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 table below provides an overview of the workload of the Judicial and Registry Services Branch in support of the Federal Court of Appeal.

Federal Court of Appeal 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12 2010–11
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 621 496 595 471 527
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 1,792 1,600 1,554 1,588 1,674
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 253 289 278 334 370
Days in Court 176 185 187 226 246
Recorded Entries 24,474 21,053 20,622 20,566 20,632
Total Dispositions 474 541 490 511 565
Active Proceedings as of
March 31		 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12 2010–11
Appeals from Federal Court (Final Judgment) 197 169 122 137 131
Appeals from Federal Court (Interlocutory Judgment) 72 64 58 46 35
Appeals from Tax Court of Canada 179 95 86 96 145
Applications for Judicial Review 69 47 182 65 75
Others 38 38 19 16 17
Total 555 413 467 360 403
Status  as of March 31 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12 2010–11
Not perfected 327 267 251 234 258
Perfected 48 44 23 28 37
Consolidated 70 32 119 20 22
Reserved 29 28 15 24 18
Scheduled for hearing 56 21 43 36 46
Stayed 25 21 16 18 22
Total 555 413 467 360 403