Supreme Court of Canada

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court of last resort federal court judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Canada is the country’s highest court of appeal, serving as the final arbiter on questions of Canadian law and the Constitution.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ federal court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
address	301 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
appealPermission	leave to appeal required in most cases ⓘ
appointmentProcess	appointed by the Governor General on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
buildingStyle	Art Deco ⓘ
canIssue	advisory opinions ⓘ declarations of invalidity of laws ⓘ
compositionRequirement	at least three judges from Quebec ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
courtType	appellate court ⓘ
dateFounded	1875 ⓘ
foundedBy	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	administrative law matters in Canada ⓘ civil law matters in Canada ⓘ constitutional questions in Canada ⓘ criminal law matters in Canada ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Justice ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice of Canada Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
headquarters	Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	federal courts ⓘ provincial courts of appeal ⓘ
jurisdiction	Canada ⓘ Canadian federal law ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Canada provincial law in Canada ⓘ
languagePolicy	bilingual institution ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ Supreme Court Act 2003 ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court Act
location	Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	75 ⓘ
numberOfJudges	9 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
oversees	uniform interpretation of Canadian law ⓘ
partOf	judicial branch of the Government of Canada ⓘ
precedentSystem	stare decisis ⓘ
role	court of final appeal in Canada ⓘ final arbiter of Canadian law ⓘ final interpreter of the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
shortName	CSC ⓘ SCC ⓘ
website	https://www.scc-csc.ca ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Federal Court of Appeal → appealsTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Royal Proclamation of 1763 → consideredBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Ottawa Centre → contains → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

National Capital Region → containsFederalInstitution → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: National Capital Region (Canada)

Constitutional amending formula → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Part VII – Judicature → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Ottawa → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian federal government (Ottawa) → judiciary → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Canadian federal government

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada → memberOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Supreme Court of Canada Building → occupant → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada → partOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → recognizedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

CSC → refersTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

CSC → standsFor → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

SCC → standsFor → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Federal Court of Appeal → subjectToReviewBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Federal Court of Canada → ultimateAppealsTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