Table 1
Active, newly initiated and ongoing family law cases1, by province and territory, 2023/2024 to 2024/2025
| 2023/2024 – Active family law cases2 | 2024/2025 – Active family law cases2 | 2024/2025 – Active family law cases2 | 2023/2024 – Newly initiated family law cases3 | 2024/2025 – Newly initiated family law cases3 | 2024/2025 – Newly initiated family law cases3 | 2023/2024 – Ongoing family law cases4 | 2024/2025 – Ongoing family law cases4 | 2024/2025 – Ongoing family law cases4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | number | % change from previous year | number | number | % change from previous year | number | number | % change from previous year | |
| Canada | 243,870 | 278,503 | 14 | 107,684 | 108,273 | 1 | 136,186 | 170,230 | 25 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1,133 | 1,068 | -6 | 441 | 452 | 2 | 692 | 616 | -11 |
| Nova Scotia | 11,305 | 11,269 | -0.3 | 3,933 | 3,931 | -0.1 | 7,372 | 7,338 | -0.5 |
| New Brunswick | 5,788 | 5,843 | 1 | 3,162 | 3,122 | -1 | 2,626 | 2,721 | 4 |
| Ontario | 113,230 | 147,356 | 30 | 54,500 | 53,941 | -1 | 58,730 | 93,415 | 59 |
| Alberta | 57,831 | 56,633 | -2 | 26,341 | 26,666 | 1 | 31,490 | 29,967 | -5 |
| British Columbia | 52,783 | 54,319 | 3 | 18,363 | 19,227 | 5 | 34,420 | 35,092 | 2 |
| Yukon | 405 | 565 | 40 | 179 | 185 | 3 | 226 | 380 | 68 |
| Northwest Territories | 812 | 810 | -0.2 | 354 | 333 | -6 | 458 | 477 | 4 |
| Nunavut | 583 | 640 | 10 | 411 | 416 | 1 | 172 | 224 | 30 |
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. It is important to note that family law data from Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta generally account for more than 90% of the active family law cases reported to the CCS. This table excludes data from Saskatchewan because of data availability. Criminal court cases are out of scope for this survey. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding. Fiscal years reported in the CCS are from April 1 to March 31.
Source(s):
Civil Court Survey (5052).
Table note 1
Family law cases are cases involving issues related to family law, including child protection, divorce, separation, parenting, contact, support, division of property, and adoption.
Table note 2
Active caseloads in the courts are measured by the number of cases that recorded at least one court event that moved all or part of the case through the court process during the year and thus include newly initiated cases.
Table note 3
Newly initiated family law cases refer to cases newly started during the reference year.
Table note 4
Ongoing family law cases refer to cases initiated in a previous fiscal year with activity recorded in a subsequent fiscal year.
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