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Cases in Brief

Cases in Brief are short summaries of the Court’s written decisions drafted in plain language. They are prepared by communications staff of the Supreme Court of Canada. They do not form part of the Court’s reasons for judgment and are not for use in legal proceedings.

List of Cases in Brief
Date Case name Case number Neutral citation
2024-03-01 R. v. Bykovets 40269 2024 SCC 6
2024-02-09 Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families 40061 2023 SCC 5
2024-02-02 Ontario (Attorney General) v. Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner) 40078 2024 SCC 4
2024-01-26 R. v. Brunelle 39917 2024 SCC 3
2024-01-17 R. v. Landry 40394 2024 SCC 2
2024-01-16 R. v. Vu 40655 2024 SCC 1
2023-12-15 R. v. Lawlor 40500 2023 SCC 34
2023-12-14 R. v. Lindsay 40569 2023 SCC 33
2023-12-08 B.E.M. v. His Majesty the King 40221 2023 SCC 32
2023-12-08 Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment) 39915 2023 SCC 31
2023-12-01 R. v. Zacharias 40117 2023 SCC 30
2023-11-17 Sharp v. Autorité des marchés financiers 39920 2023 SCC 29
2023-11-10 R. v. Greater Sudbury (City) 39754 2023 SCC 28
2023-11-09 Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Manitoba 38992 2023 SCC 27
2023-11-03 R. v. Bertrand Marchand 39935
40093 		2023 SCC 26
2023-10-27 Ponce v. Société d’investissements Rhéaume ltée 39931 2023 SCC 25
2023-10-13 R. v. Johnson 40330 2023 SCC 24
2023-10-13 Reference re Impact Assessment Act 40195 2023 SCC 23
2023-10-06 La Presse inc. v. Quebec 40175
40223 		2023 SCC 22
2023-09-27 Mason v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 39855 2023 SCC 21
2023-07-28 R. v. Kahsai 40044 2023 SCC 20
2023-07-14 R. v. Abdullahi 40049 2023 SCC 19
2023-06-30 R. v. Basque 39997 2023 SCC 18
2023-06-16 Canadian Council for Refugees v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 39749 2023 SCC 17
2023-05-26 Deans Knight Income Corp. v. Canada 39869 2023 SCC 16
2023-05-12 Anderson v. Anderson 39884 2023 SCC 13
2023-04-17 R. v. Hanan 40097 2023 SCC 12
2023-04-28 R. v. Haevischer 39635 2023 SCC 11
2023-04-14 Murray-Hall v. Quebec (Attorney General) 39906 2023 SCC 10
2023-04-13 R. v. Breault 39680 2023 SCC 9
2023-03-23 R. v. McColman 39826 2023 SCC 8
2023-03-10 R. v. Downes 40045 2023 SCC 6
2023-02-14 R. v. Metzger 40285 2023 SCC 5
2023-02-17 R. v. McGregor 39543 2023 SCC 4
2023-01-27 R. v. Hilbach 39438 2023 SCC 3
2023-01-27 R. v. Hills 39338 2023 SCC 2
2023-05-19 Hansman v. Neufeld 39796 2023 SCC 14
2022-12-09 R. v. Beaver 39480
39481 		2022 SCC 54
2022-12-02 F. v. N. 39875 2022 SCC 51
2022-11-25 Canada (Transportation Safety Board) v. Carroll-Byrne 39661 2022 SCC 48
2022-11-24 R. v. Dare 39871 2022 SCC 47
2022-11-24 R. v. Haniffa 39803 2022 SCC 46
2022-11-24 R. v. Jaffer 39676 2022 SCC 45
2022-11-24 R. v. Ramelson 39664 2022 SCC 44
2022-11-18 Nova Chemicals Corp. v. Dow Chemical Co. 39439 2022 SCC 43
2022-11-17 Des Groseillers v. Quebec (Agence du revenu) 39879 2022 SCC 42
2022-11-10 Peace River Hydro Partners v. Petrowest Corp. 39547 2022 SCC 41
2022-11-04 R. v. Sharma 39346 2022 SCC 39
2022-10-28 R. v. Ndhlovu 39360 2022 SCC 38
2022-10-27 R. v. Nahanee 39599 2022 SCC 37
2022-10-21 Annapolis Group Inc. v. Halifax Regional Municipality 39594 2022 SCC 36
2022-10-14 R. v. Tessier 39350 2022 SCC 35
2022-10-07 R. v. Schneider 39559 2022 SCC 34
2022-07-29 R. v. Kirkpatrick 39287 2022 SCC 33
2022-07-22 R. v. Lafrance 39570 2022 SCC 32
2022-07-21 R. v. Sundman 39569 2022 SCC 31
2022-07-15 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v. Entertainment Software Association 39418 2022 SCC 30
2022-07-08 Law Society of Saskatchewan v. Abrametz 39340 2022 SCC 29
