Federal Court of Appeal (FCA)

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
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