Federal Court of Canada

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federal court superior court trial court

The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Exchequer Court of Canada	1
Federal Court	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal court ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Federal Court of Appeal ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
courtType	court of record ⓘ national court ⓘ
createdBy	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
dateEstablished	1971 ⓘ
governingStatute	Federal Courts Act ⓘ
hasAuthority	grant declaratory relief in federal matters ⓘ grant injunctive relief in federal matters ⓘ issue prerogative writs in federal matters ⓘ
hasNationwideSittings	true ⓘ
hasSeat	Ottawa ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom	federal boards ⓘ federal commissions ⓘ federal tribunals ⓘ
jurisdiction	access to information matters in specified circumstances ⓘ admiralty law ⓘ citizenship matters in specified circumstances ⓘ claims against the Crown in right of Canada ⓘ Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: federal government of Canada federal law of Canada ⓘ federal tax matters in specified circumstances ⓘ immigration law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ judicial review of federal administrative decisions ⓘ judicial review of federal boards and commissions ⓘ judicial review of federal tribunals ⓘ maritime law ⓘ national security matters in specified circumstances ⓘ official languages matters in specified circumstances ⓘ privacy matters in specified circumstances ⓘ refugee law ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
locatedIn	Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ
precededBy	Federal Court of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Exchequer Court of Canada
reorganizedAs	Federal Court of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Federal Court Federal Court of Appeal ⓘ
subjectMatter	aboriginal law in specified circumstances ⓘ immigration and refugee protection ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ judicial review of federal administrative action ⓘ maritime and admiralty ⓘ national security certificates in specified circumstances ⓘ
ultimateAppealsTo	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

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

subject surface form: Canadian federal government

Federal Court of Canada → precededBy → Federal Court of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exchequer Court of Canada

Federal Court of Canada → reorganizedAs → Federal Court of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Court