Free for Canadian law and pre-law students
Recruitment intelligence built on evidence, not prestige.
Hiring numbers for Toronto's law firms and admissions figures for every Canadian law school, checked against public sources.
714 data points on 34 firms, plus profiles of 19 law schools.
OLSAS deadline
November 1, 2026 at 11:59 pm Eastern. It covers the 8 Ontario law schools that apply through OLSAS.
Recruit season 2026
The Toronto 2L recruit and the OLSAS deadline on one line. Dates are the Law Society's and OUAC's.
July 20Applications due
2L applications close at 5:00 pm ET
October 23Call Day
Firms call to book in-firm interviews from 8:00 am ET
November 1OLSAS deadline
Ontario law school applications close at 11:59 pm ET
November 2–4In-firm interviews
Three days of interviews at the firms
November 4Offer day
Offers go out at 5:00 pm ET
What's inside
- The Vault34 firmsHiring numbers, articling retention and key dates for Toronto's law firms.
- Schools19 schoolsMedians, tuition and Toronto recruit results for every Canadian law school.
- ComparePut firms or schools side by side, or sort all of them in one table.
- Transparency59% publicEvery firm scored on how much it makes public, from hiring numbers to working hours.
- Admissions CheckCheck your LSAT and GPA against what each law school publishes.
- TrackerTrack any firm from first look to offer, with your own deadlines and notes.
The Transparency Mission
Getting Bay Street's numbers into the open
We track 15 facts a student needs at each of the 34 firms in the Vault, from hiring numbers to hours and diversity. Each one a firm makes public moves this bar. The goal is all of them.
59%of the picture is public
210facts still to uncover
- Practice and clients93%
- Hiring93%
- Working life11%
- Diversity68%
Furthest to go: working life, at 11%.
Who hires the most 2Ls
The 6 largest 2L summer classes in the 2026 Toronto recruit.
11 of 15 key facts published
73%transparency
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
The Seven Sisters
- 2L summer
- 36
- Articling
- 28
- Stayed on
- 96%
10 of 15 key facts published
67%transparency
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
The Seven Sisters
- 2L summer
- 26
- Articling
- 23
- Stayed on
- 100%
10 of 15 key facts published
67%transparency
Stikeman Elliott LLP
The Seven Sisters
- 2L summer
- 25
- Articling
- 21
- Stayed on
- 100%
10 of 15 key facts published
67%transparency
Torys LLP
The Seven Sisters
- 2L summer
- 24
- Articling
- 20
- Stayed on
- 100%
10 of 15 key facts published
67%transparency
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
National Full-Service
- 2L summer
- 20
- Articling
- 24
- Stayed on
- 65%
10 of 15 key facts published
67%transparency
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
The Seven Sisters
- 2L summer
- 20
- Articling
- 29
- Stayed on
- 92%
Where you study matters
How much of each class gets a Toronto summer job
Share of each class hired in the Toronto 2L recruit, summer 2026. Class sizes are approximate. Schools outside Toronto also place students in their own local markets, which this doesn't count.
U of T Law places 4.5× the share McGill Law does.