Toronto: lateral market monitor

Sartori & Partners data show 138 lateral moves in Toronto from November 2025 to October 2026, 1.0% of all lateral moves we tracked. On settled windows the count went from 114 to 135 (+18.4%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat.

The level mix sits close to the market: partners are 24.6% of arrivals, against 27.7% market-wide. On settled windows partner moves alone went from 33 to 28 (-15.2%), a change inside the noise of the two counts, so we read it as flat. A step up in title came with 10.1% of moves (market 12.9%).

Lateral hires in Toronto were spread across 41 firms. The ten firms at the head of the hiring table took 62.0% of arrivals (12.9% market-wide), so hiring here is concentrated. First on the hiring table is Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, with arrivals in the 11-20 band.

Litigation & Disputes ranks first among practices, involved in 34.8% of the city's arrivals against 39.9% of the whole market. 15.5% of movers also changed city, against 20.5% market-wide.

With volume in Toronto holding level, a hire depends on a specific reason to move, which a firm has to put in front of the candidate.