What Canadian courts actually award for reasonable notice

Two free tools built on the same database of 3,252 reported wrongful dismissal decisions, spanning 1955 to 2026 and every Canadian jurisdiction except Quebec. One reports what courts did. The other predicts where a court would likely land.

Which one should I use

Use the Index when you need authority. Everything it reports is a fact about the record: these employees, these facts, this is what the court awarded. That is what you cite, and what the other side can check.

Use BardalGPT when you need a position. It gives one figure and an honest range around it, which is what a negotiation actually needs. It is an estimate rather than a fact — so use it to orient, then verify against the Index.

Why this exists

Reasonable notice has no formula. Courts weigh the Bardal factors — age, length of service, character of employment, and availability of similar employment — and reach a figure by judgment. The answer therefore sits scattered across thousands of decisions, which is why severance negotiations so often begin with the two sides far apart, each relying on a different reading of the case law.

These tools replace that with a common reference point. They are free, they require no account, and they give the same answer regardless of who is asking.