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Castor & Otters, Inc.
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Vancouver · Montréal

Counsel for every creature that keeps its feet wet.

We don’t do dry cases.

Castor & Otters is a wildlife law firm in Vancouver and Montreal. For four generations we have represented the residents of lakes, rivers and their shores: their homes, their waters and their right to be loud at dawn.

We read the fine print, the zoning map and, when it matters, the riverbed.

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4 generations
of lawyers who could swim before they could read
2 offices
one on the Pacific, one on the Saint-Laurent, both above the high-water mark
0 hours
billed during hibernation

What we do

Every practice area
  1. 01

    Water rights and dams

    Every dam needs a permit. Ours come with a track record older than the permit office.

  2. 02

    Habitat and land use

    Your home is a wetland, not a future parking lot. We make sure the zoning board knows.

  3. 03

    Migration

    Seasonal residency, cross-border flyways, and all the paperwork of flying south.

  4. 04

    Fisheries and catch disputes

    Catch and release is a promise. We hold people to it.

  5. 05

    Family law for large litters

    Custody of the den, the raft and the good rock, settled with care.

Ten lawyers and paralegals, two offices, and more teeth than most firms our size.

Founding partner · Vancouver

Castor Bélanger

Has built more structures without a permit than anyone in the province, and has defended every one of them.

Founding partner · Vancouver

Olive Otter

Negotiates on her back, in open water, and has never once let go of the file.

Founding partner · Montréal

Oscar Otter

Opened the office because the Saint-Laurent had better slides.

Cases and news

All cases and news
Pacific time Vancouver Our first office, a converted boathouse on False Creek. The Lodge, our largest meeting room, was the boat shed. Eastern time Montréal In the Old Port, a short swim from the Saint-Laurent, with two meeting rooms named after our neighbours.