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 2019–20 2018–19 2017–18 2016–17 2015–16
Proceedings Instituted or Filed 490 463 422 527 527
Court Judgments, Orders and Directions Processed by the Registry 1,965 1,444 1,395 1,711 1,843
Files prepared for hearing and heard in Court 239 200 244 305 300
Days in Court 191 156 174 217 208
Recorded Entries 22,632 20,294 18,645 22,107 24,339
Total Dispositions 532 357 428 539 615
Active Proceedings as of March 31
Appeals from FC (Final Judgment) 170 168 151 157 198
Appeals from FC (Interlocutory Judgment) 76 76 49 53 49
Appeals from TCC 136 182 126 112 96
Applications for Judicial Review 80 91 88 97 87
Others 35 23 27 31 33
Total 497 540 441 450 463
Status as of March 31
Not perfected 276 290 260 247 252
Perfected 89 71 76 61 57
Consolidated 31 43 20 28 37
Reserved 34 49 39 46 32
Scheduled for hearing 32 40 27 51 66
Stayed 35 47 19 17 19
Total 497 540 441 450 463