In 1988, amendments to the Criminal Code of Canada first introduced the ability to incorporate video and remote evidence into legal proceedings. In the 1990s further amendments were made to enable the use of video- or teleconferencing for civil matters. Despite this, such technologies have had low levels of adoption prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic made such technologies a necessity to ensure continued access to justice, especially for matters classified as “urgent” or an “emergency”. Following the pandemic, the need for such technologies will continue to grow as courts struggle to build capacity to address the backlog of cases that were adjourned, and an influx of new cases, as a result of the pandemic; all while social-distancing may still be required.