2021 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

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The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2021. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.

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Reasons

  Delivered the Court's reason
  Joined the Court's reason
  Filed a concurrence
  Joined a concurrence
  Filed a dissent
  Joined a dissent
  Filed a concurrence/dissent
  Joined a concurrence/dissent
  Did not participate in the judgment
  Did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment
  Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering
  • Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram.
  • Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly.
  • Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered.
  • Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V"; per coram decisions delivered orally from the bench only note a "V" on the most senior justice on the panel.
  • An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality.
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella [lower-alpha 1] Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal [lower-alpha 2]
Armstrong v Ward, 2021 SCC 1 January 18, 2021January 18, 2021V
R v Yusuf, 2021 SCC 2 January 19, 2021January 19, 2021V
R v Deslauriers, 2021 SCC 3 January 20, 2021January 20, 2021V
R v Murtaza, 2021 SCC 4 January 21, 2021January 21, 2021V
R v Waterman, 2021 SCC 5 January 22, 2021January 22, 2021V
R v T.J.M., 2021 SCC 6 November 9, 2020January 29, 2021
Wastech Services Ltd. v Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7 December 6, 2019February 5, 2021
R v W.O., 2021 SCC 8 February 19, 2021February 19, 2021V
R v R.V., 2021 SCC 10 November 13, 2020March 12, 2021
Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act , 2021 SCC 11 September 22 and 23, 2020March 25, 202112
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal
R v Ghotra, 2021 SCC 12 April 13, 2021April 13, 2021V
R v Sheikh, 2021 SCC 13 April 16, 2021April 16, 2021V
R v Gul, 2021 SCC 14 April 19, 2021April 19, 2021VV
R v Ramos, 2021 SCC 15 April 21, 2021April 21, 2021V
R v Smith, 2021 SCC 16 April 22, 2021April 22, 2021V
''R v Desautel'', 2021 SCC 17 October 8, 2020April 23, 202112
Ontario (Attorney General) v Clark, 2021 SCC 18 October 15, 2020April 30, 2021
R v C.P., 2021 SCC 19 November 10, 2020May 7, 20211*1112
R v G.F., 2021 SCC 20 October 14, 2020May 14, 2021
R v Morrow, 2021 SCC 21 May 19, 2021May 19, 2021VV
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 December 9, 2020May 21, 2021
MediaQMI Inc. v Kamel, 2021 SCC 23 November 12, 2020May 28, 2021
Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 24 November 4, 2020June 4, 2021
Sherman (Estate) v Donovan, 2021 SCC 25 October 6, 2020June 11, 2021
Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27 September 24, 2020June 30, 2021
Southwind v Canada, 2021 SCC 28 December 8, 2020July 16, 2021
Corner Brook (City) v Bailey, 2021 SCC 29 March 23, 2021July 23, 2021
Canada v Canada North Group Inc., 2021 SCC 30 December 1, 2020July 28, 202112*11
Grant Thornton LLP v New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31 March 24, 2021July 29, 2021
York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright) , 2021 SCC 32 May 21, 2021July 30, 2021
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Manitoba, 2021 SCC 33 March 17, 2021September 24, 2021
Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2021 SCC 34 March 16, 2021October 1, 2021
R v Dingwall, 2021 SCC 35 October 8, 2021October 8, 2021V
Richardson v Richardson, 2021 SCC 36 October 13, 2021October 13, 2021V
R v Khill, 2021 SCC 37 February 14, 2021October 14, 2021
R v Reilly, 2021 SCC 38 October 14, 2021October 14, 2021V
6362222 Canada inc. v Prelco inc., 2021 SCC 39 December 3, 2020October 15, 2021
R v Strathdee, 2021 SCC 40 October 15, 2021October 15, 2021V
Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41 March 25, 2021October 21, 2021
Northern Regional Health Authority v Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42 April 15, 2021October 22, 2021
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal
Ward v. Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse), 2021 SCC 43 February 15, 2021October 29, 2021
H.M.B. Holdings Limited v Antigua and Barbuda, 2021 SCC 44 April 20, 2021November 4, 2021
R v Cowan, 2021 SCC 45 May 12, 2021November 5, 2021
R v J.D.November 10, 2021November 10, 2021 [1]
R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 May 18, 2021November 12, 202111*2*
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2021 SCC 47 May 17, 2021November 18, 2021
R v Albashir, 2021 SCC 48 May 14, 2021November 19, 2021
Canada v. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC 49 March 19, 2021November 26, 2021
Barendregt v GrebliunasDecember 2, 2021December 2, 2021 [2]
Kreke v Alansari, 2021 SCC 50 December 2, 2021December 2, 2021V
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal
B.J.T. v J.D.December 2, 2021December 2, 2021 [3]
Canada v. Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc., 2021 SCC 51 May 13, 2021December 3, 2021
R v GoforthDecember 7, 2021December 7, 2021 [4]
R v Lai, 2021 SCC 52 December 8, 2021December 8, 2021V
Montréal (City) v Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2021 SCC 53 May 20, 2021December 10, 2021
Association de médiation familiale du Québec v Bouvier, 2021 SCC 54 March 18, 2021December 17, 2021
Case nameArguedDecided Wagner Abella Moldaver Karakatsanis Côté Brown Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal

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Notes

  1. Retired on 1 July 2021
  2. Appointed on 1 July 2021

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