Civil court cases: annual cases by type in Canada 2022

In the fiscal year of 2021/22, there were 765,967 active civil court cases in Canada. Of these, 344,382 were initiated in that year, while 389,446 had a court event that disposed all or part of the case (such as a settlement or judgement).

Annual number of civil court cases in Canada from FY 2006 to FY 2022, by type

Characteristic	Total initiated cases	Total active cases*	Total active cases with disposition**
2021 / 2022	344,382	765,967	389,446
2020 / 2021	341,056	697,320	320,907
2019 / 2020	454,372	907,058	501,889
2018 / 2019	469,033	924,316	515,927
2017 / 2018	467,123	914,194	519,626
2016 / 2017	473,608	891,630	500,657
2015 / 2016	479,235	907,708	525,188
2014 / 2015	470,622	907,206	537,909
2013 / 2014	480,230	926,825	556,517
2012 / 2013	481,163	922,411	552,750
2011 / 2012	496,019	931,306	554,698
2010 / 2011	493,785	921,328	553,597
2009 / 2010	519,058	941,500	545,112
2008 / 2009	499,643	923,266	532,356
2007 / 2008	429,487	816,974	457,487
2006 / 2007	394,427	703,355	403,353
2005 / 2006	384,157	673,646	381,291

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

FY 2006 to FY 2022

Supplementary notes

* All cases with at least one court event, which moves all or part of the case through the court process during the year (including initiated cases).
** A disposition is a court event that disposes part of or all of the civil case (for example, settlement, consent judgment and judgment). A case may have more than one type of disposition associated with it. In this table, "with disposition" indicates the disposition occurred in the reference fiscal year.

Values include data on civil court events and cases at both the superior and provincial-territorial court levels. Appeal courts, federal courts (for example, Tax Court of Canada) and the Supreme Court of Canada are not included.
The fiscal year runs from April 1 to March 31 each year. Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, FY 2006 to FY 2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.

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