The Supreme Court of Canada is the highest court in the Canadian judicial system, sitting in Ottawa. It comprises nine justices, hears appeals from provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts, and its rulings are the final word on the interpretation and application of Canadian law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It was established in 1875 but did not become Canada's court of last resort until 1949, when appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ended. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Founding Year Founded Date Jurisdiction ScopeHears cases across every area of Canadian law and serves as final court of appeal from provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts. 1 Jurisdiction Scope
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How many justices sit on the Supreme Court of Canada?
Nine justices.
The Court comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law.
When did the Supreme Court of Canada become the final court of appeal?
1949, when appeals to the Privy Council in London ended.
The Court was established in 1875 by the Supreme and Exchequer Court Act, passed on April 8, 1875, but it did not become Canada's court of last resort until 1949, when appeals to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London ended.
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Canada is a common law country outside Quebec, whose private law is civilian; the Supreme Court sits atop both traditions.
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The Court hears cases in all areas of the law, including constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law and private law.
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada. It comprises nine justices, whose decisions are the ultimate application of Canadian law, and grants permission to between 40 and 75 litigants each year to appeal decisions rendered by provincial, territorial and federal appellate courts.
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The Supreme and Exchequer Court Act, which passed on April 8, 1875, with bipartisan support. The Act simultaneously established both the Supreme Court and the Exchequer Court.
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The Supreme and Exchequer Court Act, which passed on April 8, 1875, with bipartisan support.
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.
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The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC; French: Cour suprême du Canada, CSC) is the highest court in the judicial system of Canada.
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Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Mahmud Jamal (born July 20, 1967) is a Canadian jurist serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2021.
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Michelle O'Bonsawin (born May 2, 1974) is a Canadian jurist who is serving as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada since 2022.
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Bora Laskin (October 5, 1912 - March 26, 1984) was a Canadian jurist who served as the 14th chief justice of Canada from 1973 to 1984 and as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1970 to 1973.
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Suzanne Côté (born September 21, 1958) is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Malcolm Rowe (born June 27, 1953) is a Canadian who has served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2016.
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Nicholas Kasirer (born February 2, 1960) is a Canadian jurist who is serving as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada since 2019.
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Moreau (born 1955 or 1956) is a Canadian jurist who is serving as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada since 2023 and is the first Franco-Albertain to sit on the Supreme Court.
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Joyal is a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Bertha Wernham Wilson (September 18, 1923 - April 28, 2007) was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Claire L'Heureux-Dubé (born September 7, 1927) is a retired Canadian judge who served as a puisne justice on the Supreme Court of Canada from 1987 to 2002.
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He was among the original six justices appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada when it was established in 1875.
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He also served as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1924 to 1944.
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He was one of the first judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and the second-longest serving chief justice of the court after Beverley McLachlin.
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Télesphore Fournier, (August 5, 1823 - May 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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He was one of the Fathers of Confederation and one of the first justices of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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John Wellington Gwynne, (March 30, 1814, January 7, 1902) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Christopher Salmon Patterson (January 16, 1823 - July 24, 1893) was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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George Edwin King (October 8, 1839 - May 7, 1901) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Désiré Girouard (July 7, 1836, March 22, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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John Douglas Armour (May 4, 1830 - July 11, 1903) was a Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier appointed Anglin to the Ontario High Court of Justice in 1904, and was later elevated to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1909.
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Patrick Kerwin (October 25, 1889, February 2, 1963) was a Canadian judge who served as the tenth Chief Justice of Canada from 1954 to 1963 and as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1935 to 1954.
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Ivan Cleveland Rand (April 27, 1884 - January 2, 1969) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, academic, and justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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John Idington (October 14, 1840, February 7, 1928) was a Canadian justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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During his career he served as a federal Cabinet minister in the government of Wilfrid Laurier, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Pierre-Basile Mignault (September 30, 1854, October 15, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin (March 13, 1857, April 5, 1936) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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As a judge, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Saskatchewan, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan, and in 1927 as a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Oswald Smith Crocket (April 13, 1868 - March 2, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Frank Joseph Hughes (November 26, 1883 - April 14, 1967) was a Canadian lawyer and puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Henry Hague Davis (September 10, 1885, June 30, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Roy Lindsay Kellock, (November 12, 1893, December 12, 1975) was a Canadian Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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During her career, Arbour has served as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Court of Appeal for Ontario and a chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
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He previously served as a puisne justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal (2011-2012) and of the Supreme Court of Canada (2012-2017).
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In 2004, Abella was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, becoming the first Jewish woman and refugee to sit on the Canadian Supreme Court bench.
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She was nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada by Stephen Harper in October 2011.
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In 1936, Hudson was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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In 1947 he was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court and to the Supreme Court of Canada on December 22, 1949. He was also one of the founders of
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On May 18, 1927, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Eight years later, he was elevated to the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec, and on September 30, 1875, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada from February 8, 1902 until May 8, 1903.
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