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Follow the payment.
An ordinary Ontario payment chain, explained one event at a time. Each tier has a job, and a clock of its own.
01
Owner
Receives the contractor’s proper invoice.
28 daysOrdinary payment window
02
Contractor
Records the actual payment received.
7 daysFrom actual receipt of payment
03
Subcontractor
Receives payment for the relevant work.
Change the situation
Has the contractor been paid in full for this subcontract work?
The next clock starts with actual payment.
In this ordinary Ontario example, section 6.5(1) generally requires payment to the relevant subcontractor within seven days of receipt. This assumes the governing regime applies and there is no applicable notice or exception.
Illustrative Ontario scenario only. Excludes the legal assessment of partial payments, notices, holdback and disputed work.
Construction Act, ss. 6.4–6.6