Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Small Claims Courts
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Division Courts were renamed the Small Claims Courts by legislation passed in 1970, and brought into effect on January 1, 1971. Proceedings within Small Claims Courts are informal and do not generally require lawyers, although they can be used. In 1979, in the Judicial District of York (Metropolitan Toronto), an experiment was begun that replaced the Small Claims Courts for that district, with Provincial Court (Civil Division) courts; the project also increased the jurisdiction of these courts to cover disputes on debts of up to $3,000. In 1985, Small Claims Courts across the province were re-established as Provincial Court (Civil Division) courts. Jurisdiction for the courts outside of Toronto, however, remained at $1,000.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Small Claims Courts had jurisdiction over civil disputes concerning outstanding debts of up to $1,000.
Address
Small Claims Courts Act, Statutes of Ontario 1970, Chap. 120
Internal structures/genealogy
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Relationships area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Banks, Margaret A. Evolution of the Ontario Courts, 1788-1981 (1983)
Zuber, The Honourable T.G. Report of the Ontario Courts Inquiry (1987)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger