2021 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2021. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.

Reasons

Delivered the Court's reason	Joined the Court's reason	Filed a concurrence	Joined a concurrence
Filed a dissent	Joined a dissent	Filed a concurrence/dissent	Joined a concurrence/dissent
Did not participate in the judgment	Did not participate in the final disposition of the judgment	Not a member of the Court at the time of hearing or delivering
Decisions that do not note a Justice delivering the Court's reason are per coram. Multiple concurrences and dissents within a case are numbered, with joining votes numbered accordingly. Justices occasionally join multiple reasons in a single case; each vote is subdivided accordingly. Multiple unnumbered reasons are jointly written or delivered. Decisions that are given orally from the bench are denoted by a "V"; per coram decisions delivered orally from the bench only note a "V" on the most senior justice on the panel. An asterisk ( * ) in the Court's opinion denotes that it was only a majority in part or a plurality.

Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella^[a]	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal^[b]
Armstrong v Ward, 2021 SCC 1 [1]	January 18, 2021	January 18, 2021	V
R v Yusuf, 2021 SCC 2 [2]	January 19, 2021	January 19, 2021			V
R v Deslauriers, 2021 SCC 3 [3]	January 20, 2021	January 20, 2021	V
R v Murtaza, 2021 SCC 4 [4]	January 21, 2021	January 21, 2021	V
R v Waterman, 2021 SCC 5 [5]	January 22, 2021	January 22, 2021			V
R v T.J.M., 2021 SCC 6 [6]	November 9, 2020	January 29, 2021
Wastech Services Ltd. v Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District, 2021 SCC 7 [7]	December 6, 2019	February 5, 2021
R v W.O., 2021 SCC 8 [8]	February 19, 2021	February 19, 2021					V
R v R.V., 2021 SCC 10 [9]	November 13, 2020	March 12, 2021
Reference re Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, 2021 SCC 11 [10]	September 22 and 23, 2020	March 25, 2021						1	2
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal
R v Ghotra, 2021 SCC 12 [11]	April 13, 2021	April 13, 2021	V
R v Sheikh, 2021 SCC 13 [12]	April 16, 2021	April 16, 2021	V
R v Gul, 2021 SCC 14 [13]	April 19, 2021	April 19, 2021	V						V
R v Ramos, 2021 SCC 15 [14]	April 21, 2021	April 21, 2021	V
R v Smith, 2021 SCC 16 [15]	April 22, 2021	April 22, 2021						V
''R v Desautel'', 2021 SCC 17 [16]	October 8, 2020	April 23, 2021			1		2
Ontario (Attorney General) v Clark, 2021 SCC 18 [17]	October 15, 2020	April 30, 2021
R v C.P., 2021 SCC 19 [18]	November 10, 2020	May 7, 2021	1	*	1			1	1		2
R v G.F., 2021 SCC 20 [19]	October 14, 2020	May 14, 2021
R v Morrow, 2021 SCC 21 [20]	May 19, 2021	May 19, 2021			V		V
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church of Canada St. Mary Cathedral v Aga, 2021 SCC 22 [21]	December 9, 2020	May 21, 2021
MediaQMI Inc. v Kamel, 2021 SCC 23 [22]	November 12, 2020	May 28, 2021
Colucci v Colucci, 2021 SCC 24 [23]	November 4, 2020	June 4, 2021
Sherman (Estate) v Donovan, 2021 SCC 25 [24]	October 6, 2020	June 11, 2021
Reference re Code of Civil Procedure (Que.), art. 35, 2021 SCC 27 [25]	September 24, 2020	June 30, 2021
Southwind v Canada, 2021 SCC 28 [26]	December 8, 2020	July 16, 2021
Corner Brook (City) v Bailey, 2021 SCC 29 [27]	March 23, 2021	July 23, 2021
Canada v Canada North Group Inc., 2021 SCC 30 [28]	December 1, 2020	July 28, 2021		1	2		*	1	1
Grant Thornton LLP v New Brunswick, 2021 SCC 31 [29]	March 24, 2021	July 29, 2021
York University v Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright), 2021 SCC 32 [30]	May 21, 2021	July 30, 2021
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal
Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v Manitoba, 2021 SCC 33 [31]	March 17, 2021	September 24, 2021
Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2021 SCC 34 [32]	March 16, 2021	October 1, 2021
R v Dingwall, 2021 SCC 35 [33]	October 8, 2021	October 8, 2021							V
Richardson v Richardson, 2021 SCC 36 [34]	October 13, 2021	October 13, 2021									V
R v Khill, 2021 SCC 37 [35]	February 14, 2021	October 14, 2021
R v Reilly, 2021 SCC 38 [36]	October 14, 2021	October 14, 2021			V
6362222 Canada inc. v Prelco inc., 2021 SCC 39 [37]	December 3, 2020	October 15, 2021
R v Strathdee, 2021 SCC 40 [38]	October 15, 2021	October 15, 2021							V
Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41 [39]	March 25, 2021	October 21, 2021
Northern Regional Health Authority v Horrocks, 2021 SCC 42 [40]	April 15, 2021	October 22, 2021
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal
Ward v. Quebec (Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse), 2021 SCC 43 [41]	February 15, 2021	October 29, 2021
H.M.B. Holdings Limited v Antigua and Barbuda, 2021 SCC 44 [42]	April 20, 2021	November 4, 2021
R v Cowan, 2021 SCC 45 [43]	May 12, 2021	November 5, 2021
R v J.D.	November 10, 2021	November 10, 2021^[1]
R v Parranto, 2021 SCC 46 [44]	May 18, 2021	November 12, 2021			1		1	*	2	*
Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia v Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2021 SCC 47 [45]	May 17, 2021	November 18, 2021
R v Albashir, 2021 SCC 48 [46]	May 14, 2021	November 19, 2021
Canada v. Alta Energy Luxembourg S.A.R.L., 2021 SCC 49 [47]	March 19, 2021	November 26, 2021
Barendregt v Grebliunas	December 2, 2021	December 2, 2021^[2]
Kreke v Alansari, 2021 SCC 50 [48]	December 2, 2021	December 2, 2021	V
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal
B.J.T. v J.D.	December 2, 2021	December 2, 2021^[3]
Canada v. Loblaw Financial Holdings Inc., 2021 SCC 51 [49]	May 13, 2021	December 3, 2021
R v Goforth	December 7, 2021	December 7, 2021^[4]
R v Lai, 2021 SCC 52 [50]	December 8, 2021	December 8, 2021			V
Montréal (City) v Deloitte Restructuring Inc., 2021 SCC 53 [51]	May 20, 2021	December 10, 2021
Association de médiation familiale du Québec v Bouvier, 2021 SCC 54 [52]	March 18, 2021	December 17, 2021
Case name	Argued	Decided	Wagner	Abella	Moldaver	Karakatsanis	Côté	Brown	Rowe	Martin	Kasirer	Jamal

Notes and references

Notes

^ Retired on 1 July 2021
^ Appointed on 1 July 2021

References

^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.

External links

2021 decisions: CanLII, LexUM

[1] Retired on 1 July 2021

[2] Appointed on 1 July 2021

[3] Reasons to be issued at a later date.

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