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Number of general civil cases, by case unit, 2019/2020 to 2023/2024

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number of general civil cases 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 650,000 2019/2020 2020/2021 2021/2022 2022/2023 2023/2024 Active general civil casesActive general civil cases Newly initiated general civil casesNewly initiated general civil cases Ongoing general civil casesOngoing general civil cases
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Manitoba, provinces that are not yet reporting information to the survey. This chart also excludes data from Saskatchewan for data availability reasons. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding. In this chart, 2020/2021 (April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021) is considered as the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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Number of general civil cases, by case unit, 2019/2020 to 2023/2024, number of general civil cases
  Active general civil cases Newly initiated general civil cases Ongoing general civil cases
2019/2020 615,452 313,032 301,839
2020/2021 480,412 241,674 238,190
2021/2022 520,003 234,094 285,369
2022/2023 516,099 234,725 280,599
2023/2024 528,017 257,450 269,524
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey excludes data from Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Manitoba, provinces that are not yet reporting information to the survey. This chart also excludes data from Saskatchewan for data availability reasons. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Percentages may not add up to 100% because of rounding. In this chart, 2020/2021 (April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021) is considered as the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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