2022-06-30 R. v. J.J. 39133
39516 		2022 SCC 28
2022-06-23 British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Council of Canadians with Disabilities 39430 2022 SCC 27
2022-06-17 Canada (Attorney General) v. Collins Family Trust 39383 2022 SCC 26
2021-12-07 R. v. Goforth 39568 2022 SCC 25
2021-12-02 B.J.T. v. J.D. 39558 2022 SCC 24
2022-05-27 R. v. Bissonnette 39544 2022 SCC 23
2021-12-02 Barendregt v. Grebliunas 39533 2022 SCC 22
2022-05-13 R. v. Brown 39781 2022 SCC 18
2022-05-13 R. v. Sullivan 39270 2022 SCC 19
2022-05-06 R. v. J.F. 39267 2022 SCC 17
2022-04-29 R. v. Dussault 39330 2022 SCC 16
2021-11-10 R. v. J.D. 39370 2022 SCC 15
2022-04-14 R. v. Tim 39525 2022 SCC 12
2022-04-08 R. v. Stairs 39416 2022 SCC 11
2022-03-31 R. v. Vallières 39162 2022 SCC 10
2021-03-25 R. v. Samaniego 39440 2021 SCC 9
2022-03-18 Anderson v. Alberta 39323 2022 SCC 6
2021-12-17 Association de médiation familiale du Québec v. Bouvier 39155 2021 SCC 54
2021-12-10 Montréal (City) v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc. 39186 2021 SCC 53
2021-12-03 Canada v. Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc. 39220 2021 SCC 51
2021-11-26 Canada v. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L. 39113 2021 SCC 49
2021-11-19 R. v. Albashir 39277
39278 		2021 SCC 48
2021-11-18 Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada 38949 2021 SCC 47
2021-11-12 R. v. Parranto 39227 2021 SCC 46
2021-11-05 R. v. Cowan 39301 2021 SCC 45
2021-11-04 H.M.B. Holdings Ltd. v. Antigua and Barbuda 39130 2021 SCC 44
2021-10-29 Ward v. Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse 39041 2021 SCC 43
2021-10-22 Northern Regional Health Authority v. Horrocks 37878 2021 SCC 42
2021-10-21 Nelson (City) v. Marchi 39108 2021 SCC 41
2021-10-15 6362222 Canada inc. v. Prelco inc. 38904 2021 SCC 39
2021-10-14 R. v. Khill 39112 2021 SCC 37
2021-10-01 Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General) 38921 2021 SCC 34
2021-09-24 Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Manitoba 38992 2021 SCC 33
2021-07-30 York University v. Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) 39222 2021 SCC 32
2021-07-29 Grant Thornton LLP v. New Brunswick 39182 2021 SCC 31
2021-07-28 Canada v. Canada North Group Inc. 38871 2021 SCC 30
2021-07-23 Corner Brook (City) v. Bailey 39122 2021 SCC 29
2021-07-16 Southwind v. Canada 38795 2021 SCC 28
2021-06-30 Reference Re Code of Civil Procedure, art. 35 38837 2021 SCC 27
2020-10-07 R. v. Chouhan 39062 2021 SCC 26
2021-06-11 Sherman Estate v. Donovan 38695 2021 SCC 25
2021-06-04 Colucci v. Colucci 38808 2021 SCC 24
2021-05-28 MediaQMI inc. v. Kamel 38755 2021 SCC 23
2021-05-21 Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v. Aga 39094 2021 SCC 22
2021-05-14 R. v. G.F. 38801 2021 SCC 20
2021-05-07 R. v. C.P. 38546 2021 SCC 19
2021-04-30 Ontario (Attorney General) v. Clark 38687 2021 SCC 18
2021-04-23 R. v. Desautel 38734 2021 SCC 17
2021-03-25 References re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act 38663
38781
39116
 2021 SCC 11
2021-03-12 R. v. R.V. 38854 2021 SCC 10
2020-10-07 R. v. Esseghaier 38861 2021 SCC 9
2021-02-05 Wastech Services Ltd. v. Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District 38601 2021 SCC 7
2021-01-29 R. v. T.J.M. 38944 2021 SCC 6
2020-12-18 C.M. Callow Inc. v. Zollinger 38463 2020 SCC 45
2020-12-11 Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Hydro Québec 38544 2020 SCC 43
2020-11-20 Ontario (Attorney General) v. G 38585 2020 SCC 38
2020-11-13 Hydro-Québec v. Matta 38254 2020 SCC 37
2020-11-06 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 38187 2020 SCC 35
2020-11-05 Quebec (Attorney General) v. 9147-0732 Québec inc. 38613 2020 SCC 32
