Talk:Ontario Court of Justice

"Court of Ontario"
The Ontario Court of Justice is a creation under the Ontario Courts of Justice Act, R.S.O. c. C-43 (and is a continuation of the former Ontario Court (Prov. Div.) as per the Act). However, at least since the Courts of Justice Act has come into force, there is no such thing as the 'Court of Ontario', and the Court of Justice is not a 'division' of such an entity. Although all three Ontario Courts (Court of Justice, Superior Court of Justice, and Court of Appeal) are created under the same Act, they are three seperate entities. I have therefore removed the reference to the court being a "division of the Court of Ontario."142.108.145.91 (talk) 21:19, 5 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, there is a Court of Ontario. Read the Ontario Courts of Justice Act closely, particularly section 10. See discussion at Talk:Ontario Superior Court of Justice. --Mathew5000 (talk) 09:57, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Project tag ratings
I have changed the importance rating of this article from Low to "Mid", and have done the same for the Ont.Superior Court of Justice and the Court of Ontario. PKT (talk) 17:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Judges of this court
Does anyone have information about the judges of this court? I was hoping to find some details about their appointment, term limits and if there is any method of accountability. Maybe there is another wikipedia articleon these judges, if so, it would be nice to have that link here. 65.92.58.229 (talk) 03:20, 1 February 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure about the protocol here, but it may be more efficient to post a link to the Ontario Court of Justice website (page that lists all current justices) instead of listing them out. Keeping this list updated and accurate would require weekly revisions. There is a yearly average of 50-60 new judges appointed to fill vacancies due to retirement and, on occasion, appointment to a higher court.
 * As to your question, judges and justices of the peace are not term appointments, they continue in office until they retire, resign or get removed from the bench (very rare) due to misconduct. On the question of accountability, complaints about judges are reviewed by the Ontario Judicial Council (see section 49 of the Ontario Courts of Justice Act). The Council, among other remedies, can recommend revocation of the judge's appointment. Slobern (talk) 18:29, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I have to agree. There are a lot of OCJ judges, and there are multiple rounds of appointments.  I think we should keep the Chief Justice and Associate Chief Justices listed.  The OCJ website should be listed under external links, and we could consider a link directly to the webpage for the list of judges (and JPs?). Singularity42 (talk) 18:34, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

I have boldly made the suggested changes. Let's see how that goes :) Singularity42 (talk) 22:18, 19 May 2022 (UTC)