# Canadian Law List Scraper - Lawyer & Law Firm Directory (`jungle_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper`) Actor Scrape Canadian lawyer and law firm profiles from canadianlawlist.com. Extract names, firms, addresses, phones, emails, practice areas, languages, and call-to-bar dates. Filter by province. Covers ~130k lawyers across all Canadian provinces. - **URL**: https://apify.com/jungle\_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [BowTiedRaccoon](https://apify.com/jungle_synthesizer) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Other - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per event This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Canadian Law List Lawyer & Law Firm Scraper Scrapes Canadian lawyer and law firm profiles from [Canadian Law List](https://www.canadianlawlist.com/), the country's long-standing directory of legal professionals. Returns names, firm affiliations, addresses, postal codes, phones, emails, practice areas, languages, and call-to-bar dates across all 13 provinces and territories — roughly 130,000 lawyers, give or take a few articling students. --- ### Canadian Law List Scraper Features - Extracts 20+ fields per lawyer record — name, firm, address, phone, fax, email, website, practice areas, languages, and more. - Decodes Cloudflare-obfuscated emails inline. The site hides them. The scraper doesn't. - Filters by Canadian province (Ontario, Quebec, BC, Alberta, all the way down to Nunavut). - Three output modes: lawyers only, firms only, or both. - Pure HTML scraping via Cheerio — no browser required, no proxies needed. - Handles rate limiting automatically so you don't need to babysit the run. --- ### Who Uses Canadian Law List Data? - **Legal recruiters** — source candidates by province, city, or practice area, then do what you do. - **Law firm marketing** — build targeted outreach lists for referral networks and cross-border partnerships. - **Cross-border practice intelligence** — map Canadian counterparts for US firms extending into Ontario, Quebec, and BC. - **Legal tech vendors** — feed verified Canadian lawyer profiles into CRMs, compliance tools, and intake pipelines. - **Market researchers** — analyze the Canadian legal landscape across provinces, practice areas, and firm sizes. --- ### How Canadian Law List Scraper Works 1. Pick one or more letters from the alphabetical firm index (A–Z, plus digits 1–9). One letter is usually enough for a first run; the full alphabet covers the whole directory. 2. Select the provinces you care about. Leave it empty to include all of Canada. 3. Choose a scrape mode — lawyers, firms, or both. Lawyers mode crawls firm pages to discover individual profiles. Firms mode outputs one record per firm and runs faster. 4. Set `maxItems` to cap output, or `0` for no limit. The scraper stops as soon as the target is hit. --- ### Input ```json { "letters": ["A"], "provinces": ["Ontario"], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 50 } ```` | Field | Type | Default | Description | |-------|------|---------|-------------| | `letters` | array of strings | `["A"]` | Letters or digits from the alphabetical firm index: A–Z, 1–9. Use `["A","B",...,"Z"]` for full coverage. | | `provinces` | array of strings | `["Ontario"]` | Province names to include (case-insensitive substring match). Leave empty to include all. Examples: `Ontario`, `Quebec`, `British Columbia`, `Alberta`. | | `scrapeMode` | string | `"lawyers"` | `lawyers` visits firm pages then individual lawyer profiles (richer data). `firms` outputs one record per law firm (faster). `both` outputs both. | | `maxItems` | integer | `50` | Maximum records to output. Set to `0` for unlimited. | #### Scrape Firms Only (faster) ```json { "letters": ["A", "B", "C"], "provinces": ["Ontario", "Quebec"], "scrapeMode": "firms", "maxItems": 500 } ``` #### All Canada, No Filter ```json { "letters": ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"], "provinces": [], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 0 } ``` *** ### Canadian Law List Scraper Output Fields #### Lawyer Record ```json { "record_type": "lawyer", "lawyer_name": "Charles A. Boulakia", "first_name": "Charles A.", "last_name": "Boulakia", "job_title": "Partner", "firm_name": "Ridout & Maybee LLP", "street_address": "5th Flr. 250 University Ave.", "city": "Toronto", "province": "Ontario", "postal_code": "M5H 3E5", "phone": "416-868-1482 Ext: 283", "fax": "416-362-0823", "email": "cboulakia@ridoutmaybee.com", "website": "http://www.ridoutmaybee.com", "practice_areas": ["Patents", "Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Law", "Advertising & Marketing Law"], "languages": ["English", "French"], "call_to_bar_year": "2002", "call_to_bar_province": "ON", "education": "B.Sc. McGill; M.Sc. McGill; LL.B./M.B.A. UWO", "memberships": "IPIC; AIPPI; LES