2020-10-23 Owners, Strata Plan LMS 3905 v. Crystal Square Parking Corp. 38741 2020 SCC 29
2020-10-16 Fraser v. Canada (Attorney General) 38505 2020 SCC 28
2020-10-09 Matthews v. Ocean Nutrition Canada Ltd. 38252 2020 SCC 26
2020-10-02 Chandos Construction Ltd. v. Deloitte Restructuring Inc. 38571 2020 SCC 25
2019-11-14 Michel v. Graydon 38498 2020 SCC 24
2020-09-10 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association
38376 		2020 SCC 22
2020-09-10 Bent v. Platnick
38374 		2020 SCC 23
2020-07-31 British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Provincial Court Judges’ Association of British Columbia and Nova Scotia (Attorney General) v. Judges of the Provincial Court and Family Court of Nova Scotia 38381
38459 		2020 SCC 20
2020 SCC 21
2020-07-24 Atlantic Lottery Corporation Inc. v. Babstock 38521 2020 SCC 19
2020-07-17 R. v. Thanabalasingham 37984 2020 SCC 18
2020-07-10 Reference re Genetic Non-Discrimination Act 38478 2020 SCC 17
2020-06-26 Uber Technologies Inc. v. Heller 38534 2020 SCC 16
2019-11-07 Toronto-Dominion Bank v. Young 38242 2020 SCC 15
2020-06-18 R. v. Zora 38540 2020 SCC 14
2020-06-12 Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia 38332 2020 SCC 13
2020-05-29 R. v. Ahmad 38165
38304
 2020 SCC 11
2020-01-23 9354-9186 Québec inc. v. Callidus Capital Corp. 38594 2020 SCC 10
2019-10-16 R. v. Friesen 38300 2020 SCC 9
2020-05-01 International Air Transport Association v. Instrubel, N.V. 38562 2019 SCC 61
2020-03-27 R. v. Chung 38739 2020 SCC 8
2020-03-20 R. v. K.G.K. 38532 2020 SCC 7
2020-03-13 MacDonald v. Canada 38320 2020 SCC 6
2020-02-28 Nevsun Resources Ltd. v. Araya 37919 2020 SCC 5
2020-02-21 Newfoundland and Labrador (Attorney General) v. Uashaunnuat (Innu of Uashat and of Mani-Utenam) 37912 2020 SCC 4
2020-10-30 Desjardins Financial Services Firm Inc. v. Asselin 37898 2020 SCC 30
2019-12-20 Canada Post Corp. v. Canadian Union of Postal Workers 37787 2019 SCC 67
2019-12-19 Bell Canada v. Canada (Attorney General) 37896
37897 		2019 SCC 66
2019-12-19 Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov 37748 2019 SCC 65
2019-12-19 The Standard of Review (taken from Vavilov in the “Administrative Law Trilogy”) 37748
37896
37897 		2019 SCC 65
2019 SCC 66
2019-12-13 Canada (Attorney General) v. British Columbia Investment Management Corp. 38059 2019 SCC 63
2019-12-12 Yared v. Karam 38089 2019 SCC 62
2019-12-06 Resolute FP Canada Inc. v. Ontario (Attorney General) 37985 2019 SCC 60
2019-11-29 Kosoian v. Société de transport de Montréal 38012 2019 SCC 59
2019-11-28 Desgagnés Transport Inc. v. Wärtsilä Canada Inc. 37873 2019 SCC 58
2019-11-22 Montréal (Ville) v. Octane Stratégie inc. 38066
38073 		2019 SCC 57
2019-11-15 R. v. K.J.M. 38292 2019 SCC 55
2019-11-14 R. v. Javanmardi 38188 2019 SCC 54
2019-11-08 R. v. Rafilovich 37791 2019 SCC 51
2019-10-31 Threlfall v. Carleton University 37893 2019 SCC 50
2019-10-25 R.S. v. P.R. 37861 2019 SCC 49
2019-10-11 R. v. Poulin 37994 2019 SCC 47
2019-10-04 Fleming v. Ontario 38087 2019 SCC 45
2019-09-27 Denis v. Côté 38114 2019 SCC 44
2019-09-26 Keatley Surveying Ltd. v. Teranet Inc. 37863 2019 SCC 43
2019-09-20 Pioneer Corp. v. Godfrey 37809
37810 		2019 SCC 42
2019-09-26 Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia 38332
2019-09-25 R. v. K.G.K. 38532
2019-07-31 R. v. R.V. 38286 2019 SCC 41
2019-07-26 R. v. Stillman 37701
38308
 2019 SCC 40
2019-07-05 R. v. Penunsi 38004 2019 SCC 39
2019-06-28 R. v. Goldfinch 38270 2019 SCC 38
2019-06-27 1068754 Alberta Ltd. v. Québec (Agence du revenu) 37999 2019 SCC 37
2019-06-07 L’Oratoire Saint Joseph du Mont Royal v. J.J. 37855 2019 SCC 35
2019-05-31 R. v. Le 37971 2019 SCC 34
2019-05-24 R. v. Barton 37769 2019 SCC 33
2019-05-16 Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General) 37790 2019 SCC 31
2019-05-10 Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v. Chhina 37770 2019 SCC 29
2018-07-20 R. v. Brassington 37476 2018 SCC 37
2019-05-03 Modern Cleaning Concept Inc. v. Comité paritaire 37813 2019 SCC 28
2019-04-18 R. v. Mills 37518 2019 SCC 22
2019-04-12 J.W. v. Canada (Attorney General) 37725 2019 SCC 20
2019-04-04 TELUS Communications Inc. v. Wellman 37722 2019 SCC 19
2019-03-28 R. v. Myers 37869 2019 SCC 18
2019-03-15 R. v. Morrison 37687 2019 SCC 15
2019-02-28 Salomon v. Matte-Thompson 37537 2019 SCC 14
2019-02-22 Barer v. Knight Brothers LLC 37594 2019 SCC 13
2019-02-14 R. v. Jarvis 37833 2019 SCC 10
2019-02-08 R. v. Bird 37596 2019 SCC 7
2019-02-01 R. v. Calnen 37707 2019 SCC 6
2019-01-31 Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton Ltd. 37627 2019 SCC 5
2019-01-25 S.A. v. Metro Vancouver Housing Corp. 37551 2019 SCC 4
2019-01-11 Frank v. Canada (Attorney General) 36645 2019 SCC 1
2018-12-14 R. v. Boudreault 37427
37774
37782
37783
 2018 SCC 58
2018-12-13 R. v. Reeves 37676 2018 SCC 56
2018-12-07 Brunette v. Legault Joly Thiffault 37566 2018 SCC 55
2018-10-17 R. v. Cyr-Langlois 37760 2018 SCC 54
2018-11-23 Moore v. Sweet 37546 2018 SCC 52
2018-11-16 Mazraani v. Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. 37642 2018 SCC 50
2018-11-09 Reference re Pan-Canadian Securities Regulation 37613 2018 SCC 48
2018-11-02 Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. v. Hydro-Québec 37238 2018 SCC 46
2018-10-26 R. v. Awashish 37207 2018 SCC 45
2018-10-26 R. v. Gubbins 37395
37403
http://canlii.ca/t/g90hs 		2018 SCC 44
2018-10-19 3091-5177 Québec inc. (Éconolodge Aéroport) v. Lombard General Insurance Co. of Canada 37421
37422 		2018 SCC 43
2018-10-11 Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Governor General in Council) 37441 2018 SCC 40
2018-10-05 Chagnon v. Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec 37543 2018 SCC 39
2018-09-14 Rogers Communications Inc. v. Voltage Pictures, LLC 37679 2018 SCC 38
2018-07-13 British Columbia v. Philip Morris International, Inc. 37524 2018 SCC 36
2018-07-06 Lorraine (Ville) v. 2646-8926 Québec inc. 37381 2018 SCC 35
2018-06-29 R. v. Suter 37247 2018 SCC 34
2018-06-15 Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University and Trinity Western University v. Law Society of Upper Canada 37318
37209 		2018 SCC 32
2018 SCC 33
2018-06-14 Canada (Canadian Human Rights Commission) v. Canada (Attorney General) 37208 2018 SCC 31
2018-06-13 Ewert v. Canada (Correctional Service) 37233 2018 SCC 30
2018-06-08 Montréal (Ville) v. Lonardi 37184 2018 SCC 29
2018-06-06 Haaretz.com v. Goldhar 37202 2018 SCC 28
2018-06-01 Groia v. Law Society of Upper Canada 37112 2018 SCC 27
2018-05-31 Highwood Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Judicial Committee) v. Wall 37273 2018 SCC 26
2018-05-25 R. v. Wong 37367 2018 SCC 25
2018-05-10 Quebec (Attorney General) v. Alliance du personnel professionnel et technique de la santé et des services sociaux 37347 2018 SCC 17
2018-05-18 West Fraser Mills Ltd. v. British Columbia (Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal) 37423 2018 SCC 22
2018-05-10 Centrale des syndicats du Québec v. Quebec (Attorney General) 37002 2018 SCC 18
2018-05-11 Rankin (Rankin’s Garage & Sales) v. J.J. 37323 2018 SCC 19
2018-04-20 Office of the Children's Lawyer v. Balev 37250 2018 SCC 16
2018-04-19 R. v. Comeau 37398 2018 SCC 15
2018-04-13 R. v. Magoon 37416
37479 		2018 SCC 14
2018-03-23 R. v. Carson 37506 2018 SCC 12
2018-11-30 R. v. Vice Media Canada Inc. 37574 2018 SCC 53
Date modified: 2023-01-01