7.3 Courts in Canada

#1. What kinds of disputes can the administrative boards and tribunals resolve?

Entitlement to disability benefits

Refugee claims and human rights issues

Entitlement to employment insurance

Criminal matters

#2. Jury duty is a legal requirement for Canadian citizens.

True

False

#3. Which provincial courts deal with family disputes?

Small claims courts

Trial court

Family courts

Appeal court

#4. Which court deals with matters concerning the Federal Government of Canada?

The Royal Court

The Supreme Court of Canada

The Federal Court of Canada

The Provincial Courts

#5. Who appoints and pays the judges in the superior or upper-level courts in the provinces of Canada?

The Federal Government

The Provincial/Territorial government

The Federal Court of Canada

The Supreme Court of Canada

#6. Most Provinces contain a trial court and an appeals court.

False

True

#7. Canadian provinces and territories have different kinds of administrative boards and tribunals to resolve various types of disputes that need not go to the courts.

True

False

#8. Which provincial courts deal with civil cases involving small sums of money?

Appeals court

Small claims courts

Trial court

Family courts

#9. How are the courts in the Provinces and Territories of Canada organized under the Supreme Court of Canada?

Trial Courts -> Supreme Court of Canada

Trial Courts -> Superior Courts -> Supreme Court of Canada

Trial Courts -> Courts of Appeal –> Supreme Court of Canada

Trial Courts -> Superior Courts -> Courts of Appeal –> Supreme Court of Canada

#10. Decisions made by the administrative tribunals can be reviewed in courts to ensure that the tribunals are acting fairly and in accordance with the law.

True

False

#11. Which provincial courts deal with traffic law disputes?

Traffic courts

Trial court

Small claims courts

Appeal court

#12. Which is the highest court in Canada?

The Provincial Courts

The Royal Court

The Federal Court

The Supreme Court of Canada

#13. The appeals courts sit just below the supreme court in the justice system of Canada.

True

False

#14. In Canadian provinces and territories, disputes can be resolved outside of the court system by administrative boards and tribunals.

False

True

#15. What types of courts do provinces have in Canada?

Select all that apply:

Provincial courts for lesser offenses

Appeals court and trial court

Family courts, traffic courts, and small claims courts for civil cases involving small sums of money

Federal Court

#16. The Administrative boards and tribunals in Canadian provinces and territories are less formal than the court system in Canada.

False

True

#17. Who is responsible for the judicial system in Canada?

The Territorial governments

The Federal government

The Provincial governments

Nobody

#18. What do the provincial small claims courts deal with?

Civil cases involving small sums of money

Traffic claims

Family disputes

Criminal matters

#19. Where is the Federal Court of Canada located?

Toronto

Montreal

Victoria

Ottawa

#20. Decisions made by the administrative tribunals in provinces and territories cannot be reviewed in courts.

True

False

#21. Where is the Supreme Court of Canada located?

Victoria

Montreal

Ottawa

Toronto

#22. The administrative boards and tribunals in Canadian provinces and territories are part of the court system of Canada.

False

True

Results

#1. What kinds of disputes can the administrative boards and tribunals resolve?

#2. Jury duty is a legal requirement for Canadian citizens.

#3. Which provincial courts deal with family disputes?

#4. Which court deals with matters concerning the Federal Government of Canada?

#5. Who appoints and pays the judges in the superior or upper-level courts in the provinces of Canada?

#6. Most Provinces contain a trial court and an appeals court.

#7. Canadian provinces and territories have different kinds of administrative boards and tribunals to resolve various types of disputes that need not go to the courts.

#8. Which provincial courts deal with civil cases involving small sums of money?

#9. How are the courts in the Provinces and Territories of Canada organized under the Supreme Court of Canada?

#10. Decisions made by the administrative tribunals can be reviewed in courts to ensure that the tribunals are acting fairly and in accordance with the law.

#11. Which provincial courts deal with traffic law disputes?

#12. Which is the highest court in Canada?

#13. The appeals courts sit just below the supreme court in the justice system of Canada.

#14. In Canadian provinces and territories, disputes can be resolved outside of the court system by administrative boards and tribunals.

#15. What types of courts do provinces have in Canada?

#16. The Administrative boards and tribunals in Canadian provinces and territories are less formal than the court system in Canada.

#17. Who is responsible for the judicial system in Canada?

#18. What do the provincial small claims courts deal with?

#19. Where is the Federal Court of Canada located?

#20. Decisions made by the administrative tribunals in provinces and territories cannot be reviewed in courts.

#21. Where is the Supreme Court of Canada located?

#22. The administrative boards and tribunals in Canadian provinces and territories are part of the court system of Canada.