Civil Courts Statistics

StatsCan’s Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics began a civil court survey in 2003/04, involving two provinces (British Columbia and Nova Scotia) and two territories (Nunavut and Yukon Territory). The results for 2005/06 were just released, according to an announcement in The Daily. The data are officially only available on request from Information and Client Services (toll-free 1-800-387-2231; 613-951-9023), Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics.

It seems likely that the survey will soon be expanded to encompass all jurisdictions.

I requested the data and have made it available here in PDF. (I inquired about permission and was directed to StatsCan’s copyright policy page, which makes it clear that free data can be made freely available for non-commercial purposes.)

There are ten tables, each on a separate PDF file:

1. Civil court cases by level of court and type of action, 2005/2006
2. Active family cases by type of family action and level of court, 2005/2006
3. Active general civil cases by type of general civil action and level of court, 2005/2006
4. Events in active family court cases by type of event, 2005/2006
5. Events in active general civil court cases by type of event, 2005/2006
6. Civil court cases with activity in 2004/2005 and no activity in 2005/2006 by level of court, type of action and year of case initiation
7. Elapsed time from case initiation to first disposition for active family cases by level of court, 2005/2006
8. Elapsed time from case initiation to first disposition for active general civil cases by level of court, 2005/2006
9. Dispositions in active family cases by type of disposition and level of court, 2005/2006
10. Dispositions in active general civil cases by type of disposition and level of court, 2005/2006