Court decisions
This database presents summaries of key court decisions in Canada related to official languages and of events relating to language rights since 2003. These summaries have been prepared by the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada.
This database is not exhaustive. It was designed to be used as a reference tool for people directly or indirectly interested in language rights. The database is updated on an ongoing basis.
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Year: 2010
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2010 FC 999
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
In this caseFootnote 1, the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA) filed an application for judicial review before the Federal Court seeking to quash the Order...Year: 2009
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Ontario Superior Court
Citation: 98 O.R. (3rd) 220 (Ontario Superior Court of Justice)
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
This applicationFootnote 1 was filed following the budget cuts made by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in 2009. On March 25, 2009, the CBC announced...Year: 2010
Province or Territory: Quebec
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2010 FC 86
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
This caseFootnote 1 involved the issue of the language of patents and their accompanying documents. The applicant applied for a remedy before the Federal Court, under section 77 of the Official Languages Act (...Year: 2012
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2012 FC 650
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
The Federal Court defined the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Official Languages with respect to programming for official language minority communities. Background In March 2009, CBC/Radio-Canada announced a financial recovery plan involving significant budget cuts. In particular, CBC/Radio-...Year: 2005
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Ontario Divisional Court
Citation: 75 O.R. (3d) 759
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
In Giroux,Footnote 1 the Ontario Divisional Court had to consider certain decisions made by provincial institutions to determine whether they respected the language rights of the residents of Welland. The applicants made two...Year: 2005
Province or Territory: Ontario
Court: Ontario Divisional Court
Citation: 76 O.R. (3d) 561
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
In this case,Footnote 1 the Ontario Divisional Court had to rule whether the closure of a French-language college of applied arts and technology in Ontario was consistent with the unwritten constitutional principle of respect for and protection...Year: 2005
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Supreme Court of Canada
Citation: 2005 SCC 85
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
The legislative amendments to Part VII of the Official Languages Act (OLA) led the Supreme Court of Canada to withdraw leave to appeal in Forum des mairesFootnote 1. In that...Year: 2004
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2004 FC 679
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
In Raîche,Footnote 1 the Federal Court considered inter alia to what extent a Federal Electoral Boundaries Commission should take section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA) into...Year: 2004
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Federal Court of Appeal
Citation: 2004 CAF 263
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
The case concerned the decision of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to transfer certain positions from one region to another and raised inter alia the question of remedies available to penalize infringements of the government’s commitment regarding the...Year: 2003
Province or Territory: New Brunswick
Court: Federal Court
Citation: 2003 CF 1048
Category: Vitality and development of official language minority communities
The case concerned the decision of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to transfer certain positions from one region to another and raised inter alia the question of remedies available to penalize infringements of the government’s commitment regarding the...Filter by year
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