Can I undo a transfer of assets a debtor made to avoid paying my judgment in Ontario?

Yes — Ontario law allows a creditor to challenge a transfer of assets made by a debtor with the intent to defeat, hinder, or delay creditors, sometimes called a fraudulent conveyance. If a debtor sells, gifts, or otherwise moves an asset out of their own name specifically to keep it out of a creditor's reach, a court can potentially set that transfer aside, effectively treating the asset as still available to satisfy the judgment, even though it's now formally in someone else's name.

Proving this generally requires showing the transfer was made with the improper intent to avoid paying a debt, rather than for a genuine, unrelated reason. Timing matters a great deal: a transfer made after a debt arose, especially close in time to a lawsuit or judgment, and made for little or no real payment, or to a family member or closely connected person, tends to look far more suspicious than an arm's-length transaction made well before any dispute existed. A creditor pursuing this route generally needs to gather evidence about the circumstances and timing of the transfer, and bring a separate legal proceeding specifically targeting it, since simply believing a transfer was suspicious isn't enough on its own to unwind it.