The Courts We Support

Federal Court of Appeal


The Federal Court of Appeal is a national, bilingual, bijural, superior court of record, which has jurisdiction to hear appeals of judgments and orders, whether final or interlocutory, of the Federal Court and the Tax Court of Canada. It may also review decisions of certain federal tribunals pursuant to section 28 of the Federal Courts Act and hear appeals under other acts of Parliament.

Further information on the Federal Court of Appeal can be found at: www.fca-caf.gc.ca

The following statistics provide a record of the workload handled by the employees of the Judicial and Registry Services Branch in support of the Federal Court of Appeal.

Federal Court of Appeal 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 496 595 471 527 542
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 1,600 1,554 1,588 1,674 1,272
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 289 278 334 370 356
Days in Court 185 187 226 246 215
Recorded Entries 21,053 20,622 20,566 20,632 20,506
Total Dispositions 541 490 511 565 629
Active Proceedings as of
March 31
2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
Appeals from Federal Court (Final Judgment) 169 122 137 131 164
Appeals from Federal Court (Interlocutory Judgment) 64 58 46 35 35
Appeals from Tax Court of Canada 95 86 96 145 118
Applications for Judicial Review 47 182 65 75 102
Others 38 19 16 17 28
Total 413 467 360 403 447
Status as of March 31 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10
Not perfected 267 251 234 258 294
Perfected 44 23 28 37 39
Consolidated 32 119 20 22 14
Reserved 28 15 24 18 15
Scheduled for hearing 21 43 36 46 72
Stayed 21 16 18 22 13
Total 413 467 360 403 447