Toronto Chapter", "profile_summary": "Partner focused on IP law...", "source_url": "https://www.canadianlawlist.com/listingdetail/contact/charles-a-boulakia-599052/", "scraped_at": "2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z" } ``` #### Firm Record ```json { "record_type": "firm", "firm_name": "Aarbo Fuldauer LLP", "street_address": "3rd Flr. 1131 Kensington Rd. N.W.", "city": "Calgary", "province": "Alberta", "postal_code": "T2N 3P4", "phone": "403-571-5120", "fax": "403-571-5134", "email": "info@aarbofuldauer.com", "website": "www.aarbofuldauer.com", "practice_areas": [], "profile_summary": "", "source_url": "https://www.canadianlawlist.com/listingdetail/company/aarbo-fuldauer-llp-685303/", "scraped_at": "2026-04-18T00:00:00.000Z" } ``` | Field | Type | Description | |-------|------|-------------| | `record_type` | string | `lawyer` or `firm`. | | `lawyer_name` | string | Full lawyer name (empty for firm records). | | `first_name` | string | Lawyer first name, parsed from full name. Handles middle initials. | | `last_name` | string | Lawyer last name. | | `job_title` | string | Title at the firm — e.g., `Partner`, `Associate`, `Lawyer`. | | `firm_name` | string | Law firm or organization name. | | `street_address` | string | Street address, including floor/suite where listed. | | `city` | string | City. | | `province` | string | Canadian province or territory (full name, e.g., `Ontario`, `Québec`). | | `postal_code` | string | Canadian postal code. | | `phone` | string | Office phone, sometimes with extension. | | `fax` | string | Fax number. Yes, lawyers still use fax. | | `email` | string | Contact email, decoded from Cloudflare obfuscation. | | `website` | string | Firm or lawyer website URL. | | `practice_areas` | array of strings | Areas of practice. Only populated for enhanced listings. | | `languages` | array of strings | Languages spoken. Only populated for enhanced listings. | | `call_to_bar_year` | string | Year called to the bar (e.g., `2002`). Lawyers only. | | `call_to_bar_province` | string | Two-letter province code of bar admission (e.g., `ON`). Lawyers only. | | `education` | string | Degrees and credentials, semicolon-separated. Enhanced listings only. | | `memberships` | string | Professional memberships and associations. Enhanced listings only. | | `profile_summary` | string | Bio or firm profile text when present. | | `source_url` | string | Canonical Canadian Law List URL for this profile. | | `scraped_at` | string | ISO-8601 timestamp when the record was extracted. | *** ### FAQ #### How do I scrape Canadianlawlist.com? Canadian Law List Scraper reads the site's public alphabetical firm index (`/Firms/A` through `/Firms/Z`, plus digit pages). Pick a letter, optionally filter by province, and let it run. No login, no API key, no proxies. #### How much does Canadian Law List Scraper cost? Canadian Law List Scraper runs on pay-per-event pricing. $0.10 per actor start, $0.001 per record. A 500-record run costs about $0.60. #### Can I filter by province? Canadian Law List Scraper accepts a `provinces` array and drops any lawyer or firm whose province doesn't match. Leave the array empty to include all 13 provinces and territories. #### What's the difference between `lawyers`, `firms`, and `both` mode? Canadian Law List Scraper's `lawyers` mode crawls firm pages to discover individual lawyers, then visits each profile for richer data — call-to-bar date, practice areas, languages, job title. `firms` mode outputs one record per firm (name, address, phone) and runs faster because it skips the profile pages. `both` emits both record types and marks them with `record_type`. #### Why are `practice_areas` and `languages` sometimes empty? Canadian Law List Scraper returns whatever the site publishes. Enhanced premium listings have full profile tables with practice areas, languages, education, and memberships. Basic free listings don't — the site only shows the name and contact details. The scraper faithfully reflects what's there. #### Does Canadian Law List Scraper need proxies? Canadian Law List Scraper runs without proxies. It scrapes public HTML at moderate concurrency with built-in rate-limit backoff. *** ### Need More Features? Need custom fields, a different Canadian legal source, or a specific provincial law society? [File an issue](https://console.apify.com/actors/issues) or get in touch. ### Why Use Canadian Law List Scraper? - **Affordable** — pay-per-event pricing means you pay for records, not compute time. - **Complete Canadian coverage** — 13 provinces, ~130k lawyers, one directory, all scraped with the same schema. Which is more than you can say for stitching together provincial bar sites. - **Clean structured output** — JSON records with consistent field names, decoded emails, and parsed postal