2021 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

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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

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Delivered the Court's reason

Joined the Court's reason

Filed a concurrence

Joined a concurrence

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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]

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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

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### Notes

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1. ^ Retired on 1 July 2021
2. ^ Appointed on 1 July 2021

### References

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1. ^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
2. ^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
3. ^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.
4. ^ Reasons to be issued at a later date.

## External links

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* 2021 decisions: CanLII, LexUM

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Cases and reasons  of the Supreme Court of Canada

Notable cases by era|

* Richards through Fauteux Court (1875-1973)
* Laskin Court (1973-1984)
* Dickson Court (1984-1990)
* Lamer Court (1990-2000)
* McLachlin Court (2000 to 2017)
* Wagner Court (2017 to date)

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Reasons by
justice|

| Current|

* Wagner
* Karakatsanis
* Côté
* Rowe
* Martin
* Kasirer
* Jamal
* O'Bonsawin
* Moreau

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Former|

* Lamer
* McLachlin
* Wilson
* L'Heureux-Dubé
* Sopinka
* Gonthier
* Cory
* Iacobucci
* Major
* Bastarache
* Binnie
* Arbour
* LeBel
* Deschamps
* Fish
* Abella
* Charron
* Rothstein
* Cromwell
* Moldaver
* Gascon
* Brown

Anonymous|

* "By the Court" reasons

Cases and reasons
by type of judgment|

* Oral reasons
* "By the Court" reasons

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