This is a list of tribunals in Canada. Tribunals do not necessarily have to be referred to as such in their title, and are also commonly known as "commissions" or "boards."
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Administrative Tribunals in Canada
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Tribunal
A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title.
For example, an advocate who appears before a court with a single ...
s in Canada are established by federal or provincial legislation, and generally refer to any persons or
institution with authority to judge,
adjudicate
Adjudication is the legal process by which an arbiter or judge reviews evidence and argumentation, including legal reasoning set forth by opposing parties or litigants, to come to a decision which determines rights and obligations between the ...
on, or determine claims or disputes. An ''administrative'' tribunal is a kind of
quasi-judicial body
A quasi-judicial body is non-judicial body which can interpret law. It is an entity such as an arbitration panel or tribunal board, that can be a public administrative agency but also a contract- or private law entity, which has been ...
that makes decisions on behalf of federal and provincial/territorial governments when it is impractical or inappropriate for the government to do so itself. Appointment to such tribunals is usually by
order-in-council
An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms. In the United Kingdom this legislation is formally made in the name of the monarch by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Council (''Kin ...
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Federal tribunals
The Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada (ATSSC) is responsible for providing support services and facilities to 11 federal administrative tribunals by way of a single, integrated organization. This organization falls under the purview of the
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
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The officeholder in the role of Minister of Justice () serves as the minister of the Crown responsible for the Department of Justice an ...
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Provincial tribunals
In areas with provincial jurisdiction, tribunals are administered by the provinces themselves.
Alberta tribunals
British Columbia tribunals
Manitoba tribunals
*College of Physicians & Surgeons of Manitoba Discipline Committee
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Law Society of Manitoba
*Manitoba Health Appeal Board
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Manitoba Human Rights Commission
The Manitoba Human Rights Commission (MHRC) is a quasi-judicial arms-length agency of the Government of Manitoba that is responsible for enforcing ''The Human Rights Code'' (Manitoba).
The acting chairperson of the Board of Commissioners is John ...
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Manitoba Labour Board
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Manitoba Securities Commission
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The Minister of Finance (; originally Provincial Treasurer) is the cabinet minister responsible for the department, as well as for managing the province's fi ...
New Brunswick tribunals
*Financial and Consumer Services Tribunal
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Law Society of New Brunswick
*New Brunswick Assessment and Planning Appeal Board
*New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board
*New Brunswick Office of the Ombudsman
*Workers’ Compensation Appeals Tribunal
Newfoundland and Labrador tribunals
*College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador
*Information and Privacy Commissioner
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Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Law Society of Newfoundland Labrador founded in 1834 (as Newfoundland Law Society and current name in 1999) is the statutory body charged with the regulation of the legal profession in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ref ...
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Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission
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*Newfoundland and Labrador Labour Relations Board
Nova Scotia tribunals
*College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
*Information and Privacy Commissioner of Nova Scotia
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Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is the statutory body charged with the regulation of the legal profession in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
The Barristers' Society is a member of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, an associatio ...
Hearing Panel
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Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) was established in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1967 to administer the Nova Scotia ''Human Rights Act''. The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is the first commission in Canada to engage ...
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Nova Scotia Labour Board
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*Nova Scotia Labour Relations Board
*Nova Scotia Labour Standards Tribunal
*Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Appeal Panel
*Nova Scotia Police Review Board
*Nova Scotia Securities Commission
*Nova Scotia Serious Incident Response Team
*Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
*Nova Scotia Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal
Ontario tribunals
*Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs Appeal Tribunal
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Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is an Ontario Crown agency that reports to the Ministry of the Attorney General
The Attorney General of Ontario is the chief legal adviser to His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario and, ...
*Assessment Review Board
*Child and Family Services Review Board
*College of Chiropodists of Ontario
*College of Massage Therapists of Ontario
*College of Nurses of Ontario Discipline Committee
*College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario
*College of Optometrists of Ontario
*College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
*College of Physiotherapists of Ontario
*College of Psychologists of Ontario
*College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario
*Condominium Authority Tribunal
*Consent and Capacity Board
*Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
*Financial Services Tribunal
*Grievance Settlement Board
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Health Professions Appeal and Review Board The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board (HPARB) is an independent adjudicative agency which reviews decisions made by the 28 self-regulating health professions in Ontario. The Board also holds hearings concerning physicians' hospital privileg ...
*Health Services Appeal and Review Board
*Horse Racing Appeal Panel
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Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario
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Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
The Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC; french: Commissaire à l’information et à la protection de la vie privée de l'Ontario) was established as an officer of the Legislature by Ontario's ''Freedom of Information and Protect ...