codes. Less cleanup, more analysis. # Actor input Schema ## `sp_intended_usage` (type: `string`): Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler. ## `sp_improvement_suggestions` (type: `string`): Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements. ## `sp_contact` (type: `string`): Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you. ## `letters` (type: `array`): Letters or digits to crawl from the firm alphabetical index (https://www.canadianlawlist.com/Firms/A ... /Z, /1 ... /9). Leave empty to use 'A'. Use \['A','B',...,'Z'] for full coverage. ## `provinces` (type: `array`): Provinces to include (case-insensitive substring match on the lawyer/firm province field). Leave empty to include all. Examples: 'Ontario', 'Quebec', 'British Columbia', 'Alberta'. ## `scrapeMode` (type: `string`): What to output: 'lawyers' crawls firm pages then individual lawyer profiles (richer data, more requests). 'firms' outputs one record per law firm (faster). 'both' outputs both record types -- distinguishable by the record\_type field. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of records to output. Set to 0 for unlimited. ## Actor input object example ```json { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "letters": [ "A" ], "provinces": [ "Ontario" ], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 15 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "letters": [ "A" ], "provinces": [ "Ontario" ], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 15 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "letters": ["A"], "provinces": ["Ontario"], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 15, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...", "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...", "sp_contact": "Share your email here...", "letters": [ "A" ], "provinces": [ "Ontario" ], "scrapeMode": "lawyers", "maxItems": 15 }' | apify call jungle_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=jungle_synthesizer/canadian-law-list-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Canadian Law List Scraper - Lawyer & Law Firm Directory", "description": "Scrape Canadian lawyer and law firm profiles from canadianlawlist.com. Extract names, firms, addresses, phones, emails, practice areas, languages, and call-to-bar dates. Filter by province. Covers ~130k lawyers across all Canadian provinces.", "version": "1.0", "x-build-id": "xpPkAWESeiMLjRCWX" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~canadian-law-list-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-jungle_synthesizer-canadian-law-list-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~canadian-law-list-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-jungle_synthesizer-canadian-law-list-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/jungle_synthesizer~canadian-law-list-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-jungle_synthesizer-canadian-law-list-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "letters" ], "properties": { "sp_intended_usage": { "title": "What is the intended usage of this data?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Please describe how you plan to use the data extracted by this crawler." }, "sp_improvement_suggestions": { "title": "How can we improve this crawler for you?", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide any feedback or suggestions for improvements." }, "sp_contact": { "title": "Contact Email", "minLength": 1, "type": "string", "description": "Provide your email address so we can get in touch with you." }, "letters": { "title": "Alphabetical Index Letters", "type": "array", "description": "Letters or digits to crawl from the firm alphabetical index (https://www.canadianlawlist.com/Firms/A ... /Z, /1 ... /9). Leave empty to use 'A'. Use ['A','B',...,'Z'] for full coverage.", "default": [ "A" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "provinces": { "title": "Province Filter", "type": "array", "description": "Provinces to include (case-insensitive substring match on the lawyer/firm province field). Leave empty to include all. Examples: 'Ontario', 'Quebec', 'British Columbia', 'Alberta'.", "default": [ "Ontario" ], "items": { "type": "string" } }, "scrapeMode": { "title": "Scrape Mode", "enum": [ "lawyers", "firms", "both" ], "type": "string", "description": "What to output: 'lawyers' crawls firm pages then individual lawyer profiles (richer data, more requests). 'firms' outputs one record per law firm (faster). 'both' outputs both record types -- distinguishable by the record_type field.", "default": "lawyers" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Max Items", "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of records to output. Set to 0 for unlimited.", "default": 15 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```