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Median days from case initiation to first disposition in active family law cases, 2014/2015 to 2024/2025

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median days to first disposition 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60 2014/2015 2016/2017 2018/2019 2020/2021 2022/2023 2024/2025
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey (CCS) includes data from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This chart excludes data from Saskatchewan because of data availability, as well as data from Ontario and British Columbia because of inconsistencies in case type labelling. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Fiscal years reported in the CCS are from April 1 to March 31.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).

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Median days from case initiation to first disposition in active family law cases, 2014/2015 to 2024/2025
  median days to first disposition
2014/2015 57
2015/2016 55
2016/2017 58
2017/2018 58
2018/2019 55
2019/2020 51
2020/2021 53
2021/2022 53
2022/2023 52
2023/2024 49
2024/2025 48
Note(s):
The Civil Court Survey (CCS) includes data from Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. This chart excludes data from Saskatchewan because of data availability, as well as data from Ontario and British Columbia because of inconsistencies in case type labelling. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Fiscal years reported in the CCS are from April 1 to March 31.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
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