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