Jurisdiction of Ontario Court of Justice

Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43

10 (1) The Ontario Court of Justice is continued under the name Court of Ontario in English and Cour de l’Ontario in French.

(2) The Court of Ontario shall consist of two divisions, the Superior Court of Justice (formerly the Ontario Court (General Division)) and the Ontario Court of Justice (formerly the Ontario Court (Provincial Division)).

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34 The Ontario Court (Provincial Division) is continued as a court of record under the name Ontario Court of Justice in English and Cour de justice de l’Ontario in French. 1996, c. 25, s. 9 (5).

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38 (1) A provincial judge has the power and authority of two or more justices of the peace when sitting in the Ontario Court of Justice and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties that any Act of the Parliament of Canada confers on a provincial court judge when sitting in the Ontario Court of Justice. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 38 (1); 1996, c. 25, s. 9 (18).

(2) The Ontario Court of Justice shall perform any function assigned to it by or under the Provincial Offences Act, the Family Law Act, the Children’s Law Reform Act, the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2017 or any other Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 38 (2); 1996, c. 25, s. 9 (18); 2017, c. 14, Sched. 4, s. 10 (3).

(3) The Ontario Court of Justice is a youth court for the purposes of the Young Offenders Act (Canada) and a youth justice court for the purposes of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (Canada). 2006, c. 19, Sched. D, s. 5 (1).

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95 (1) This Part applies to civil proceedings in courts of Ontario.

(2) Sections 109 (constitutional questions) and 123 (giving decisions), section 125 and subsection 126 (5) (language of proceedings) and sections 132 (judge sitting on appeal), 136 (prohibition against photography at court hearing) and 146 (where procedures not provided) also apply to proceedings under the Criminal Code (Canada), except in so far as they are inconsistent with that Act. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 95 (1, 2).

(3) Sections 109 (constitutional questions), 125, 126 (language of proceedings), 132 (judge sitting on appeal), 136 (prohibition against photography at court hearings), 144 (arrest and committal warrants enforceable by police) and 146 (where procedures not provided) also apply to proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act and, for the purpose, a reference in one of those sections to a judge includes a justice of the peace presiding in the Ontario Court of Justice. R.S.O. 1990, c. C.43, s. 95 (3); 1996, c. 25, s. 9 (18).