Manitoba MPI Injury Claim Deadlines

The dates that govern an MPI injury claim in Manitoba. Free. No email required. For drivers, passengers, cyclists and people on foot.

Manitoba runs on the Personal Injury Protection Plan through Manitoba Public Insurance. There is no lawsuit and no opposing insurer. What there is instead is a ladder of appeals, each with its own clock, a free government advocate that most Manitobans have never heard of, and a right to make MPI pay for the medical evidence you need to argue with them.

How long do you have to ask MPI for an internal review?

Sixty days from your case manager's decision. The application must be in writing. An internal review officer, who is not the case manager who decided it the first time, reconsiders the file and issues a written decision with reasons.

Write the arrival date on the decision letter. Every deadline in Manitoba runs from receipt, and the date printed on the page is usually not the date it reached you.

Can you get your claim file and have medical reports paid for?

Yes to both, and almost nobody asks.

You have a right to request and review a copy of your bodily injury claim file under section 151(1) of the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation Act. That means the adjuster notes, the medical opinions and the documents the decision actually rested on. You cannot argue against reasoning you have never read.

If you need medical reports to support your review, the invoices can be submitted to MPI for payment under section 148 of the Act and section 43 of Regulation 40/94. The evidence you need to challenge them is not something you have to fund yourself.

How long do you have to appeal to AICAC?

Ninety days from the day you receive the Internal Review Decision. The Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission is an independent tribunal established by the Manitoba government, entirely separate from MPI. Appeals are heard by one commissioner or a panel of three.

Missing the ninety days is serious. The Commission can refuse to extend the time limit, and the appeal is then dismissed without anyone ever looking at whether you were right.

AICAC has the power to confirm the decision, vary it or set it aside altogether, and its decision binds both you and MPI.

Who can help you appeal an MPI decision for free?

The Claimant Adviser Office. This is the most useful thing on this page and almost nobody knows it exists.

It is a Manitoba government advocacy office, completely independent of both MPI and AICAC, created specifically to help people appealing bodily injury decisions. A claimant adviser is assigned to your file. The office can carry out investigations and obtain expert opinions on your behalf. There is no charge and service is available in English and French.

Call the day the Internal Review Decision arrives. The office cannot help you at the internal review stage, but it can help you prepare and file the Notice of Appeal itself. So the moment that written decision lands is exactly when to pick up the phone, not after you have already filed alone.

Advisers do not handle vehicle damage or driver's licence disputes. For those, MPI's own Fair Practices Office reviews how claims are handled for fairness. It sits inside MPI but at arm's length from your claim.

Can you sue the driver who hit you in Manitoba?

Generally no. The Personal Injury Protection Plan replaces the right to sue for injuries from a road accident. For most people a PIPP claim is the only route to compensation, whoever caused the crash.

Which means the appeal ladder above is not a backup plan. It is the whole plan. Everything depends on what your file can show.

What happens after an AICAC decision?

Either side can go to the Manitoba Court of Appeal within thirty days of receiving the decision. That route is narrow. It is limited to questions of jurisdiction or law, and you need permission from a judge of the Court of Appeal to bring it at all.

In practice this means AICAC is where the facts of your injury are decided. Disagreeing later with how the evidence was weighed is not a ground of appeal. Build the record before the hearing, not after it.

Keeping the record these deadlines depend on

Every clock in Manitoba starts when a letter reaches you, and every appeal is decided on what your file shows rather than what you remember.

Two things decide how an injury claim goes. What you wrote down and whether you did the right thing at the right time for where you live. The National Recovery Guide handles the first, the daily record of symptoms, appointments, calls and costs that a claim is eventually judged on. The Provincial Companion Guide handles the second, the deadlines on this page and the forms, boards and appeal routes behind them. People who have only one tend to end up with a careful record aimed at the wrong process, or the right dates and nothing to put in front of them.

Recovery First. Pressure Last.

See the Manitoba MVA Companion Guide

The scene checklist for the first three days is at hurtsquare.ca/72. It is free and asks nothing of you.

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This page is general information for people in Manitoba. It is not legal or medical advice. Rules differ by province and change over time. Confirm anything specific to your situation with a lawyer, Manitoba Public Insurance or the Claimant Adviser Office.