The Chambers Canada 2027 Research Schedule

As in previous years, template documents can be found on our website and can be uploaded via the site’s My Account page. If you need new login details, to be reminded of old ones, or update relevant contacts, please contact us here. 

The practice area definitions portion of our website, which can be accessed here, includes a section by section breakdown of relevant work for each submission area, as well as work highlight and referee limits for each area. 

Please also pay attention to the following updates for Canada 2027 research: 

We are excited to announce the opening of 7 new practice areas for submission as we look to further develop our coverage of the legal market in Canada. The forthcoming edition will include research into: 

As with the previous three editions of the Canada Guide, the maximum allowable number of referees per section available to submit to is 30, up from the previous limit of 20. While firms are free to allocate these extra referees however they wish, we hope that the 10 additional referees present an increased opportunity for women lawyers and attorneys at the more junior end of their careers to list referees for their practice.  

If a firm uploads over 30 referees, our research team will remove referees from the process using their own discretion, until only 30 remain.  

As with previous years, we will continue to not accept referees for the following four Nationwide practice areas:

Instead, we will use referee feedback from the respective province sections as part of the Nationwide research, alongside supplementary research calls with a select number of firms. This decision was taken to alleviate referee fatigue and to avoid referees having to duplicate their feedback between the Provincial and Nationwide research. 

Firms are still permitted to upload submission documents to these sections which highlight the firm’s expertise on matters that are national or international in scope, or otherwise showcase the full extent of their expertise in the relevant area of law across the country. 

For the previous two Canada Guides, in a select number of practice area submissions, we allowed up to 25 work highlights. We will continue this for the 2027 Canada Guide. The sections with this enhanced work highlight limit are as follows: 

If they wish to do so, firms can provide additional work highlights by adjusting the template document. These areas were identified as those which feature the most lawyers seeking rankings, where the current restriction of 20 work highlights would be most impactful. 

If you have any further questions, please contact Tom Lambert.