Court of Appeal for Ontario
| Court of Appeal for Ontario Cour d'appel de l'Ontario (French) | |
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| Established | 1867 |
| Jurisdiction | Ontario |
| Location | Osgoode Hall, Toronto |
| Authorized by | Courts of Justice Act |
| Decisions are appealed to | Supreme Court of Canada |
| Number of positions | 23 (plus supernumeraries) |
| Website | ontariocourts.ca/coa |
| Chief Justice of Ontario | |
| Currently | George Strathy |
| Since | June 13, 2014 |
The Court of Appeal for Ontario (frequently referred to as the Ontario Court of Appeal or ONCA) is an appellate court in Ontario that is based at historic Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto.
Contents
1 Description
2 Current judges
3 Chief Justices of Ontario
4 Past judges
5 Chief Justices of Upper Canada (to 1841)/Province of Canada (1841–1867)
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
Description
The Court is composed of 22 judicial seats[1], in addition to one or more justices who sit supernumerary. They hear over 1,500 appeals each year, on issues of private law, constitutional law, criminal law, administrative law and other matters. The Supreme Court of Canada hears appeals from less than 3% of the decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, therefore in a practical sense, the Court of Appeal is the last avenue of appeal for most litigants in Ontario.[2]
Among the Court of Appeal's most notable decisions was a 2003 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Ontario, making Canada the first jurisdiction in the world where same-sex marriage was legalized by a court ruling. Among many judges from the Court who have been elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada are Justices Rosalie Abella, Louise Arbour, Peter Cory, Louise Charron, Andromache Karakatsanis, Bora Laskin and Michael Moldaver, as well as Bertha Wilson, who was the first female justice on both the Court of Appeal for Ontario (1975) and the Supreme Court of Canada (1982).
The Court of Appeal derives its jurisdiction from Ontario's Courts of Justice Act.
Current judges
A courtroom at Osgoode Hall. Over the dais are the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom, which until 1931 were the Royal Arms for general purposes throughout the British Empire. The Statute of Westminster 1931 effectively elevated the Royal Arms of Canada to the position of the Queen's Royal Arms for general purposes across Canada, which is why the Royal Arms of Canada are now used by the court to represent the Canadian Crown.
| Position | Name | Appointed | Nominated by | Position(s) Prior to Appointment* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Justice | George Strathy[3] | 13 June 2014 26 April 2013 | Harper | Ontario Court of Appeal Superior Court of Justice (2007 to 2013) |
| Associate Chief Justice | Alexandra Hoy[4] | 7 June 2013 2 December 2011 | Harper | Ontario Court of Appeal Superior Court of Justice |
| Justice | Mary Lou Benotto[5] | 8 November 2013 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (1996 to 2013) Family Court (2001 to 2005) Chapell Bushell Stewart (1978 to 2001) |
| Justice | David M Brown[6] | 16 December 2014 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2006 to 2014) |
| Justice | David H. Doherty | 1 September 1990 | Mulroney | Superior Court of Justice (1988 to 1990) |
| Justice | J. Michal Fairburn[7] | 18 July 2017 | J. Trudeau | Superior Court of Justice (December 16, 2014 to July 18, 2017) Stockwoods Ontario Crown Law Office |
| Justice | Kathryn N. Feldman | 11 June 1998 | Chrétien | Superior Court of Justice (1990 to 1998) |
| Justice | Alison Harvison Young | 31 August 2018 | J. Trudeau | Superior Court of Justice (2004 to 2018) |
| Justice | C. William Hourigan [8] | 2 October 2013 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2009 to 2013) Fasken Martineau LLP (1992 to 2009) |
| Justice | Grant Huscroft[9] | 16 December 2014 | Harper | Professor, Western Law School (2002 to 2014) University of Auckland (1992 to 2001) |
| Justice | Peter Lauwers[10] | 14 December 2012 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2012) Miller Thompson LLP |
| Justice | Ian Nordheimer [11] | 15 September 2017 | J. Trudeau | Superior Court of Justice (1999 to 2017) Counsel with Fraser & Beatty / Dentons LLP |
| Justice | Bradley Miller[12] | 26 June 2015 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice |
| Justice | David M. Paciocco[13] | 7 April 2017 | J. Trudeau | Ontario Court of Justice Professor at University of Ottawa |
| Justice | Gladys Pardu [5] | 8 November 2013 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (1991 to 2013) Pardu Macdonald (1976 to 1991) |
| Justice | Lois Roberts [14] | 5 May 2015 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2015) Genest Murray LLP (1988 to 2008) Cassels Brock (1987 to 1988) |
