Curia checks citation format and matching Canadian decision metadata. A match does not confirm pinpoint accuracy, proposition support, good-law status, or research completeness. Linked authorities and source-status cues keep those limits visible.

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Which jurisdictions does Curia support?

Curia supports case-law research in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, plus federal authorities. Some specialist tools remain Ontario-only and are labelled before use. Quebec and territories are not currently supported.

Does Curia cover civil litigation research?

Yes. Litigators in all nine supported provinces can run cited case-law research on procedure, motions, costs, discovery, and evidence. The selected province stays distinct. Quebec and territories are not currently supported.

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Where does my matter data live?

Curia’s privacy policy describes Canadian hosting, encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and how uploaded documents and queries are handled.

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How do research, documents, and drafts work together?

Research, documents, timeline events, and drafts stay connected to the same matter. You can move from a question to reviewable work without rebuilding context in separate tools.

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Does Curia replace legal staff or legal review?

No. Curia assists with repetitive first-pass work, including gathering authorities, assembling timelines, analyzing documents, and drafting. Counsel and legal staff remain responsible for reviewing the record, law, strategy, and final work product.

How do credits work?

Credits are consumed by completed actions. Document chat answers cost 0.25 credit, most research and drafting actions cost 1, matter analysis costs 3, and a settlement proposal costs 5. The pricing page lists every current cost.

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Open your first matter

Start with a question.
Build a draft you can review.

Five free credits to test cited AI legal research across nine provinces on a real matter. Civil files start at AI legal research for civil litigation. Guides live in Curia AI resources. See pricing. No credit card.

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