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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Canada canonical	54
Supreme Court of Canada (with leave or as of right in limited cases)	1

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 (55)

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

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

subject surface form: Canadian federal government

Ottawa → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

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

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

Ottawa Centre → contains → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

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

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

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

Constitutional amending formula → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

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

SCC → standsFor → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

CSC → standsFor → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

CSC → refersTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

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

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

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

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

National Capital Region → containsFederalInstitution → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: National Capital Region (Canada)

National Capital Region of Canada → includesInstitution → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Aboriginal peoples under the Constitution Act, 1982 → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Court of Appeal for Ontario → hasHigherCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Court of Appeal for Ontario → decisionCanBeAppealedTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of Canada (with leave or as of right in limited cases)

Canadian Bill of Rights → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Quebec courts in civil matters → hasTopCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Quebec courts in civil matters → finalAppealTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Louise Arbour → employer → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Federal Court → distinctFrom → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Court (Canada)

FCA → higherCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Court of Appeal

FCA → appealTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Court of Appeal

Chief Justice of Canada → headOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Chief Justice of Canada → memberOf → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian politics → judicialBranch → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian system of constitutional monarchy → supremeCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian court system → hasTopCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian court system → includesCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian court system → finalAppealsHeardBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Canadian court system → constitutionalReviewBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Constitution of Canada → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Reference re Senate Reform (2014) → court → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Reference re Senate Reform

Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss. 5 and 6 (2014) → court → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Oakes test → createdByCourt → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Oakes test → usedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Supreme Court Act → establishes → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Supreme Court Act → appliesTo → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada → usedBy → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada → represents → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Seal of the Supreme Court of Canada → authority → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada → parentOrganization → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Great Hall → serves → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Hall (Supreme Court of Canada Building)

Great Hall → associatedWith → Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Great Hall (Supreme Court of Canada Building)