EXHIBIT 5
                                 PIPER & MARBURY
                                     L.L.P.
                          1200 NINETEENTH STREET, N.W.               BALTIMORE
                           WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036-2430                NEW YORK
                                  202-861-3900                      PHILADELPHIA
                                FAX: 202-223-2085                      EASTON

                                January 27, 1997


Paradigm Advanced Technologies, Inc.
5140 Yonge Street, Suite 1525
North York, Ontario  M2N 6L7

         Re:      Registration Statement on Form SB-2 (File No. 333-18733)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have  acted as  counsel  to  Paradigm  Advanced  Technologies,  Inc.,  a
Delaware   corporation  (the  "Company"),   in  connection  with  the  Company's
Registration  Statement on Form SB-2 (the  "Registration  Statement")  under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  which  registers  13,591,640  shares of the
Company's  Common Stock,  par value of $0.0001;  which number  includes  344,084
shares of Common Stock  issuable upon the exercise of options  granted under the
Company's  1996 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan");  and 3,607,111  shares of Common
Stock  issuable  upon  the  exercise  of  certain  Warrants  (collectively,  the
"Shares").

     In this capacity, we have examined the Registration Statement,  the Charter
and By-Laws of the Company, the Plan, the Warrants, the proceedings of the Board
of Directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares, an Officer's
Certificate  of the Company  dated  January  27,  1997 and such other  statutes,
certificates,  instruments and documents  relating to the Company and matters of
law as we  have  deemed  necessary  to the  issuance  of this  opinion.  In such
examination, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness
of all  signatures,  the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any
of the aforesaid documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as
originals,  the conformity  with  originals of all documents  submitted to us as
copies (and the authenticity of the originals of such copies),  and the accuracy
and completeness of all public records reviewed.  As to factual matters, we have
relied on the  Officer's  Certificate  and have not  independently  verified the
matters  stated  therein.  Finally,  we have assumed for purposes of the opinion
expressed herein that, prior to any future issuance of Shares, there will exist,
under the  Charter  of the  Company,  the  requisite  number of  authorized  and
unissued Shares.

     Based upon the foregoing and limited in all respects to applicable Delaware
law, we are of the opinion and advise you that the Shares  issued to date and to
be issued by the Company pursuant to the options and warrants have been duly and
validly authorized and are, or, when issued and delivered as contemplated in the
Registration Statement and in accordance with the options and warrants, will be,
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the  Registration
Statement  and  to  the  reference  to  our  firm  and  to  our  opinion  in the
Registration  Statement.  In giving our consent, we do not thereby admit that we
are in the category of persons whose consent is required  under Section 7 of the
Securities  Act  of  1933  or  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the  Commission
thereunder.

                                              Very truly yours,
                                              /s/ Piper & Marbury L.L.P.