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Initiated civil court cases by type, selected provinces and territories, 2014/2015 to 2020/2021

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number of initiated civil court cases 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 2014/2015 2016/2017 2018/2019 2020/2021 Number of new non-family casesNumber of new non-family cases Number of new family casesNumber of new family cases
Note(s):
Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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Initiated civil court cases by type, selected provinces and territories, 2014/2015 to 2020/2021, number of initiated civil court cases
  Number of new non-family cases Number of new family cases
2014/2015 305,236 156,654
2015/2016 311,218 154,430
2016/2017 314,820 144,356
2017/2018 312,271 140,247
2018/2019 317,228 136,894
2019/2020 313,032 127,096
2020/2021 241,674 99,382
Note(s):
Excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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