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Québec civil procedure deadline calculator

Calculate 27 fixed time limits from the released Québec civil procedure / Procédure civile du Québec pack. Choose the deadline and trigger date to see the raw date, calculation steps, citation and checks that still need to be made.

Cited time limits
27
Rule review
6 August 2026
Output
Review date

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This is a self-check calculation of the sourced base period, not a final filing instruction. Article 83 extends a deadline ending on Saturday or a civil-procedure holiday to the following working day. Quebec holidays, 26 December, 2 January and unexpected court closures are not bundled in this pilot, so check the raw expiry before use. Check the cited rule, the correct factual branch, every order and any electronic-filing cut-off.

15 days from Service of the summons and application on the defendant

Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR c C-25.01, art 145AdvisoryVerify against the rules

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Deadlines covered by this calculator

Every row below is rendered from the calculator catalogue. It shows the encoded base period, exact trigger, citation, counting direction and retained primary source. Rules or orders outside this list are not implied to be covered.

Defendant's answer to the application

15 days
Trigger
Service of the summons and application on the defendant
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 permits the court to extend a non-strict period where necessary. Do not assume an extension has been granted.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File the case protocol in a non-family matter

45 days
Trigger
Service of the summons
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies. A court direction or accepted protocol may affect later case dates.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File the case protocol in a family matter

3 months
Trigger
Service of the summons in the family matter
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Impleaded person to notify an intention to participate in the case protocol

15 days
Trigger
Notification of the judicial application to the impleaded person
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Request that a non-family case be set down for trial and judgment

6 months
Trigger
The date the case protocol is presumed accepted, accepted or established by the court
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
This is a strict period. Article 173 contains limited pre-expiry extension powers, and article 84 requires factual impossibility for other relief. Never calculate an extension automatically.
Check before use
If no protocol or proposed protocol was filed within 45 days or three months, article 173 changes the trigger to service of the application. Select the correct trigger branch from the file.

Request that a family case be set down for trial and judgment

1 year
Trigger
The date the family case protocol is presumed accepted, accepted or established by the court
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
This is a strict period subject only to the limited relief in articles 173 and 84.
Check before use
If the family protocol was not filed within three months, article 173 changes the trigger to service of the application.

Another party to request setting down after the plaintiff misses the strict period

30 days
Trigger
Expiry of the plaintiff's strict period to request setting down
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 177 contains limited relief for factual impossibility.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Oppose a declaration of voluntary intervention

10 days
Trigger
Notification of the declaration of voluntary intervention
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Third person to answer a forced intervention

15 days
Trigger
Service of the declaration of forced intervention and judicial application
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Other parties to oppose a forced intervention

10 days
Trigger
The third person's answer to the forced intervention
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Oppose withdrawal or amendment of a pleading

10 days
Trigger
Notification of the intended withdrawal or amended pleading
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Accept or refuse a qualified acquiescence

15 days
Trigger
Notification of the qualified declaration of acquiescence
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Silence is deemed acceptance of the qualifications, although the court may relieve the plaintiff before judgment. Article 218.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Comply with a request for access to an exhibit or other evidence

10 days
Trigger
Request for access where the protocol sets no procedure or period
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
This default applies only where the case protocol sets no disclosure procedure or period and no court direction displaces it.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Serve a revocation application after the impediment ended

30 days
Trigger
Day the cause preventing the party from filing a defence ceased to exist
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
The periods in article 347 are strict. Article 84 requires factual impossibility.
Check before use
Use this branch only where cessation of the impediment is the applicable article 347 ground. Do not combine it with or choose the later of the knowledge branch. For a minor, the period instead runs from notification of the judgment after majority.

Serve a revocation application after acquiring knowledge

30 days
Trigger
Day the party acquired knowledge of the judgment, evidence or fact giving rise to revocation
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
The periods in article 347 are strict. Article 84 requires factual impossibility.
Check before use
Use this branch only where acquisition of knowledge is the applicable article 347 ground. Do not combine it with or choose the later of the impediment branch. For a minor, the period instead runs from notification of the judgment after majority.

Present an application to revoke a default judgment

30 days
Trigger
Service of the application for revocation
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
The periods in article 347 are strict. Article 84 requires factual impossibility.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Six-month long-stop for revocation of a default judgment

6 months
Trigger
Date of the default judgment
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
The periods in article 347 are strict. Article 84 requires factual impossibility.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File the appeal transcription attestation

45 days
Trigger
Date of the judgment appealed from
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Court of Appeal management powers may affect the appeal record. Article 84 applies.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Respondent to file a representation or non-representation statement

10 days
Trigger
Notification of the notice of appeal to the respondent
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Where leave to appeal is attached, article 358 uses the judgment granting leave as the alternative trigger.
Check before use
If leave to appeal is requested, intervenors and impleaded parties use the later article 358 trigger. This record is the ordinary no-leave branch.

File a notice of appeal

30 days
Trigger
Date of the notice of judgment, or date of judgment if rendered at the hearing
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Appeal periods are strict under article 363. Authorization after expiry is available only on the statutory test and within the six-month outer boundary.
Check before use
Select the notice-of-judgment trigger or the hearing-date trigger from the record. Article 361 replaces this period for specified urgent judgments.

File and serve an incidental appeal

10 days
Trigger
Service of the notice of appeal, or date of the judgment granting leave to appeal
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Article 363 allows the Court to authorize a late incidental appeal if it considers it appropriate. Never assume authorization.
Check before use
Select the applicable service or leave judgment trigger.

Appeal specified urgent judgments

10 days
Trigger
Date of the notice of judgment, or date of judgment if rendered at the hearing
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Appeal periods are strict under article 363.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Oppose release or appeal specified personal-integrity judgments

5 days
Trigger
Date of the notice of judgment, or date of judgment if rendered at the hearing
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Appeal periods are strict under article 363.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Apply to dismiss an appeal

20 days
Trigger
Service of the notice of appeal
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
Inadmissibility may still be urged despite failure to oppose within this period.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File the joint statement of facts, issues and relevant evidence

45 days
Trigger
Filing of the notice of appeal
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
An appellate judge may make a different case-management decision.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File and notify the appellant's brief

3 months
Trigger
Filing of the notice of appeal
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Relief or exception
A case-management decision prevails. A judge may extend only if asked before expiry. Article 376 makes the appeal lapse on default.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

File and notify the respondent's brief

2 months
Trigger
Filing of the appellant's brief
Counting basis
trigger day excluded, counted forwards
Scope
Article 373's phrase “within the following two months” is applied from filing of the appellant's brief. The Quebec Court of Appeal civil guide expressly identifies that filing date as the respondent's trigger.
Relief or exception
A case-management decision prevails. A judge may extend only if asked before expiry. Article 376 bars a late respondent from filing and being heard unless authorized.
Check before use
This is the sourced article 83 base period. Apply Quebec civil-procedure holidays, current court closures, the correct factual branch and any case-management decision before use.

Source boundary

Official sources and calculation basis

The base-period calculation uses Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR c C-25.01, arts 82 to 84. The source pack was reviewed on 6 August 2026. A newer amendment, local rule, closure direction or case-specific order can change the date.

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