Supreme Court of Canada Citations
The Ottawa Law Review has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in 44 cases. See below by different areas of law.
Aboriginal Law
Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10
citing Ghislain Otis, “La gouvernance autochtone avec ou sans la Charte Canadienne?”
(2005) 36:2 Ottawa L Rev 207.
Administrative Law
British Columbia (AG) v Canada (AG), 1994 CanLII 81 (SCC)
citing Bohdan S Romaniuk & Hudson N Janisch, “Competition in Telecommunications: Who Polices the Transition”
(1986) 18:3 Ottawa L Rev 561.
Martineau v Matsqui Disciplinary Bd, 1979 CanLII 184 (SCC)
citing Norman M Fera, “While Certiorari may Live in the Trial Division of the Federal Court, the Fairness Concept has Suffered a Serious Blow: The Recent Martineau Decisions”
(1979) 11:1 Ottawa L Rev 78.
Canadian National Railway Co v Canada (AG), 2014 SCC 40
citing Bohdan S Romaniuk & Hudson N Janisch, “Competition in Telecommunications: Who Polices the Transition?”
(1986) 18:3 Ottawa L Rev 561.
Auer v Auer, 2024 SCC 36
citing Mark P Mancini, “One Rule to Rule Them All: Subordinate Legislation and the Law of Judicial Review”
(2024) 55:2 Ottawa L Rev 245.
Commercial Law
Kosmopoulos v Constitution Insurance Co, 1987 CanLII 75 (SCC)
citing Marvin G Baer, “Recent Developments in Canadian Law: Insurance Law”
(1985) 17:3 Ottawa L Rev 631.
Hercules Managements Ltd v Ernst & Young, 1997 CanLII 345 (SCC)
citing Ivan F Ivankovich, “Accountants and Third-Party Liability – Back to the Future”
(1991) 23:3 Ottawa L Rev 505.
CM Callow Inc v Zollinger, 2020 SCC 45
citing Mélanie Samson, “Le droit civil québécois: exemple d’un droit à porosité variable”
(2019) 50:2 Ottawa L Rev 255.
Constitutional Law
Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, 1989 CanLII 2 (SCC)
citing Robert L Lenoir, “Citizenship as a Requirement for the Practice of Law in Ontario”
(1981) 13:1 Ottawa L Rev 527.
McKinney v University of Guelph, 1990 CanLII 60 (SCC)
citing JA Manwaring, “Bringing the Common Law to the Bar of Justice: A Comment on the Decision in the Case of Dolphin Delivery Ltd.”
(1987) 19:2 Ottawa L Rev 413.
McKinney v University of Guelph, 1990 CanLII 60 (SCC)
citing Ghislain Otis, “The Charter, Private Action and the Supreme Court”
(1987) 19:1 Ottawa L Rev 71.
Lavigne v Ontario Public Service Employees Union, 1991 CanLII 68 (SCC)
citing Brian Etherington, “Freedom of Association and Compulsory Union Dues: Towards a Purposive Conception of a Freedom to Not Associate”
(1987) 19:1 Ottawa L Rev 1.
Committee for the Commonwealth of Canada v Canada, 1991 CanLII 119 (SCC)
citing Richard Moon, “Access to Public and Private Property Under Freedom of Expression”
(1988) 20:2 Ottawa L Rev 339.
Allard Contractors Ltd v Coquitlam (District of), 1993 CanLII 45 (SCC)
citing Joseph Eliot Magnet, “The Constitutional Distribution of Taxation Powers in Canada”
(1978) 10:3 Ottawa L Rev 473.
B (R) v Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, 1995 CanLII 115 (SCC)
citing Nicholas Bala & J Douglas Redfearn, “Family Law and the ‘Liberty Interest’: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights”
(1983) 15:2 Ottawa L Rev 274.
Ontario Home Builders’ Association v York Region Board of Education, 1996 CanLII 164 (SCC)
citing Joseph Eliot Magnet, “The Constitutional Distribution of Taxation Powers in Canada”
(1978) 10:3 Ottawa L Rev 473.
Eurig Estate (Re), 1998 CanLII 801 (SCC)
citing Elmer A Driedger, “Money Bills and the Senate”
(1968) 3:1 Ottawa L Rev 25.
Eurig Estate (Re), 1998 CanLII 801 (SCC)
citing Joan Small, “Money Bills and the Use of the Royal Recommendation in Canada: Practice versus Principle?”
(1995) 27:1 Ottawa L Rev 33.
Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v Canada (Minister of Justice), 2000 SCC 69
citing Richard Moon, “ v. Butler: The Limits of the Supreme Court’s Feminist Re-Interpretation of Section 163”
(1993) 25:2 Ottawa L Rev 361.
Global Securities Corp v British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2000 SCC 21
citing Elizabeth Edinger, “Territorial Limitations on Provincial Powers”
(1982) 14:1 Ottawa L Rev 57.
Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Assn v Ontario (Attorney General), 2001 SCC 15
citing Joan Small, “Money Bills and the use of the Royal Recommendation in Canada: Practice versus Principle?”
(1995) 27:1 Ottawa L Rev 33.
Health Services and Support – Facilities Subsector Bargaining Assn v British Columbia, 2007 SCC 27
citing Mark Chartrand, “The First Canadian Trade Union Legislation: An Historical Perspective”
(1984) 16:2 Ottawa L Rev 267.
620 Connaught Ltd v Canada (AG), 2008 SCC 7
citing Elmer A Driedger, “Money Bills and the Senate”
(1968) 3:1 Ottawa L Rev 25.
Desgagnés Transport Inc v Wärtsilä Canada Inc, 2019 SCC 58
citing John Mark Keyes & Carol Diamond, “Constitutional Inconsistency in Legislation–Interpretation and the Ambiguous Role of Ambiguity”
(2017) 2 Ottawa L Rev 313.
Ontario (AG) v G, 2020 SCC 38
citing Emmett Macfarlane, “Dialogue, Remedies, and Positive Rights: Carter v Canada as a Microcosm for Past and Future Issues Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms”
(2018) 49:1 Ottawa L Rev 107.
Canadian Council for Refugees v Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2023 SCC 17
citing Dan Moore, “Engagement with Human Rights by Administrative Decision-Makers: A Transformative Opportunity to Build a More Grassroots Human Rights Culture”
(2018) 49:1 Ottawa L Rev 131.
Canada (AG) v Power, 2024 SCC 26
citing The Honourable Justice Malcolm Rowe & Michael Collins, “The Constitution of Canada”
(2018) 49:1 Ottawa L Rev 93.
Taylor v Newfoundland and Labrador, 2026 SCC 5
citing Michel Bastarache, “The Law of Bilingual Interpretation”
(2010) 41:2 Ottawa L Rev 397.
Criminal Law
Dedman v The Queen, 1985 CanLII 41 (SCC)
citing Stanley Cohen, “The Investigation of Offences and Police Powers”
(1981) 13:1 Ottawa L Rev 549.
Canadian Dredge & Dock Co v The Queen, 1985 CanLII 32 (SCC)
citing LH Leigh, “The Criminal Liability of Corporations and Other Groups”
(1977) 9:2 Ottawa Law Rev 247.
R v McCraw, 1991 CanLII 29 (SCC)
citing Kathleen Mahoney, “ v. McCraw: Rape Fantasies v. Fear of Sexual Assault”
(1989) 21:1 Ottawa L Rev 207.
Fleming v Ontario, 2019 SCC 45
citing Richard Jochelson, “Ancillary Issues with Oakes: The Development of the Waterfield Test and the Problem of Fundamental Constitutional Theory”
(2012) 43:3 Ottawa L Rev 355.
Canadian Broadcasting Corp v Named Person, 2024 SCC 21
citing Jane Bailey & Jacquelyn Burkell, “Revisiting the Open Court Principle in an Era of Online Publication: Questioning Presumptive Public Access to Parties’ and Witnesses’ Personal Information”
(2017) 48:1 Ottawa L Rev 143.
Family Law
B (R) v Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto, 1995 CanLII 115 (SCC)
citing Nicholas Bala & J Douglas Redfearn, “Family Law and the ‘Liberty Interest’: Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights”
(1983) 15:2 Ottawa L Rev 274.
Gordon v Goertz, 1996 CanLII 191 (SCC)
citing Julien D Payne & Kenneth L Kallish, “A Behavioural Science and Legal Analysis of Access to the Child in the Post-Separation/Divorce Family”
(1981) 13:2 Ottawa L Rev 215.
Private Law
Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd’s of London v Scalera, 2000 SCC 24
citing Bruce Feldthusen, “The Civil Action for Sexual Battery: Therapeutic Jurisprudence?”
(1993) 25:2 Ottawa L Rev 203.
Non-Marine Underwriters, Lloyd’s of London v Scalera, 2000 SCC 24
citing Ruth Sullivan, “Trespass to the Person in Canada: A Defence of the Traditional Approach”
(1987) 19:2 Ottawa L Rev 533.
Public Law
British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v BCGSEU, 1999 CanLII 652 (SCC)
citing Ian B McKenna, “Legal Rights for Persons with Disabilities in Canada: Can the Impasse be Resolved?”
(1997) 29:1 Ottawa L Rev 153.
Council of Canadians with Disabilities v VIA Rail Canada Inc, 2007 SCC 15
citing Ian B McKenna, “Legal Rights for Persons with Disabilities in Canada: Can the Impasse be Resolved?”
(1997) 29:1 Ottawa L Rev 153.
Annapolis Group Inc v Halifax Regional Municipality, 2022 SCC 36
citing Malcolm Lavoie, “Canadian Common Law and Civil Law Approaches to Constructive Takings: A Comparative Economic Perspective”
(2011) 42:2 Ottawa L Rev 229.