| Justice | Paul Rouleau[15] | 15 April 2005 | Martin | Superior Court of Justice (2002 to 2005) Heenan Blaikie |
| Justice | Gary T. Trotter[16][17] | 20 October 2016 | J. Trudeau | Superior Court of Justice (2008 to 2016) Ontario Court of Justice (2005 to 2008) Professor at Queen's University (2003 to 2016) Ontario Crown Counsel (1988 to 2000) |
| Justice | Michael Tulloch[18] | 30 June 2012 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2003 to 2012) Private practice |
| Justice | Katherine van Rensburg[8] | 2 October 2013 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice (2006 to 2013) Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP |
| Justice | David Watt[19] | 12 October 2007 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice |
| Justice | Benjamin Zarnett | 9 November 2018 | J. Trudeau | Goodmans LLP |
Supernumerary Justices
| Position | Name | Appointed | Nominated by | Position(s) Prior to Appointment* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supernumerary Justice | Eileen E. Gillese | 5 January 2002 | Chrétien | Superior Court of Justice (1999 to 2002) |
| Supernumerary Justice | Russell G. Juriansz | 12 March 2004 | Martin | Superior Court of Justice |
| Supernumerary Justice | Robert J. Sharpe | 25 May 1999 | Chrétien | Superior Court of Justice |
| Supernumerary Justice | Janet M. Simmons | 23 August 2000 | Chrétien | Superior Court of Justice |
| Supernumerary Justice | James C. MacPherson | 25 May 1999 | Chrétien | Superior Court of Justice |
| Supernumerary Justice | Sarah Pepall | 10 April 2012 | Harper | Superior Court of Justice |
Chief Justices of Ontario
| Number | Name | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | George R. Strathy | 2014– |
| 20 | Warren K. Winkler [20] | 2007–2013 |
| 19 | R. Roy McMurtry | 1996–2007 |
| 18 | Charles Leonard Dubin | 1990–1996 |
| 17 | William Goldwin Carrington Howland | 1977–1990 |
| 16 | Willard Zebedee Estey | 1976–1977 |
| 15 | George Alexander Gale | 1967–1976 |
| 14 | Dana Harris Porter | 1958–1967 |
| 13 | John Wellington Pickup | 1952–1957 |
| 12 | Robert Spelman Robertson | 1938–1952 |
| 11 | Newton Wesley Rowell | 1936–1938 |
| 10 | Sir William Mulock | 1923–1936 |
| 9 | Sir William Ralph Meredith | 1912–1923 |
| 8 | Sir Charles Moss | 1902–1912 |
| 7 | John Douglas Armour | 1900–1902 |
| 6 | George William Burton | 1897–1900 |
| 5 | Sir John Hawkins Hagarty | 1884–1897 |
| 4 | John Godfrey Spragge | 1881–1884 |
| 3 | Thomas Moss | 1878–1881 |
| 2 | Robert Alexander Harrison[note 1] | 1875–1878 |
| 1 | Sir William Buell Richards[note 1] | 1868–1875 |
Past judges
| Name | Time in Office | Nominated by | Position(s) Prior to Appointment* |
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| Edward W. Ducharme [1] [2] | 2012 - 2013 | Stephen Harper | |
Marc Rosenberg[21] | 1995–2015 | Jean Chretien | |
| Stephen Goudge | 1996–2014 | Jean Chretien | |
Warren Winkler, Chief Justice | 2007–2013 | ||
| Dennis O'Connor | 1998–2012 | Jean Chretien | |
Michael Moldaver[21] | 1995–2011 | Jean Chretien | |
| Andromache Karakatsanis | 2010–2011 | ||
| Marvin A. Catzman | 1988–2007 | ||
| Roy McMurtry | 1996-2007 as Chief Justice | ||
Louise Charron[21] | 1995–2004 | Jean Chretien | |
| Rosalie Abella | 1992–2004 | ||
| Louise Arbour | 1990–1999 | ||
| Charles Dubin | 1973–1996 (1992–1996 as Chief Justice) | ||
William Goldwin Carrington Howland as Chief Justice | 1977–1992 | ||
| Walter Tarnopolsky | 1985–1993 | ||
| Peter Cory | 1981–1989 | ||
| Bert MacKinnon | 1974–1987 as Associate Chief Justice | ||
| Bertha Wilson | 1975–1982 | ||
| Goldwyn Arthur Martin | 1973–1988 | ||
| Bora Laskin | 1965–1970 | ||
| Jean-Marc Labrosse | 1990–2007 | ||
| Roy Kellock | 1942–1944 | ||
| Henry Hague Davis | 1933–1935 | ||
Newton Wesley Rowell as Chief Justice | 1936–1937 | ||
Sir William Mulock as Chief Justice | 1923–1936 | ||
| John Douglas Armour | 1887–1890 (as Chief Justice) (1901–1902) | ||
John Hawkins Hagarty as Chief Justice | 1884–1897 | ||
Thomas Moss as Chief Justice | 1878–1880 | ||
Robert Alexander Harrison as Chief Justice | 1875–1878 |
Chief Justices of Upper Canada (to 1841)/Province of Canada (1841–1867)
| Number | Name | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Osgoode | 1794–1801 |
| 2 | John Elmsley, Sr. | 1801 |
| 3 | Henry Allcock | 1802–1806 |
| 4 | Thomas Scott | 1806–1816 |
| 5 | William Dummer Powell | 1816–1825 |
| 6 | Sir William Campbell | 1825–1829 |
| 7 | Sir John Beverley Robinson | 1829–1862 |
| 8 | William Henry Draper | 1863–1867 |
See also
- Supreme Court of Canada
Notes
^ ab Of the Court of Queen's Bench
References
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- Court of Appeal for Ontario official site
- Ontario Courts website
- Plan to webcast Ontario appeal cases delayed
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