Supreme Court of Canada Statistics 2004 to 2014

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Canada published a statistical overview of its work for the decade from 2004 to 2014.

It provides data on the following:

• "Cases Filed": the number of complete applications for leave to appeal and notices of appeal as of right filed by litigants with the Court’s Registry each year
• "Applications for Leave Submitted": the number of leave applications submitted to panels of the Court for decision, the number of leave applications granted and the percentage granted of the total submitted
• "Appeals Heard": the number of appeals heard each year and the number of hearing days over the year
• "Appeal Judgments": the number of judgments rendered each year
• "Average Time Lapses": time lines in the life of a case at the Court