What is the general law in Canada regarding damages for breach of contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Upper Room Alliance Group Ltd. v. John Volken Foundation, 2008 CanLII 51940 (ON SC):
The general law accepted in Canada regarding damages for breach of contract was stated in the decision of Haack v. Martin, 1927 CanLII 57 (SCC), [1927] S.C.R. 413 (S.C.C.) at page 3, … the rule of common law is, that where a party sustains a loss by reason of a breach of contract, he is, so far as money can do it, to be placed in the same situation, with respect to damages, as if the contract had been performed.
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