Canadian contract law has its foundation in the
English legal tradition of the 19th and early 20th century. It remains largely rooted in the old English
common law and
equity. Individual provinces have codified many of the principles in a
Sale of Goods Act, which was also modeled on early English versions.
Quebec, being a
civil law jurisdiction, does not have contract law, but rather has its own
law of obligations that is codified in the
Quebec Civil Code.