Civil court cases: annual cases by type in Ontario 2022

In the fiscal year of 2021/22, there were 359,951 active civil court cases in Ontario, Canada. Of these, 163,739 were initiated in that year, while 164,903 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 Ontario from FY 2006 to FY 2022, by type

Characteristic	Total initiated cases	Total active cases*	Total active cases with disposition**
2021 / 2022	163,739	359,951	164,903
2020 / 2021	152,183	298,737	124,429
2019 / 2020	207,656	419,750	240,124
2018 / 2019	219,702	444,449	252,826
2017 / 2018	223,159	439,215	253,708
2016 / 2017	227,943	426,384	236,956
2015 / 2016	231,608	442,875	254,396
2014 / 2015	236,584	457,400	277,841
2013 / 2014	244,508	472,356	288,515
2012 / 2013	252,667	483,391	292,080
2011 / 2012	264,685	485,977	287,093
2010 / 2011	265,853	482,351	290,374
2009 / 2010	283,378	496,869	301,791
2008 / 2009	276,396	499,306	310,325
2007 / 2008	259,374	481,250	292,530
2006 / 2007	261,806	469,709	286,391
2005 / 2006	271,510	463,205	286,130

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Release date

March 2023

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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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