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The Federal Court is Canada's national trial court which hears and decides legal disputes arising in the federal domain. The Court is based in Ottawa, but its members are required to travel throughout Canada to hear cases within its national jurisdiction, thereby providing convenient access to justice to all Canadians.
The Federal Court (French: Cour fédérale) is a Canadian trial court that hears cases arising under certain areas of federal law. The Federal Court is a superior court with nationwide jurisdiction. History
The Federal Court of Appeal is a bilingual, bijural court that makes decisions on matters of federal law across Canada.
The Federal Court of Canada, which succeeded the Exchequer Court of Canada in 1971, was a national court of Canada that had limited jurisdiction to hear certain types of disputes arising under the federal government's legislative jurisdiction.
The federal court system runs parallel to the provincial and territorial court systems and consists of the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal. The judges of these courts (as well as the Tax Court of Canada, described below) are based in Ottawa, but travel across the country to hear cases.
The Supreme Court of Canada, the federal courts, the various appellate courts from the provinces and territories, and the numerous low-level provincial courts are statutory courts whose decision-making power is granted by either the federal parliament or a provincial legislature.
Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani is set to meet with the chief justices of Canada's four federal courts on Friday, after they warned of a budgetary shortfall creating "critical" pressure on ...