{"title":"Canadian construction prompt-payment deadline matrix","description":"Statutory prompt-payment, notice, adjudication, holdback and lien deadlines for British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and the federal regime for work on federal real property, with section citations and in-force status. Legal-guide coverage includes regimes not yet available for new projects in Tiercord.","publisher":"Tiercord Compliance","landing_page":"https://tiercord.ca/guides","last_reviewed":"2026-09-15","disclaimer":"Generated from the statutes and regulations cited per row. Informational only, not legal advice. Where a province's statute is not yet in force, its day counts are computed on a clearly flagged working model: see the in_force field on each jurisdiction.","jurisdictions":[{"id":"on","name":"Ontario","short_code":"ON","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/ontario","statute":{"name":"Construction Act","citation":"R.S.O. 1990, c. C.30","source_url":"https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90c30","implementation_status_url":null,"in_force":true,"in_force_date":"2019-10-01","adjudication_authority":"Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC)"},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.4(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.4(2)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"7 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.1(2)","topic":"proper-invoice","note":"If the payer does not flag a defect in the invoice, it is deemed a proper invoice."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.5(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.5(4)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 6.5(5)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"90 days after completion","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 13.5(3) (s. 13.5(3.1) for a subcontract)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Time after the contract is complete to refer a dispute to adjudication. Refer later and the referral is a nullity."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 13.13","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"15 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 13.19(2)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 22, s. 31","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"60 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 22, s. 31","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"60 days","section":"Ont. Construction Act s. 31","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"bc","name":"British Columbia","short_code":"BC","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/british-columbia","statute":{"name":"Construction Prompt Payment Act","citation":"SBC 2025, c. 24","source_url":"https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/25024","implementation_status_url":"https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/infrastructure/prompt-payment-legislation","in_force":false,"in_force_date":null,"adjudication_authority":null},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 9(1)(a) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 11(2)(b)(i) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"7 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 7(2) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"proper-invoice","note":"If the payer does not flag a defect in the invoice, it is deemed a proper invoice."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 9(1)(b)(i) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 9(1)(b)(ii), s. 9(2) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 11(1)(b)(ii) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"90 days after completion","section":"BC CPPA s. 19(2) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Time after the contract is complete to refer a dispute to adjudication. Refer later and the referral is a nullity."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 30(1)(b) (enacted, not in force)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"15 days","section":"BC CPPA s. 34 (enacted, not in force)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"BC Builders Lien Act s. 8(1)-(2)","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"55 days","section":"BC Builders Lien Act s. 8(1)-(2)","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"45 days","section":"BC Builders Lien Act s. 20","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"ab","name":"Alberta","short_code":"AB","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/alberta","statute":{"name":"Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act","citation":"RSA 2000, c. P-26.4","source_url":"https://open.alberta.ca/publications/p26p4","implementation_status_url":"https://www.alberta.ca/prompt-payment-rules-for-construction-industry","in_force":true,"in_force_date":"2022-08-29","adjudication_authority":"ARCANA (AB) and ADACC"},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 32.2(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 32.2(2)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 32.3(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 32.3(4)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 32.3(5)(b)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"30 days after final payment","section":"AB PPCLA s. 33.4(2)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Time to refer a dispute to adjudication, counted from the final payment on the contract rather than from completion."