Ontario. Court of Justice (Provincial Division)

• Court of Justice (Provincial Division)

• Ontario Court (Provincial Division)

• Ontario Court of Justice

The Ontario Court (Provincial Division) was established in 1989 out of a merger of the former Provincial Court (Criminal Division), the Provincial Court (Family Division), and the Provincial Offences Court. The head of the court is the Chief Judge of the Ontario Court (Provincial Division). In addition, the court consists of two Associate Chief Judges, a Regional Senior Judge for each of the eight regions in the province, and as of 1995, 250 Provincial Division judges. As of 1997, sittings of the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) were held on a regular basis in 149 locations across the province, with at least one court office in each county/district in Ontario.

On April 19, 1999 the Ontario Court of Justice (Provincial Division) was renamed the Ontario Court of Justice. No functional or administrative change accompanied this name change, except that the office of Chief Judge was renamed to Chief Justice.

The Ontario Court (Provincial Division), has jurisdiction primarily over matters of criminal and family law, with limited civil jurisdiction. With respect to family law, the Ontario Court (Provincial Division) has jurisdiction over custody and access to children, and enforcement of custody and access orders under the Children's Law Reform Act; support orders for spouses, children and destitute parents under the Family Law Act; protection of neglected and abused children under the Child and Family Services Act; and dispensing with parental consent to marriages of minors over the age of sixteen years under the Marriages Act (except in the judicial district of Hamilton-Wentworth where jurisdiction over all family law resides with the Unified Family Court). The Ontario Court (Provincial Division) also renders disposition for offences under statutes and regulations of Ontario and municipal by-laws, excluding parking infractions.

Courts of Justice Amendment Act, Statutes of Ontario 1989, Chap. 55

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Ministry of the Attorney General. Civil Justice Review, 1995

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

KWIC Indexes, 1990-1997

Archivist(s):
R. Anger/C. Levi