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: 2008
Province or Territory: Northwest Territories
Court: Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
Citation: 2008 NWTCA 06
Category: Language rights and services to the public
This appeal and cross-appeal concerned the scope of language rights in the Northwest Territories (NWT) arising from the Northwest Territories’ Official Languages Act (NWT OLA)Footnote 1. The case, on appeal from the judgment of...Year: 2015
Province or Territory: Northwest Territories
Court: Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
Citation: 2015 NWTCA 1
Category: Minority-language education rights
The Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories ruled on the scope of the government’s discretion regarding admission to École Boréale, the French school in Hay River, and the constitutionality of a ministerial directive curtailing the power of the...Year: 2015
Province or Territory: Northwest Territories
Court: Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
Citation: 2015 NWTCA 2
Category: Minority-language education rights
The issue in this appeal was whether the French minority language school in Yellowknife, École Allain St-Cyr (EASC), met the minimum constitutional standards. The Supreme Court of Canada refused the application for leave to appeal this decision...