The Courts We Serve

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 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 527 621 496 595 471
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 1,845 1,792 1,600 1,554 1,588
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 301 253 289 278 334
Days in Court 208 176 185 187 226
Recorded Entries 24,353 24,474 21,053 20,622 20,566
Total Dispositions 615 474 541 490 511
Active Proceedings as of March 31 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12
Appeals from Federal Court (Final Judgment) 198 197 169 122 137
Appeals from Federal Court (Interlocutory Judgment) 49 72 64 58 46
Appeals from Tax Court of Canada 96 179 95 86 96
Applications for Judicial Review 87 69 47 182 65
Others 33 38 38 19 16
Total 463 555 413 467 360
Status as of March 31 2015–16 2014–15 2013–14 2012–13 2011–12
Not perfected 252 327 267 251 234
Perfected 57 48 44 23 28
Consolidated 37 70 32 119 20
Reserved 32 29 28 15 24
Scheduled for hearing 66 56 21 43 36
Stayed 19 25 21 16 18
Total 463 555 413 467 360