Flat-fee lawyer, Canada
One price, agreed in writing before anything starts.
A flat fee means the price of your legal work is set before the work begins and does not change afterwards. Ruby drafts 34 business agreements for a flat $299 to $1,299 CAD each, reviews a contract someone sent you from $499 CAD, and every file is reviewed and finalised by a lawyer licensed in Canada.
- Lowest flat fee
- $299Lowest flat fee
- Highest flat fee
- $1,299Highest flat fee
- Business days
- 1–5Business days
- Surprise bills
- $0Surprise bills
What changes when the fee is fixed
The difference is not really the number. It is who carries the risk of the work taking longer than anyone expected.
A rate, multiplied by however many hours the file turns out to need. Scope creeps, emails and calls are billable, and the true cost is unknown until the invoice arrives. The risk of the work being harder than expected sits with you.
One number for a defined document, confirmed in writing before any work begins, and it does not move. If the file takes longer than expected, that is the firm’s problem rather than a larger bill.
What it costs
Price follows complexity, not billable time. The full catalog is 34 agreements across 8 practice areas.
| Practice area | Agreements | Flat fee, CAD |
|---|---|---|
| Employment & People | 7 | $299–$799 |
| Equity & Shareholders | 5 | $499–$1,299 |
| IP & Assignment | 4 | $299–$799 |
| Commercial | 5 | $499–$799 |
| Platform & SaaS | 3 | $299–$499 |
| Financing & Notes | 4 | $299–$799 |
| Partnerships & Joint Ventures | 2 | $799–$1,299 |
| Media & Creator | 4 | $799 |
| Contract review (paper someone sent you) | — | From $499 |
See every agreement and its exact fee, or have a contract reviewed if someone has already sent you theirs.
What the fee includes
- Guided intake
- AI-assisted drafting
- Full lawyer review
- Plain-language summary
- One round of revisions
- Initial review and redlines
- One round of revisions
- Plain-language summary
- Full lawyer review
Turnaround
- Essential · 5 business daysNo premium
- Priority · 3 business days+10%
- Express · 1 business day+20%
Questions people ask
It depends entirely on how you are billed. On an hourly basis the cost is not known until the work is finished, because it is a rate multiplied by however many hours the file ends up taking. On a flat fee it is known before anything starts. Ruby drafts each of its 34 agreements for a set fee between $299 and $1,299 CAD, confirmed in writing first.
A lawyer who quotes one price for a defined piece of work rather than billing by the hour. The distinction that matters is not the number, it is who carries the risk of the work taking longer than expected. On an hourly file that risk sits with the client. On a flat fee it sits with the firm.
Not always, and any firm claiming otherwise is guessing. A simple file can cost less hourly. What a flat fee reliably gives you is a number you can budget against and a bill that cannot grow after the fact, which is usually the thing a business actually needs from legal spend.
No. Every Ruby file is reviewed and finalised by a lawyer licensed in Canada before it reaches you, and the fee includes a plain-language summary and one round of revisions. The flat fee comes from doing intake and first drafts efficiently, not from removing the lawyer.
This page is general information about Canadian business law and is not legal advice. Laws differ by province and change over time, and how they apply depends on your circumstances. For advice on your situation, speak with a lawyer licensed in your province.
Know the price before you start
Tell us what you need and we’ll confirm the flat fee and the turnaround in writing before any work begins.