Judicial Citations
Members of the Public Law Research Group are often cited by the courts in both Canada and abroad. A representative sample of citations can be found below.
Citations of the Constitutional Law of Canada Treatise
Citations of Peter W. Hogg and Wade K. Wright, Constitutional Law of Canada, 5th ed. (Toronto: Thomson Reuters/Carswell, 2007+)
Citations since the release of the first update by Wade Wright in 2021:
Supreme Court of Canada
Ontario (Attorney General) v Restoule, 2024 SCC 27
Canada (Attorney General) v Power, 2024 SCC 26
R. v Tayo Tompouba, 2024 SCC 16
Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10
R. v Bykovets, 2024 SCC 6
Re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5
Ontario (Attorney General) v Ontario (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2024 SCC 4
Sharp v Autorité des marchés financiers, 2023 SCC 29
Reference re Impact Assessment Act, 2023 SCC 23
R. v McGregor, 2023 SCC 4
R. v J.J., 2022 SCC 28
R. v Sullivan, 2022 SCC 19
R. v Albashir, 2021 SCC 48
Ward v Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse), 2021 SCC 43
Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41
Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34
Federal Court of Appeal
La Rose v Canada, 2023 FCA 241
Provincial Appellate Courts
Reilly v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 270
Mena-Konstadulakis c R., 2024 QCCA 937
Campbell v Capital One Financial Corporation, 2024 BCCA 253
The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Canada et al. v La Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick and The Attorney General for New Brunswick, 2024 NBCA 70
TransAlta Corporation v Alberta (Environment and Parks), 2024 ABCA 127
National Steel Car Limited v Independent Electricity System Operator, 2024 ONCA 265
Altius Royalty Corporation v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 105
Organisation mondiale sikhe du Canada c Procureur général du Québec, 2024 QCCA 254
Renvoi relatif à la Loi sur les services à la famille et la Loi sur le bien-être des enfants et des jeunes, 2024 NBCA 42
Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association v Ontario (Attorney General), 2024 ONCA 101
R v Sheppard, 2023 ABCA 381
Democracy Watch v British Columbia (Lieutenant Governor), 2023 BCCA 404
Stubicar v Calgary (Subdivision and Development Appeal Board), 2023 ABCA 243
Sandoz Canada Inc. v British Columbia, 2023 BCCA 306
Procureur général du Québec c Opsis Services aéroportuaires inc., 2023 QCCA 506
R v Quintero-Gelvez, 2023 ABCA 64
R v Caribou, 2022 MBCA 95
Lewis v Alberta Health Services, 2022 ABCA 359
R v Al Aazawi, 2022 ABCA 361
R v Tarapaski, 2022 MBCA 74
R v Badu, 2022 ABCA 267
Agrium v Orbis Engineering Field Services, 2022 ABCA 266
Vujicic v Estate of Leona Donna MacEachern, 2022 ABCA 263
R v Z (MJ), 2022 MBCA 61
The Redeemed Christian Church of God v New Westminster (City), 2022 BCCA 224
Re Impact Assessment Act, 2022 ABCA 165
R v N.S., 2022 ONCA 160
Merck Canada inc. c Procureur général du Canada, 2022 QCCA 240
Renvoi à la Cour d'appel du Québec relatif à la Loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis, 2022 QCCA 185
Procureur général du Québec c Gallant, 2021 QCCA 1701
Sagkeeng v Government of Manitoba, 2021 MBCA 88
Lower Courts
Justice pour le Québec c Procureur général du Canada, 2024 QCCS 2855
R. v Fardy, 2024 NSSC 211
O'Donnell v Alberta (Minister of Justice), 2024 ABKB 268
R v Oldfield, 2024 ABKB 131
Cime Aventure inc. c Procureur général du Québec, 2024 QCCS 473
UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender Diversity v Government of Saskatchewan, 2024 SKKB 23
Fisher Direct Ltd. v Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2023 NSSC 371
Shanthakumar v CBSA, 2023 ONSC 3180
Bakhtiari v British Columbia (Minister of Finance), 2023 BCSC 1260
Power Workers’ Union v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 793
Justice pour le Québec c Procureur général du Canada, 2023 QCCS 2787
Power Workers’ Union v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 793
A.B. c Google, 2023 QCCS 1167
Canadian Civil Liberties Association v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 FC 118
Ville de Sainte-Julie c Pépin, 2022 QCCS 4694
Ontario English Catholic Teachers Assoc. v His Majesty, 2022 ONSC 6658
Canadian Constitution Foundation v Canada (Attorney General), 2022 FC 1233
R. v Penner, 2022 BCSC 1859
Democracy Watch v British Columbia (Lieutenant Governor), 2022 BCSC 1037
Kanyinda c Procureur général du Québec, 2022 QCCS 1887
R. v Robertson, 2022 ONCJ 160
R. v Tully, 2022 ONSC 1852
Abdi v Canada, 2022 FC 310
Guy Levesque v PNB et al., 2022 NBQB 16
Flying E Ranche Ltd. v Attorney General of Canada, 2022 ONSC 601
Thomas and Saik’uz First Nation v Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 2022 BCSC 15
Astral Média Affichage c Ville de Montréal, 2022 QCCS 4476
Force of Nature Society v City of Surrey, 2021 BCSC 2511
Canadian Pacific Railway Company v Canada, 2021 FC 1014
Administrative Tribunals
A2101923 (Re), 2024 CanLII 10423 (BC WCAT)
Equal Work For Equal Pay v British Columbia (Children and Family Development), 2022 BCLRB 105
Citations of the Liability of the Crown Treatise
Citations of Peter W. Hogg, Patrick J. Monahan and Wade K. Wright, Liability of the Crown, 4th ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
Citations since 2019:
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada (Attorney General) v Power, 2024 SCC 26
Re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, 2024 SCC 5
Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41
Canada (Attorney General) v British Columbia Investment Management Corp., 2019 SCC 63
R. v Resolute FP Canada Inc., 2019 SCC 60
Federal Court of Appeal
Canada (Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness) v Ewen, 2023 FCA 225
Rebello v Canada (Justice), 2023 FCA 67
Feeney v Canada, 2022 FCA 190
Provincial Appellate Courts
Wesley v Alberta, 2024 ABCA 276
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation v Canada (Attorney General), 2023 ONCA 565
Sandoz Canada Inc. v British Columbia, 2023 BCCA 306
Aura Ventures Corp. v Vancouver (City), 2023 BCCA 209
Ville de Québec c Ville de l'Ancienne-Lorette, 2021 QCCA 1344
Fitter International Inc. v British Columbia, 2021 ABCA 54
Anglin v Resler, 2020 ABCA 184
Ocean Wise Conservation Association v Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 2019 BCCA 58
Lower Courts
1395804 Ontario Ltd. (Blacklock's Reporter) v Canada (Attorney General), 2024 FC 829
UR Pride Centre for Sexuality and Gender persity v Government of Saskatchewan, 2024 SKKB 23
Horvath Estate (Re), 2023 ABKB 643
LAPP Corporation v Alberta, 2023 ABKB 566
Gitxaala v British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner), 2023 BCSC 1680
McDonald v Saskatchewan, 2023 SKKB 138
Justice pour le Québec c Procureur général du Canada, 2023 QCCS 2787
Richmond Hill Zone Hockey Association v Ontario Minor Hockey Association, 2023 ONSC 2137
Aura Ventures Corp. v Vancouver (City), 2022 BCSC 508
Levy v British Columbia (Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General), 2022 BCSC 356
Flying E Ranche Ltd. v Attorney General of Canada, 2022 ONSC 601
Bigeagle v Canada, 2021 FC 504
Medelco Inc. v Her Majesty the Queen (B.C.), 2020 ONSC 5859
Restoule v Canada (Attorney General), 2020 ONSC 3932
Hetherington v Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, 2020 SKQB 110
Prosper Petroleum Ltd. v Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Alberta, 2020 ABQB 127
9255-2504 Québec Inc. c Canada, 2020 CF 161
Fitter International Inc. v British Columbia, 2019 ABQB 990
ANC Timber Ltd v Alberta (Minister of Agriculture and Forestry), 2019 ABQB 710
Cambie Surgeries Corporation v British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 BCSC 860
