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COURTS & TRIBUNALS

ONTARIO COURTS

Ontario Courts — All levels of Ontario courts.
Ontario Court Forms — Court forms for a broad range of matters.
Ministry of the Attorney General — Administering the justice system in Ontario and protecting the public by delivering a wide range of legal services.
Provincial Offences Court and Traffic Tickets — Waterloo Region's Provincial Offences Court is located at 77 Queen St. N. in Kitchener. Visit this website for more information.
Ontario Court of Justice — The judges and the justices of the peace of the Court preside over adult criminal, youth criminal, family law, child welfare, and provincial offences matters.
Ontario Superior Court of Justice — The Court has jurisdiction over criminal, civil, and family cases, and is the largest superior trial court in Canada. The Divisional Court, Small Claims Court, and Family Court are all branches of the Superior Court of Justice.
Ontario Court of Appeal — The highest level of court in Ontario. Hears appeals from the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice.

ONTARIO TRIBUNALS

Tribunals Ontario — A group of 13 adjudicative tribunals: Assessment Review Board, Animal Care Review Board, Child and Family Services Review Board, Custody Review Board, Fire Safety Commission, Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, Landlord and Tenant Board, Licence Appeal Tribunal, Ontario Civilian Police Commission, Ontario Parole Board, Ontario Special Education Tribunal (English), Ontario Special Education Tribunal (French) and Social Benefits Tribunal.
Labour Relations Board — Tribunal mandated to mediate and adjudicate a variety of employment and labour relations-related matters under a number of Ontario statutes.
Ontario Land Tribunal — Formerly the Ontario Municipal Board. Adjudicates matters related to land use planning, environmental and natural features and heritage protection, land valuation, land compensation, municipal finance, and related matters.

FEDERAL COURTS

Supreme Court of Canada — Canada's final court of appeal. Hears appeals from the decisions of the highest courts of final resort of the provinces and territories, as well as from the Federal Court of Appeal and the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada.
Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada — Established in 1978 to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and provide services to federally appointed judges.
Federal Court of Appeal — A National, itinerant, bilingual, bijural, and appellate court that handles cases that arise anywhere in Canada that concerns matters of federal law.
Tax Court of Canada — Individuals and companies come to this Court to litigate with the Government of Canada on matters arising under legislation over which the Court has exclusive original jurisdiction.

FEDERAL TRIBUNALS

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal — Decides whether a person or organization has engaged in a discriminatory practice as defined under the Canadian Human Rights Act.
Canadian International Trade Tribunal — A quasi-judicial body that provides Canadian and international businesses with access to fair, transparent and timely trade remedy inquiries, federal government procurement inquiries, and customs duties and excise tax appeals.
Competition Tribunal — Hears matters such as business mergers; abuse of dominant position; agreements between competitors; refusal to comply; price maintenance; other restrictive trade practices; deceptive marketing practices; specialization agreements; delivered pricing; foreign judgments, law and directives that adversely affect economic activity in Canada; and refusals to supply by foreign suppliers.
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada — Responsible for making well-reasoned decisions on im​migration and refugee matters, efficiently, fairly and in accordance with the law. The IRB decides, among other responsibilities, who needs refugee protection among the thousands of claimants who come to Canada annually.
Canada Industrial Relations Board — Hears workplace disputes and certain appeals that arise under the Canada Labour Code, the Status of the Artist Act and the Wage Earner Protection Program Act.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission — Aims to regulate and supervise broadcasting and telecommunications in the public interest.

CASE LAW

ONTARIO & FEDERAL CASE LAW

CanLII — Provides open access to court judgments from all Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada, federal courts, and the courts in all Canada’s provinces and territories. It also contains decisions from many tribunals nationally. It contains the consolidated statutes and regulations of every jurisdiction in Canada. CanLII Connects — A blog that provides open access to high quality legal commentary on Canadian court decisions.
vLex Canada Open — Open access to Canadian case law and a selection of academic and popular commentary

INTERNATIONAL CASE LAW

British and Irish Legal Information Institute — British and Irish case law and legislation, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and more.

Australasian Legal Information Institute — Australia's online free-access resource for Australasian legal materials.

Court of Justice of the European Union — Case law, legal publications, annual reports, and more.

United Nations Human Rights Database — Facilitates access to decisions on individual complaints on human rights violations by eight treaty bodies and aims at assisting the public, States, national human rights institutions, civil society, academia, as well as the United Nations and international regional mechanisms to research the vast body of legal interpretation of international human rights law as it has evolved over the past years.

WorldLII World Legal Information Institute — Free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.