Clio is deepening its commitment to Canadian legal AI with the acquisition of Jurisage, the Canadian legal AI and data company behind one of the country’s most comprehensive AI-ready legal datasets.
The Burnaby-founded legal technology company announced the acquisition as part of a long-term plan to bring together Canadian legal expertise, trusted legal data, and the platform where legal work happens.
Clio said the deal strengthens its ability to build AI that supports the full legal workflow, from research and strategy to drafting, client service, and matter management.
The acquisition also clears the way for Clio Work, the company’s AI platform purpose-built for legal professionals, to launch in Canada later this year with Canadian legal data built into its core.
“Canadian lawyers are some of the most forward-thinking in the world when it comes to AI,” said Jack Newton, CEO and Founder of Clio. “They deserve a platform that matches that ambition. Jurisage brings the legal data, expertise, and longtime service to this market. Combined with the scale and depth of Clio’s Intelligent Legal Work Platform, we’re building the foundation for what’s next in legal AI in Canada. As a Canadian company, we’re proud to be making that investment right here at home.”
According to Clio’s latest research, Canadian legal professionals are among the most AI-forward in the world. The company said 60% of Canadian firms are actively encouraging AI use, while two-thirds report that AI has had a positive impact on firm revenue.
Clio also said Canadian adoption rates outpace the United States across nearly every legal AI use case measured, with Canada ranking second globally for universal AI adoption behind Australia.
While Canada has long made legal information broadly accessible, Clio argues that much of the legal technology investment to date has focused on helping lawyers find and interpret that information. The next frontier, the company said, is structuring legal information for AI and connecting it to the broader workflows where legal professionals actually work.
That is where Jurisage enters the picture.
Jurisage’s flagship database, Compass, is described as the largest structured, AI-ready Canadian caselaw asset in the market. It covers more than 470,000 cases across 43 courts and is updated daily.
The company traces its roots to CiteRight, which was founded by Aaron Wenner and Ariel Nacson in 2016 to help Canadian litigators work faster and more efficiently. In 2022, Jurisage was founded as a joint venture between Compass Law and Edmonton-based AI studio AltaML to build AI tools for the Canadian legal market.
CiteRight and Jurisage merged in 2023 under the Jurisage name, combining CiteRight’s litigation workflow expertise with Jurisage’s AI capabilities.
Today, Clio says that combination of litigation expertise, legal information expertise, and applied AI capability will strengthen its investment in the Canadian legal market.
“For a decade, we’ve been focused on building a trusted foundation for Canadian legal data and the tools that support it,” said Aaron Wenner, co-founder of Jurisage and CiteRight, and now Manager, Canadian Content Strategy at Clio. “Joining Clio creates an opportunity to put that foundation to work at a much larger scale. By combining Jurisage’s legal data with Clio’s platform, we can build AI that is deeply informed by Canadian law and integrated into the workflows where legal professionals spend their time.”
For Clio, the acquisition is especially important because of Clio Work.
The company said Clio Work is its fastest-growing product globally and has seen significant inbound demand from Canadian firms. But bringing the platform to Canada required a Canadian legal data foundation, which had been one of the limiting factors on the launch timeline.
The Jurisage acquisition resolves that issue, according to Clio.
“Canadian firms are using legal AI more aggressively than their American peers and reporting more revenue impact from it,” said Luke Slan, General Manager, Canada, at Clio. “The demand is already here. Canadian lawyers need technology that understands the law they practice and the standards they work under. That’s what we’re building with Clio Work in Canada.”
Clio serves more than 400,000 legal professionals across more than 130 countries. But the company said its Canadian roots give it a unique perspective on how legal AI is transforming the profession globally, and on Canada’s opportunity to help shape what comes next.
The Jurisage acquisition is being framed as the first move in a broader, long-term commitment to Canadian legal AI.
“This is a major moment in the Canadian legal sector,” added Newton. “We want Canadian law firms, technology providers, and government in the conversation as we build what comes next.”