The FCA 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 FC and the TCC. It may also review decisions of certain federal tribunals pursuant to section 28 of the Federal Courts Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. F-7 and hear appeals under other acts of Parliament. Further information on the FCA can be found at www.fca-caf.gc.ca.
The table below provides an overview of the workload of the FCA.
Federal Court of Appeal | 2018–19 | 2017–18 | 2016–17 | 2015–16 | 2014–15 |
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Proceedings Instituted or Filed | 463 | 422 | 527 | 527 | 621 |
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry | 1,444 | 1,395 | 1,711 | 1,843 | 1,792 |
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court | 200 | 244 | 305 | 300 | 253 |
Days in Court | 156 | 174 | 217 | 208 | 176 |
Recorded Entries | 20,294 | 18,645 | 22,107 | 24,339 | 24,474 |
Total Dispositions | 357 | 428 | 539 | 615 | 474 |
Active Proceedings as of March 31 | |||||
Appeals from FC (Final Judgment) | 168 | 151 | 157 | 198 | 197 |
Appeals from FC (Interlocutory Judgment) | 76 | 49 | 53 | 49 | 72 |
Appeals from TCC | 182 | 126 | 112 | 96 | 179 |
Applications for Judicial Review | 91 | 88 | 97 | 87 | 69 |
Others | 23 | 27 | 31 | 33 | 38 |
Total | 540 | 441 | 450 | 463 | 555 |
Status as of March 31 | |||||
Not perfected | 290 | 260 | 247 | 252 | 327 |
Perfected | 71 | 76 | 61 | 57 | 48 |
Consolidated | 43 | 20 | 28 | 37 | 70 |
Reserved | 49 | 39 | 46 | 32 | 29 |
Scheduled for hearing | 40 | 27 | 51 | 66 | 56 |
Stayed | 47 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 25 |
Total | 540 | 441 | 450 | 463 | 555 |