Morin v Canada (Attorney General), 2019 FC 638
Administrative Tribunals
Halifax Regional Water Commission (Re), 2022 NSUARB 163
Courts Outside Canada
Seiffert v The Prisoners Review Board, [2023] WASCA 15 (Western Australia Court of Appeal)
Stafford v Accident Compensation Corporation [2020] NZCA 164 (New Zealand Court of Appeal)
Attorney-General v Strathboss Kiwifruit Limited [2020] NZCA 98 (New Zealand Court of Appeal)
Searle v Commonwealth of Australia [2019] NSWCA 127 (New South Wales Court of Appeal, Australia)
Australian Workers’ Union v Registered Organisations Commissioner [2019] FCA 309 (Federal Court of Australia)
Citations of Other Work
Citations of Other Work
Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28, citing:
Jassmine Girgis and Thomas G.W. Telfer, “Do Securities Commission Debts Survive a Bankruptcy Discharge? An Analysis of Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission) (BCCA)” (2023) 67 Can. Bus. L.J. 438; and
Jassmine Girgis and Thomas G.W. Telfer, “The Fraudulent Misrepresentation and False Pretences Exception to the Bankruptcy Discharge: Balancing the Debtor’s Fresh Start with Confidence in the Credit System” in Jill Corraini and D. Blair Nixon (eds.), Annual Review of Insolvency Law 2022 (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2023)
Canada (Attorney General) v. Power, 2024 SCC 26, citing:
Malcolm Rowe and Manish Oza, “Structural Analysis and the Canadian Constitution” (2023) 101 Can. Bar Rev. 205
Dow Chemical Canada ULC v. The King, 2024 SCC 23, citing:
Colin Campbell and Robert Raizenne, A History of Canadian Income Tax, Volume 1: The Income War Tax Act 1917-1948 (Toronto: Canadian Tax Foundation and the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2022); and
Colin Campbell, Administration of Income Tax 2023 (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2023)
Slater v Pedigree Poultry, 2022 SKCA 113, citing:
Erika Chamberlain, Misfeasance in a Public Office (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2016)
Prosecutor v Ongwen, 'Judgment on the appeal of Mr Ongwen against the decision of Trial Chamber IX of 4 February 2021', ICC-02/04-01/15-2022-Red, International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber (15 December 2022), citing:
Valerie Oosterveld et al., 'Amici Curiae Brief on Forced Marriage', ICC-02/04-01/15-1935, International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber (23 December 2021); and
Valerie Oosterveld, Oral Submissions, ICC-02/04-01/15-T-264-ENG (15 February 2022)
Ontario (Attorney General) v Clark, 2021 SCC 18, citing:
Erika Chamberlain, Misfeasance in a Public Office (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2016)
Prosecutor v Ntaganda, 'Reparations Order', ICC-01/04-02/06-2659, International Criminal Court Trial Chamber VI (8 March 2021), citing:
Valerie Oosterveld, ‘Gender-based Crimes Against Humanity’ in Leila N. Sadat (ed.), Forging a Convention for Crimes against Humanity (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011)
Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11, citing:
Peter W. Hogg and Wade K. Wright, “Canadian Federalism, the Privy Council and the Supreme Court: Reflections on the Debate About Canadian Federalism” (2005) 38(2) University of British Columbia Law Review 329
Harpold v Saskatchewan (Corrections and Policing), 2020 SKCA 98, citing:
Erika Chamberlain, “What is the Role of Misfeasance in a Public Office in Modern Canadian Tort Law?” (2009) 88 Can. Bar Rev. 579
Truchon c Procureur Général du Canada, 2019 QCCS 3792, citing:
Peter W. Hogg, Allison A. Bushell Thornton and Wade K. Wright, “Charter Dialogue Revisited – Or Much Ado About Metaphors” (2007) 45(1) Osgoode Hall L.J. 1
Jones v The Attorney General of Canada (RCMP), 2018 NBCA 86, citing:
Erika Chamberlain, “What is the Role of Misfeasance in a Public Office in Modern Canadian Tort Law?” (2009) 88 Can. Bar Rev. 579