Court of Appeal for Ontario

E160882

appellate court court of record provincial court

The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the province’s top appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals in criminal, civil, and family law matters and shaping Ontario’s jurisprudence.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeal for Ontario canonical	12
Ontario Court of Appeal	4
provincial court of appeal	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1400513 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Court of Appeal for Ontario
Context triple: [Government of Ontario, highestCourtInJurisdiction, Court of Appeal for Ontario]

A. Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal is a Canadian appellate court that primarily hears appeals from the Federal Court and certain federal tribunals on matters of federal law.
B. Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
C. Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the country’s highest court of appeal, serving as the final arbiter on questions of Canadian law and the Constitution.
D. Court of Appeal of New Zealand
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals, sitting below the Supreme Court in the country's judicial hierarchy.
E. Second Petty Bench
The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Court of Appeal for Ontario
Target entity description: The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the province’s top appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals in criminal, civil, and family law matters and shaping Ontario’s jurisprudence.

A. Federal Court of Appeal
The Federal Court of Appeal is a Canadian appellate court that primarily hears appeals from the Federal Court and certain federal tribunals on matters of federal law.
B. Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
C. Supreme Court of Canada
The Supreme Court of Canada is the country’s highest court of appeal, serving as the final arbiter on questions of Canadian law and the Constitution.
D. Court of Appeal of New Zealand
The Court of Appeal of New Zealand is an intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals, sitting below the Supreme Court in the country's judicial hierarchy.
E. Second Petty Bench
The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	appellate court ⓘ court of record ⓘ provincial court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario
appliesJurisdiction	Ontario law ⓘ federal law of Canada ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor General of Canada on advice of federal cabinet ⓘ
buildingType	courthouse ⓘ
composition	Associate Chief Justice of Ontario ⓘ Chief Justice of Ontario ⓘ linked to: Chief Justice of Ontario or designate Justices of Appeal ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
decisionCanBeAppealedTo	Supreme Court of Canada (with leave or as of right in limited cases) ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court of Canada
establishedBy	provincial and federal legislation ⓘ
governingBody	Judicial branch of the Government of Ontario ⓘ
governs	appeals in civil matters from Ontario courts ⓘ appeals in criminal matters from Ontario courts ⓘ appeals in family law matters from Ontario courts ⓘ
hasAuthorityFrom	Constitution Act, 1867 (Canada) ⓘ linked to: Constitution Act, 1867 Courts of Justice Act (Ontario) ⓘ
hasHigherCourt	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/ ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Ontario Court of Justice (in specified matters) ⓘ linked to: Ontario Court of Justice Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) ⓘ linked to: Ontario Superior Court of Justice (for disputes)
highestCourtIn	Province of Ontario (for most appeals) ⓘ
jurisdiction	Province of Ontario ⓘ linked to: Ontario
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalArea	civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ family law ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Ontario ⓘ
location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ linked to: Toronto
mandate	ensure consistency and coherence in Ontario law ⓘ
maySitAs	larger panels in exceptional cases ⓘ panels of three judges ⓘ
partOf	Canadian court system ⓘ Ontario court system ⓘ linked to: courts of Ontario
role	hears appeals from lower courts in Ontario ⓘ interprets and develops Ontario jurisprudence ⓘ reviews decisions for errors of law, fact, or mixed fact and law ⓘ
seat	Osgoode Hall ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Ontario → highestCourtInJurisdiction → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Chief Justice of Ontario or designate → oversees → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Osgoode Hall → occupant → Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario

Osgoode Hall → occupant → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Court of Appeal for Ontario → alsoKnownAs → Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario

courts of Ontario → hasTopCourt → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Chief Justice of Ontario → heads → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

subject linked to: courts of Ontario

Judiciary of Ontario → hasComponent → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Judiciary of Ontario → highestCourt → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Court Services Division (Ontario) → supports → Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario

Courts of Justice Act (Ontario) → appliesTo → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Associate Chief Justice of Ontario → appliesToCourt → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Associate Chief Justice of Ontario → courtLevel → provincial court of appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario

Roy McMurtry → employer → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Court of Chancery of Upper Canada → relatedTo → Ontario Court of Appeal ⓘ

linked to: Court of Appeal for Ontario

Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) → supervisedBy → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) → appealsTo → Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ

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