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Federal Child Support Tables – Ontario
The federal child support tables set out the amount of monthly child support payments for each province on the basis of the annual income of the spouse ordered to pay child... -
State of the Criminal Justice System Methodology Report
The Department of Justice Canada (JUS) began a review of the criminal justice system (CJS) in 2015 to support the mandate of the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of... -
Open Government at Justice Canada: A Year in Review
Justice Canada’s Open Government (OpenGov) Advisory Group is an internal advisory group that provides expert guidance and endorses the Department's open government initiatives.... -
Legal Aid in Canada, 2017/2018
The Legal Aid Survey was a Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS)/Statistics Canada annual survey on revenues, expenditures, personnel, and caseload statistics associated... -
Canada's System of Justice
This publication provides Canadians with a generalized view of how Canada's Justice System works. Specifically, it defines the differences between public and private law, how... -
Cyberbullying and the Non-consensual Distribution of Intimate Images
The Report is divided into two parts: the first part of the report addresses the issue of cyberbullying and includes information relating to the scope of the problem, the impact... -
Strengthening Canada’s bail system to improve public safety and reinforce...
Proposed legislative amendments to the Criminal Code to address repeat violent offending, crime involving firearms, dangerous weapons, intimate partner violence, and community... -
Research at a glance: Youth Views on Addressing Privacy
From 2016 to 2019, the Department of Justice Canada reached out to young Canadians for their views on justice issues. The youth selected for these youth engagement projects were... -
Department of Justice Departmental Plans, Reports on Plans and Priorities
Please note that the Departmental Plans, Reports on Plans and Priorities from 2001-2006 have been archived by the Library and Archives on their website, and are no longer... -
Annotated Language Laws of Canada — Constitutional, Federal, Provincial and...
The Annotated Language Laws of Canada is a comprehensive and evergreen legal reference tool. It inventories all constitutional, federal, provincial and territorial legislation... -
Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice...
This literature review addresses the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the Canadian criminal justice system. It examines the extent of overrepresentation, its... -
State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard
The Department of Justice Canada created the first performance monitoring framework (“the Framework”) for Canada’s criminal justice system in 2019. The Framework identified... -
A Roadmap for Transformative Change: Canada’s Black Justice Strategy
The December 2021 Mandate Letter tasked the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada with the development of Canada’s Black Justice Strategy (the Strategy) to address... -
Research at a Glance: Bail and Administration of Justice Offences (AOJOs)
What we found: Young people believed that an accused should remain in the community on bail for all types of offences (with some conditions) while awaiting trial instead of... -
Fact Sheet: The Bail Process
Canada’s bail system promotes public safety, maintains confidence in the administration of justice, and ensures respect for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It is an... -
Canadian Victims Bill of Rights Complaint Mechanism
The Canadian Victims Bill of Rights (CVBR) came into force on July 23, 2015. The CBVR created statutory rights at the federal level for victims of crime. The legislation... -
JustFacts - Criminal Court Case Processing Time
This fact sheet is based on publicly available data from the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics (CCJS) between 2006/2007 and 2016/2017. Data is also presented from the... -
The Use of Restorative Justice to Address Criminal Offending in Canada
Restorative Justice (RJ) is based on an understanding that crime causes harm to people and relationships, and it affects communities. RJ is an approach to justice that seeks to... -
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan
The release of this action plan is the result of the first and second phase of the consultation and cooperation process and reflects another important step on our journey of... -
Legal Aid in Canada 2021-22
While policy development related to criminal legal aid is a shared federal/provincial/territorial responsibility, each province and territory is responsible for the delivery of...