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 33.6 / PPAR s. 26(1)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"set by the adjudicator's order","section":"AB PPAR s. 26(2); PPCLA s. 33.61(1)(a)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"AB PPCLA s. 18(1), s. 27","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"60 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 18(1), s. 27","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"60 days","section":"AB PPCLA s. 41","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"sk","name":"Saskatchewan","short_code":"SK","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/saskatchewan","statute":{"name":"Builders' Lien Act (Prompt Payment Amendment)","citation":"SS 1984-85-86, c. B-7.1 (am. SS 2019, c. 2)","source_url":"https://www.canlii.org/en/sk/laws/stat/ss-1984-85-86-c-b-7.1/latest/ss-1984-85-86-c-b-7.1.html","implementation_status_url":"https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2022/march/01/legislation-to-protect-contractors-takes-effect-today","in_force":true,"in_force_date":"2022-03-01","adjudication_authority":"Saskatchewan Construction Dispute Resolution Office (SCDRO)"},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 5.4(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 5.4(2)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 5.5(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 5.5(4)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 5.5(5)(c)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"Until the contract is complete","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 21.21(3)","topic":"adjudication","note":"A dispute cannot be referred to adjudication once the contract is complete. There is no grace period after completion, so refer before the work finishes or the remedy is gone."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 21.5(1)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"10 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 21.7(2)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 34, ss. 43(1)(a), 44","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"40 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 34, ss. 43(1)(a), 44","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"40 days","section":"SK Builders' Lien Act s. 49 / s. 50","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"mb","name":"Manitoba","short_code":"MB","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/manitoba","statute":{"name":"The Builders' Liens Act","citation":"C.C.S.M. c. B91","source_url":"https://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/statutes/ccsm/b091.php","implementation_status_url":"https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=68698&posted=2025-04-29","in_force":true,"in_force_date":"2025-04-01","adjudication_authority":"Manitoba Prompt Payment Adjudication Authority (MPPAA)"},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 90(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 90(2)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act ss. 92, 94, 97, 99, 101","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 93(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act ss. 93(3)(c), 98(3)(c), 101","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"Until the contract is complete","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 103(2); M.R. 113/2024 s. 1.1","topic":"adjudication","note":"A dispute cannot be referred to adjudication once the contract is complete. There is no grace period after completion, so refer before the work finishes or the remedy is gone."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 115; M.R. 113/2024 s. 15.4","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"10 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act s. 121","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"7.5%","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act ss. 24(1), 27(3), 46-47","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"60 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act ss. 24(1), 27(3), 46-47","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"60 days","section":"MB Builders' Liens Act ss. 43-45","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"nb","name":"New Brunswick","short_code":"NB","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/new-brunswick","statute":{"name":"Construction Prompt Payment and Adjudication Act","citation":"SNB 2023, c. 15","source_url":"https://laws.gnb.ca/en/document/cs/2023-C.15","implementation_status_url":null,"in_force":false,"in_force_date":null,"adjudication_authority":null},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 10","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 11(1)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 12(1) / s. 13(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 12(4)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 12(5)(a)(iii) / s. 13(6)(a)(iii)","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"Until the contract is complete","section":"NB CPPAA s. 23","topic":"adjudication","note":"A dispute cannot be referred to adjudication once the contract is complete. There is no grace period after completion, so refer before the work finishes or the remedy is gone."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 28(1); timing by regulation, s. 45(n)(i)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"10 days","section":"NB CPPAA s. 29(1); time by regulation, s. 45(o)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"NB Construction Remedies Act s. 47(1)-(2)","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"60 days","section":"NB Construction Remedies Act s. 47(1)-(2)","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"60 days","section":"NB Construction Remedies Act ss. 59-61","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"ns","name":"Nova Scotia","short_code":"NS","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/provinces/nova-scotia","statute":{"name":"Builders' Lien Act (prompt payment and adjudication amendments, SNS 2019, c. 12 and SNS 2022, c. 43)","citation":"RSNS 1989, c. 277 (am. SNS 2019, c. 12 and SNS 2022, c. 43, not proclaimed)","source_url":"https://nslegislature.ca/legc/bills/63rd_2nd/3rd_read/b119.htm","implementation_status_url":"https://novascotia.ca/prompt-payment-engagement/","in_force":false,"in_force_date":null,"adjudication_authority":null},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"NS Bill 119 s. 4C(1), by regulation","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"14 days","section":"NS Bill 119 s. 4C(2), by regulation","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"7 days","section":"NS Bill 119 s. 4D(1), by regulation","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"NS Bill 119 s. 4D(4), by regulation","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"21 days","section":"NS Bill 119 s. 4D(5)(a)(iii), by regulation","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"90 days after completion","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 4J (SNS 2019, c. 12; re-enacted SNS 2022, c. 43, s. 7), ss. 4L-4M; commencement by regulation under s. 48(u), (z)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Time after the contract is complete to refer a dispute to adjudication. Refer later and the referral is a nullity."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"30 days","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 4J; procedure by regulation under s. 48(z) (SNS 2019, c. 12; SNS 2022, c. 43)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"10 days","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 4N (SNS 2022, c. 43); payment and enforcement by regulation under s. 48(zd)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."},{"label":"Holdback retained","value":"10%","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 13(2) (60 days), s. 13(6) (release), s. 13(8) (interest after 65 days) (current)","topic":"holdback","note":"Percentage of each payment retained as statutory holdback to protect lien claimants."},{"label":"Holdback release period","value":"60 days","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 13(2) (60 days), s. 13(6) (release), s. 13(8) (interest after 65 days) (current)","topic":"holdback","note":"Period that must run before holdback may be released."},{"label":"Lien filing window","value":"60 days","section":"NS Builders' Lien Act s. 24 (current)","topic":"liens","note":"Days to preserve or register a construction lien before the right expires."}]},{"id":"federal","name":"Federal real property (Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act)","short_code":"CA","guide_url":"https://tiercord.ca/federal","statute":{"name":"Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act","citation":"S.C. 2019, c. 29, s. 387","source_url":"https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-7.7/FullText.html","implementation_status_url":"https://www.canada.ca/en/public-services-procurement/services/infrastructure-buildings/prompt-payment-construction-industry.html","in_force":true,"in_force_date":"2023-12-09","adjudication_authority":"Canada Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (CanDACC, ADR Chambers Inc.)"},"deadlines":[{"label":"Owner payment due","value":"28 days","section":"Federal PPCWA s. 9(2); SOR/2023-269 s. 3","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"Days from a proper invoice until the owner must pay or deliver a notice of non-payment."},{"label":"Notice of non-payment window","value":"21 days","section":"Federal PPCWA s. 9(3); SOR/2023-269 s. 3","topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"Window to dispute an invoice. Miss it and the amount is generally payable in full."},{"label":"Deemed-proper review window","value":"No statutory rule","section":null,"topic":"proper-invoice","note":"This province has no deemed-proper-invoice provision."},{"label":"Pay your subcontractors","value":"No pay-when-paid rule: each tier pays by its own day from the Crown's receipt","section":null,"topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"After being paid, days to pass payment down to subcontractors."},{"label":"Pay subs even if unpaid","value":"35 days","section":"Federal PPCWA s. 10(1)","topic":"payment-deadlines","note":"If the owner has not paid, subs must still be paid by this day when you are the contractor billing the owner, or 42 days when you are a subcontractor paying your own subcontractor, or the matter referred to adjudication."},{"label":"Undertaking to adjudicate","value":"No undertaking (s. 13(c) statement instead)","section":null,"topic":"notice-of-non-payment","note":"When refusing to pass payment down, the payer must undertake to refer the dispute to adjudication within this window."},{"label":"Adjudication referral window","value":"21 days after completion","section":"Federal PPCWA s. 16(2)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Time after the contract is complete to refer a dispute to adjudication. Refer later and the referral is a nullity."},{"label":"Adjudicator determination","value":"20 days","section":"SOR/2023-271 s. 22(1)-(2)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days for the adjudicator to issue a binding determination after receiving the claimant's documents."},{"label":"Comply with determination","value":"10 days","section":"Federal PPCWA s. 19(1)","topic":"adjudication","note":"Days to pay an amount ordered by an adjudicator."}],"note":"Modelled per work province, including Manitoba. The Act's own counts are the same everywhere and are counted under SOR/2023-269 s. 3, which excludes Saturdays, s. 35(1) holidays and December 24 to January 1; holdback is contractual and capped by the work province's construction law (s. 12); there is no lien; in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta (SOR/2023-270) every tier below the Crown is governed by the provincial Act."}]}