Canadian court system

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judicial system legal system component

The Canadian court system is the hierarchical network of federal and provincial/territorial courts responsible for interpreting and applying Canadian law, resolving disputes, and upholding the Constitution and Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Canadian courts	3
Canadian court system canonical	1
Canadian federal courts	1
Ontario court system	1
courts of Canada	1
federal court system of Canada	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	judicial system ⓘ legal system component ⓘ
appealsHeardBy	courts of appeal of the provinces and territories ⓘ
constitutionalReviewBy	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ superior courts of the provinces and territories ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
finalAppealsHeardBy	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
governedBy	Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ provincial statutes ⓘ
hasLevel	court of last resort ⓘ intermediate appellate courts ⓘ trial courts ⓘ
hasSpecialization	administrative law ⓘ civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ military law ⓘ tax law ⓘ
hasTopCourt	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
includesCourt	Federal Court of Appeal ⓘ Federal Court of Canada ⓘ Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ Tax Court of Canada ⓘ courts of appeal of the provinces and territories ⓘ military courts ⓘ provincial courts ⓘ provincial superior courts ⓘ territorial courts ⓘ
jurisdictionType	federal jurisdiction ⓘ provincial jurisdiction ⓘ territorial jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalTradition	common law ⓘ
legalTraditionException	civil law in Quebec for private law ⓘ
overseenBy	judges appointed by federal government ⓘ judges appointed by provincial governments ⓘ
primaryFunction	apply Canadian law ⓘ enforce the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ interpret Canadian law ⓘ resolve legal disputes ⓘ uphold the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
recognizes	aboriginal and treaty rights under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
relatedConcept	rule of law in Canada ⓘ
relatedTo	Parliament of Canada ⓘ provincial legislatures ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CCI → isPartOf → Canadian court system ⓘ

Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) → interpretedBy → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian courts

Chief Justice of Ontario or designate → partOf → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ontario court system

Exchequer Court of Canada → partOf → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: federal court system of Canada

FCA → courtSystem → Canadian court system ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Court of Appeal

this entity surface form: Canadian federal courts

Kirpan → recognizedBy → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian courts

Canadian system of constitutional monarchy → judicialPowerVestedIn → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: courts of Canada

Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada → collaboratesWith → Canadian court system ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canadian courts