Bay Street Summer Job Numbers

Since 2008, Precedent has tracked the number of second-year students Toronto law firms have hired in the fall for the upcoming summer.

In the interactive chart below, we’ve ranked the firms that have historically taken on the largest crop of students. When you toggle between the past 17 years, the chart will show the current year in bold, plus the three previous years. You can also sort by the data in each column. And if you click on any firm names, you’ll see its numbers from over the years.

See below the chart to find out how we have handled law-firm mergers over the years.

The 2024 Summer Job Watch is now complete.

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Firm 2014 2013 2012 2011 Notes
Heenan Blaikie 11 16 16 17
Bennett Jones 16 18 15 16
Blake, Cassels & Graydon 37 29 39 35
Borden Ladner Gervais 22 14 21 21
Cassels Brock & Blackwell 17 17 19 14
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg 13 15 17 14
Dentons 11 13 14 13
Fasken 10 10 14 17
Goodmans 13 17 14 16
Gowling WLG 16 17 16 15
McCarthy Tétrault 20 20 22 25
McMillan 10 14 14 10
Miller Thomson 9 9 13 12
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 17 15 17 25
Stikeman Elliott 18 19 18 22
Torys 17 23 24 20
Norton Rose Fulbright 19 17 23 14
TOTAL 276 283 316 306

Notes on the data

  • Our data for each year before 2012 refers to Ogilvy Renault, which merged with Norton Rose in July 2011.
  • Our data for each year before 2013 refers to the numbers for FMC, which merged with Dentons in March 2013.
  • Our data for each year before 2016 refers to Gowling Lafleur Henderson, which merged with UK-based Wragge Lawrence Graham to form Gowling WLG in February 2016.