Canada only has three authorised (known in Canada as 'official') report series. All are Federal.
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Court
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Title of reporting series |
Abbreviation of report series |
UniMelb online holdings |
UniMelb print holdings |
Example citation |
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Supreme Court of Canada |
Canada Supreme Court Reports/Recueils des arrêts de la Cour suprême du Canada 1970- Canada Law Reports: Supreme Court of Canada 1923-1969 Reports of the Supreme Court of Canada 1875-1922 |
SCR |
1875 + Supreme Court of Canada website (open access) 1875 + Hein Online |
R v Sharpe [2001] 1 SCR 45 Gazette Printing Co v Shallow (1909) 41 SCR 339 |
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Federal Court of Canada
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Federal Court Reports 1971-2003 Federal Courts Reports 2004 - |
FC (1971-2003) FCR (2004-)
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1971+ Lexis+ Australia 1993 + Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada (open access) |
AB v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) (TD) [2003] 1 FC 3 |
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Exchequer Court of Canada This court was replaced by the Federal Court of Canada in 1971.
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Exchequer Court Reports |
Ex CR |
1877 - 1971 Lexis+ Australia |
Not available in hard copy |
The Coca-Cola Co of Canada Ltd v The Pepsi-Cola Co of Canada Ltd [1938] Ex CR 263 |
A semi-official or unofficial provincial report series should only be cited where a decision is not reported in an official report series. For information and holdings of other Canadian law report series and unreported decisions, refer to the: