APPENDIX 3: CANADIAN OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES AND NEUTRAL CITATIONS
For guidance on citation of Canadian cases, see rule 8.3.
Official reports
The following is a list of official federal reports arranged by court. Although different report series were published at different times, in each case the same abbreviation is used to refer to all series reporting decisions of the same court.
Supreme Court of Canada
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
SCR |
Canada Supreme Court Reports |
1876–1922 |
|
SCR |
Canada Law Reports: Supreme Court of Canada |
1923–1969 |
|
SCR |
Canada Supreme Court Reports |
1970– |
Federal Court
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
FC |
Canada Federal Court Reports |
1971–2003 |
|
FCR |
Canada Federal Court Reports |
2004– |
Exchequer Court of Canada
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
Ex CR |
Exchequer Court of Canada Reports |
1875–1922 |
|
Ex CR |
Exchequer Court of Canada Reports |
1923–1970 |
The following is a list of the official provincial and territorial report series.
Alberta
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
Alta LR |
Alberta Law Reports |
1908–1932 |
|
AR |
Alberta Reports |
1976– |
British Columbia
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
BCR |
British Columbia Reports |
1867–1947 |
Manitoba
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
Man R |
Manitoba Reports |
1883–1961 |
New Brunswick
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
NBR |
New Brunswick Reports |
1825–1929 |
|
NBR (2d) |
New Brunswick Reports (2d) |
1969– |
Newfoundland and Labrador & Prince Edward Island
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
Nfld & PEIR |
Newfoundland & Prince Edward Island Reports |
1971– |
Northwest Territories
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
Terr LR |
Territories Law Reports |
1885–1907 |
|
NWTR |
Northwest Territories Reports |
1983–1998 |
Nova Scotia
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
NSR |
Nova Scotia Reports |
1965–1969 |
|
NSR (2d) |
Nova Scotia Reports (2d) |
1969– |
Ontario
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
OLR |
Ontario Law Reports |
1900–1931 |
|
OR (2d) |
Ontario Reports (2d) |
1973–1990 |
|
OR (3d) |
Ontario Reports (3d) |
1991– |
|
OWN |
Ontario Weekly Notes |
1909–1962 |
Québec
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
BR |
Rapports judiciaries officiels de Québec: Cour du Banc de la Reine/du Roi |
1892–1941 |
|
BR |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour du Banc de la Reine/du Roi |
1942–1969 |
|
CA |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour d'appel |
1970–1985 |
|
CBES |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour du bein-être social |
1975–1985 |
|
CP |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour provinciale |
1975–1985 |
|
CS |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour supérieure |
1967–1985 |
|
CS |
Rapports judiciaries officiels de Québec: Cour supérieure |
1892–1966 |
|
CSP |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour des Sessions de la paix |
1975–1985 |
|
TJ |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Tribunal de la jeunesse |
1975–1985 |
|
RJQ |
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec |
1986– |
Yukon Territories
|
Abbreviation |
Name |
Period |
|
YR |
Yukon Reports |
1986–1989 |
NEUTRAL CITATIONS
The following list indicates when the various Canadian courts adopted neutral citations.
Note that some earlier decisions have been given what look like neutral citations by the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). These are not official and should not be used.
The Federal courts use different court identifiers for English and French language version of judgments. The English language court identifier is given first followed by the French identifier.
Federal
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Supreme Court of Canada |
SCC, CSC |
January 2000 |
|
Federal Court |
FC, CF |
February 2001 |
|
Federal Court of Appeal |
FCA, CAJ |
February 2001 |
Alberta
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
ABCA |
January 1998 |
|
Court of Queen's Bench |
ABQB |
January 1998 |
|
Provincial Court |
ABPC |
January 1998 |
British Columbia
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
BCCA |
January 1999 |
|
Supreme Court |
BCSC |
January 2000 |
|
Provincial Court |
BCPC |
February 1999 |
Manitoba
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
MBCA |
March 2000 |
|
Court of Queen's Bench |
MBQB |
April 2000 |
|
Provincial Court |
MBPC |
January 2007 |
New Brunswick
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
NBCA |
May 2001 |
|
Court of Queen's Bench |
NBQC |
January 2002 |
|
Provincial Court |
NBPC |
December 2002 |
Newfoundland and Labrador
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal |
NFCA |
January 2001 |
|
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal |
NLCA |
January 2005 |
|
Supreme Court, Trial Division |
NLSCTD |
July 2003 |
North West Territories
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
NWTCA |
December 1999 |
|
Supreme Court |
NWTSC |
October 1999 |
|
Territorial Court |
NWTTC |
October 1999 |
Nova Scotia
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
NSCA |
September 1999 |
|
Supreme Court |
NSSC |
December 2000 |
|
Supreme Court, Family Division |
NSSF |
January 2001 |
|
Provincial Court |
NSPC |
March 2001 |
Nunavut
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
NUCA |
May 2006 |
Court of Justice |
NUCJ |
January 2001 |
Ontario
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
Court of Appeal |
ONCA |
January 2007 |
|
Superior Court of Justice |
ONSC |
January 2010 |
|
Court of Justice |
ONCJ |
January 2004 |
Prince Edward Island
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Supreme Court, Appeal Division |
PESCAD |
January 2000 |
|
Supreme Court, Trial Division |
PESCTD |
January 2000 |
Québec
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
QCCA |
January 2005 |
|
Superior Court |
QCCS |
January 2006 |
|
Court of Québec |
QCCP |
January 2006 |
Saskatchewan
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
SKCA |
January 2000 |
|
Court of Queen's Bench |
SKQB |
January 1999 |
|
Provincial Court |
SKPC |
January 2002 |
Yukon Territory
|
Court |
Court identifier |
Adoption date |
|
Court of Appeal |
YKCA |
March 2000 |
|
Supreme Court |
YKSC |
March 2000 |
|
Territorial Court |
YKTC |
December 1999 |