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Landlord and Tenant Board
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Law Society of Ontario
The Law Society of Ontario (LSO; french: Barreau de l'Ontario) is the law society responsible for the self-regulation of lawyers and paralegals in the Canadian province of Ontario. Founded in 1797 as the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC; frenc ...
*Municipal Integrity Commissioners of Ontario
*Normal Farm Practices Protection Board
*Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario
*Ontario Animal Care Review Board
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Ontario Civilian Police Commission
*Ontario College of Early Childhood Educators
*Ontario College of Pharmacists Discipline Committee
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Ontario College of Teachers
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Ontario Condominium Authority
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*Ontario Court of the Drainage Referee
*Ontario Custody Review Board
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Ontario Energy Board
The Ontario Energy Board regulates natural gas and electricity utilities in the province of Ontario, Canada. This includes setting rates, and licensing all participants in the electricity sector including the Independent Electricity System Operato ...
*Ontario Fire Safety Commission
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Ontario Labour Relations Board
The Ontario Labour Relations Board is an adjudicative agency of the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development and was established by the Ontario government in 1948. It defines itself as "an independent, quasi-judicial tribunal mandated t ...
* Ontario Land Tribunal
*Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal
*Ontario Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal
*Ontario Physician Payment Review Board
*Ontario Public Service Grievance Board
*Ontario Racing Commission
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Ontario Securities Commission
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Ontario Social Benefits Tribunal
*Ontario Special Education (English) Tribunal
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Public Service Grievance Board
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Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal
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Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB; french: Commission de la sécurité professionnelle et de l'assurance contre les accidents du travail, CSPAAT) is the workplace compensation board for provincially regulated workplaces in Ontario
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Prince Edward Island tribunals
*Information and Privacy Commissioner
*Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission
*Prince Edward Island Labour Relations Board
Quebec tribunals
Other disciplinary councils (''conseil de discipline'')
*Chambre des huissiers de justice du Québec
*Conseillers et conseillères d'orientation du Québec
*Ordre des acupuncteurs du Québec
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Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec
The Ordre des administrateurs agréés du Québec (''English: Chartered Administrators Order of Quebec'') (Adm.A.) is a professional Order mandated by the Government of Quebec (Canada) to regulate the practice of the "Administrateurs agréés" (Eng ...
*Ordre des agronomes du Québec
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Ordre des architectes du Québec
The Ordre des architectes du Québec is a professional association representing architects in the Canadian province of Quebec
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*Ordre des arpenteurs-géomètres du Québec
*Ordre des audioprothésistes du Québec
*Ordre des chiropraticiens du Québec
*Ordre des comptables professionnels agréés du Québec
*Ordre des criminologues du Québec
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Ordre des dentistes du Québec
The Ordre des dentistes du Québec (ODQ) represents all Quebec dentists, both generalists and specialists. It is headquartered in Montreal.
In Quebec, the practice of dentistry is governed by the Dental Act and the Professional Code of Québec. OD ...
*Ordre des ergothérapeutes du Québec
*Ordre des hygiénistes dentaires du Québec
*Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec
*Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec
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Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec
The Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) is the self-regulatory body that governs Quebec's 65,000 professional engineers. In Quebec, the OIQ carefully monitors compliance with rules of this trade and with the professional integrity of its membe ...
*Ordre des médecins vétérinaires du Québec
*Ordre des opticiens d'ordonnances du Québec
*Ordre des optométristes du Québec
*Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec
*Ordre des podiatres du Québec
*Ordre des psychologues du Québec
*Ordre des sages-femmes du Québec
*Ordre des sexologues du Québec
*Ordre des techniciens et techniciennes dentaires du Québec
*Ordre des technologues en imagerie médicale et en radio-oncologie du Québec
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Ordre des technologues professionnels du Québec
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*Ordre des urbanistes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel de la physiothérapie du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des chimistes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des conseillers en ressources humaines et en relations industrielles agrées du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des denturologistes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des évaluateurs agréés du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des géologues du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des inhalothérapeutes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des orthophonistes et audiologistes du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des technologistes médicaux du Québec
*Ordre professionnel des travailleurs sociaux et des thérapeutes conjugaux et familiaux du Québec
*Ordre des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec
Saskatchewan tribunals
Territorial tribunals
Northwest Territories
*Employment Standards Appeals Office
*Human Rights Adjudication Panel
*Law Society of the Northwest Territories
*Northwest Territories Information and Privacy Commissioner
*Northwest Territories Liquor Licensing Board
*Rental Officer
Nunavut
*Information and Privacy Commissioner
*Nunavut Human Rights Tribunal
*Nunavut Registrar of Securities
Yukon
*Education Appeal Tribunal
*Forest Commission
*Surface Rights Board
*Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal
*Yukon Human Rights Panel of Adjudicators
References
External links
The Canadian Legal Information Institute
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