Canadian contract law basics

As most aspects of contract law in Canada are the subject of provincial jurisdiction under the Canadian Constitution, contract law may differ even between the country's common law provinces and territories.

The rules governing the formation of a contract under Québecois law are codified in Book Five, Title One, Chapter 2, Division 3 of the Civil Code.
Except where a specific provision of law requires otherwise, a contract is formed by the exchange of consent between persons with the capacity enter into a contract.

A contract is a legally binding agreement between two or more persons for a particular purpose.
It is an instrument for the economic exchange of goods and services.
In Canada, contract law is administered both in common law and, in Q, civil law.
In general, contracts are always formed on the same pattern.

The Law of Contracts is a thorough revision of this authoritative text in Irwin Law’s Essentials of Canadian Law series.
It includes ,discussion of recent jurisprudential developments in a variety of topics.