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APA Style: Court Decisions

"There are six main citation styles used by Canadian case reporters" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 333). Each style is acceptable.

1. "Reporters for which the year constitutes the volume number" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 333).

<case name>, [<year of report>] <abbreviation of report> <first page> (<country abbreviation> <province abbreviation, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

Chase v. Campbell, [1962] S.C.R. 425 (Can).

2. "Reporters that begin at volume one each year, and are thus organized by year first, then volume number" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 333).

<case name>, [<reporter year>] <volume number> <reporter abbreviation> <first page> (<country abbreviation> <province aabbrevaition, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

R. v. Gladstone, [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723 (Can.).

"Include the year of decision when it is different from the reporter year:"

<case name> (<year of decision>), [<reporter year>] <volume number> <reporter abbreviation> <first page> (<country abbreviation> <province aabbrevaition, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

Swiss Bank Corp. v. Air Can. (1987), [1988] 1 F.C. 71 (Can. C.A.).

3. "Reporters that are divided into series, and are thus organized by series first, then volume number" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 334).

<case name> (<year of decision>), <volume number> <reporter abbreviation> <series> <first page> (<country abbreviation> <province abbreviation, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

Weber v. Ont. Hydro (1992), 98 D.L.R. 4th 32 (Can. Ont. C.A.).

4. "Reporters that are organized by volume only" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 334).

<case name> (<year of decision>), <volume number> <reporter abbreviation> <first page> (<country abbreviation> <province abbreviation, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

R. Chehimi (I.Y.) (2007), 419 A.R. 336 (Can. Alta. Q.B.).

5. "Neutral citations" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 335).

<case name>, <year of decision> <neutral citation court abbreviation> <document number>, <parallel citation, if desired> (<country abbreviation if not evident from context> <province abbreviation, if applicable>).

Examples:

MacDonald v. Taubner, 2006 ABQB 138 (Can.).

R. v. Fuhrer, 2007 ABQB 58, 413 A.R. 385 (Can.).

6. "Case citations to electronic systems" (Bluebook, 2015, p. 335).

CanLII citation format:

<case name>, <year of decision> CanLII <document number> (<country abbreviation> <province abbreviation, if applicable> <court abbreviation, if applicable>).

Example:

Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1991 CanLII 2372 (Can. B.C. Sup. Ct.).