<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-23.1
<SEQUENCE>3
<FILENAME>dex231.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
<TEXT>
<PAGE>

                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

Independent Auditors' Consent

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration
Statements of Open Text Corporation of our report on the financial statements of
Centrinity Inc. dated November 12, 2001, except as to note 17, which is as of
January 6, 2003 appearing in this Current Report of Open Text Corporation on
Form 8-K/A dated January 16, 2003:

o    Stock Option Grants to P. Thomas Jenkins, Michael F. Farrell and Saman
     Farazdaghi; Employee Stock Option Plan; Restated 1995 Flexible Stock
     Incentive Plan; 1995 Replacement Stock Option Plan; 1995 Supplementary
     Stock Option Plan; and 1995 Directors Stock Option Plan (Registration
     Statement No. 333-5474).

o    1995 Directors Stock Option Plan and Restated 1995 Flexible Stock Incentive
     Plan (Registration Statement No. 333-6934).

o    Restated 1995 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan (Registration Statement No.
     333-08606).

o    Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Registration Statement No. 333-08604)

o    1998 Stock Option Plan (Registration Statement No. 333-10220).

o    Restated 1995 Flexible Stock Incentive Plan (Registration Statement No.
     333-08608).

o    1998 Stock Option Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Registration
     Statement No. 333-87024).



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Chartered Accountants

Toronto, Ontario
January 16, 2003

</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
