Inactive Civil Court Cases by Years Since Initiation, Canada and Provinces

Inactive civil court cases in Canada and selected provinces and territories, categorized by court level, case type, and the number of fiscal years since case initiation. The dataset is produced by Statistics Canada and covers five years of data. It was last updated on March 26, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in civil case dormancy based on the number of years since case initiation.
• Compare inactive case volumes across different levels of court mentioned in the description.
• Assess the distribution of inactive cases by type of civil case.
• Model court system workload and backlog using historical inactivity data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Covers five years of data for temporal trend analysis.
• Includes breakdowns by geography, court level, and case type.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Time Range

Five years of data (specific years not provided).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-26 12:47:06.175987; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada and selected provinces and territories.