ODACC five-year operating data — adjudication notices grew 32 (FY20) → 277 (FY24); ~9x increase; ~416 determinations cumulative

Claim: Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (ODACC) — the statutory adjudication body for the prompt-payment regime — has five years of operating data:

• Notices of adjudication commenced: 32 (FY2020), 50 (FY2021), 121 (FY2022), 269 (FY2023), 277 (FY2024) — near nine-fold increase
• Determinations rendered: 3, 34, 67, 161, 151 respectively (cumulative ~416 over five fiscal years)

Source: ODACC annual reports, summarized by Glaholt Bowles LLP ("ODACC 2024 Annual Report in Review," https://www.glaholt.com/resources/publications/publication/odacc-2024-annual-report-in-review) and Singleton Urquhart ("Highlights from ODACC's 5th Annual Report," https://singleton.com/insights/2024/highlights-from-odacc%E2%80%99s-5th-annual-report-continued-uptake-in-adjudication/).

Confidence: Verified.

For Candid: Adjudication has scaled rapidly. Five years of data make it a legitimate cash-flow backstop in principle — but the volume is still tiny relative to the residential construction sector's number of payment disputes, and the 30-day statutory compliance has eroded ([[odacc-30-day-compliance-erosion-65pct-fy2023]]). A GC's calibrated prior that disputes are slow and uncertain remains rational. The cash-flow time horizon driven by that prior is stable.