APPENDIX 3: CANADIAN OFFICIAL REPORT SERIES AND NEUTRAL CITATIONS

For guidance on citation of Canadian cases, see rule 8.3.

Official reports

The following is a list of official federal reports arranged by court. Although different report series were published at different times, in each case the same abbreviation is used to refer to all series reporting decisions of the same court.

Supreme Court of Canada
Abbreviation Name Period
SCR Canada Supreme Court Reports 1876–1922
SCR Canada Law Reports: Supreme Court of Canada 1923–1969
SCR Canada Supreme Court Reports 1970–

Federal Court
Abbreviation Name Period
FC Canada Federal Court Reports 1971–2003
FCR Canada Federal Court Reports 2004–

Exchequer Court of Canada
Abbreviation Name Period
Ex CR Exchequer Court of Canada Reports 1875–1922
Ex CR Exchequer Court of Canada Reports 1923–1970
The following is a list of the official provincial and territorial report series.

Alberta
Abbreviation Name Period
Alta LR Alberta Law Reports 1908–1932
AR Alberta Reports 1976–

British Columbia
Abbreviation Name Period
BCR British Columbia Reports 1867–1947

Manitoba
Abbreviation Name Period
Man R Manitoba Reports 1883–1961

New Brunswick
Abbreviation Name Period
NBR New Brunswick Reports 1825–1929
NBR (2d) New Brunswick Reports (2d) 1969–

Newfoundland and Labrador & Prince Edward Island
Abbreviation Name Period
Nfld & PEIR Newfoundland & Prince Edward Island Reports 1971–

Northwest Territories
Abbreviation Name Period
Terr LR Territories Law Reports 1885–1907
NWTR Northwest Territories Reports 1983–1998

Nova Scotia
Abbreviation Name Period
NSR Nova Scotia Reports 1965–1969
NSR (2d) Nova Scotia Reports (2d) 1969–

Ontario
Abbreviation Name Period
OLR Ontario Law Reports 1900–1931
OR (2d) Ontario Reports (2d) 1973–1990
OR (3d) Ontario Reports (3d) 1991–
OWN Ontario Weekly Notes 1909–1962

Québec
Abbreviation Name Period
BR Rapports judiciaries officiels de Québec: Cour du Banc de la Reine/du Roi 1892–1941
BR Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour du Banc de la Reine/du Roi 1942–1969
CA Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour d'appel 1970–1985
CBES Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour du bein-être social 1975–1985
CP Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour provinciale 1975–1985
CS Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour supérieure 1967–1985
CS Rapports judiciaries officiels de Québec: Cour supérieure 1892–1966
CSP Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Cour des Sessions de la paix 1975–1985
TJ Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec: Tribunal de la jeunesse 1975–1985
RJQ Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec 1986–

Yukon Territories
Abbreviation Name Period
YR Yukon Reports 1986–1989
NEUTRAL CITATIONS

The following list indicates when the various Canadian courts adopted neutral citations.

Note that some earlier decisions have been given what look like neutral citations by the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). These are not official and should not be used.

The Federal courts use different court identifiers for English and French language version of judgments. The English language court identifier is given first followed by the French identifier.

Federal
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Supreme Court of Canada SCC, CSC January 2000
Federal Court FC, CF February 2001
Federal Court of Appeal FCA, CAJ February 2001

Alberta
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal ABCA January 1998
Court of Queen's Bench ABQB January 1998
Provincial Court ABPC January 1998

British Columbia
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal BCCA January 1999
Supreme Court BCSC January 2000
Provincial Court BCPC February 1999

Manitoba
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal MBCA March 2000
Court of Queen's Bench MBQB April 2000
Provincial Court MBPC January 2007

New Brunswick
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal NBCA May 2001
Court of Queen's Bench NBQC January 2002
Provincial Court NBPC December 2002

Newfoundland and Labrador
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal NFCA January 2001
Supreme Court, Court of Appeal NLCA January 2005
Supreme Court, Trial Division NLSCTD July 2003

North West Territories
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal NWTCA December 1999
Supreme Court NWTSC October 1999
Territorial Court NWTTC October 1999

Nova Scotia
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal NSCA September 1999
Supreme Court NSSC December 2000
Supreme Court, Family Division NSSF January 2001
Provincial Court NSPC March 2001

Nunavut
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal NUCA May 2006
Court of Justice NUCJ January 2001

Ontario
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal ONCA January 2007
Superior Court of Justice ONSC January 2010
Court of Justice ONCJ January 2004

Prince Edward Island
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Supreme Court, Appeal Division PESCAD January 2000
Supreme Court, Trial Division PESCTD January 2000

Québec
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal QCCA January 2005
Superior Court QCCS January 2006
Court of Québec QCCP January 2006

Saskatchewan
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal SKCA January 2000
Court of Queen's Bench SKQB January 1999
Provincial Court SKPC January 2002

Yukon Territory
Court Court identifier Adoption date
Court of Appeal YKCA March 2000
Supreme Court YKSC March 2000
Territorial Court YKTC December 1999

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