During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Court of Justice introduced new measures to ensure that members of the public continued to have appropriate access to court proceedings, court records and audio recordings of court proceedings.
Since the pandemic, proceedings that involve remote appearances (video conferences and telephone) have increased. The Ontario Court of Justice recognizes that it is important to uphold the open court principle by ensuring that members of the public can appropriately access court proceedings, court records and digital audio recordings.
Below you may find information on accessing daily court lists and to find Ontario Court of Justice adult criminal court cases online.
Court and case information
This section contains information on how to find an active court case (Daily court lists and a Court case search tool), as well as contact information for courthouses, including locations, email addresses and telephone numbers.
Daily court lists
The Daily Court Lists online service provides information about upcoming criminal and family proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The daily court lists include the case name, time, room number and reason for the court appearance.
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Adult Criminal Court cases
The Ministry of the Attorney General has developed a tool to find case information online for adult criminal cases at the Ontario Court of Justice. You may find it here: Search for court cases online. You will be able to search for the court case title, Ontario Court of Justice Information number, court location, next hearing type and date, if available.
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Find Ontario Court of Justice Adult Criminal Court Cases Online
The Ministry of the Attorney General has developed a tool to find case information online for adult criminal cases at the Ontario Court of Justice. You may find it here: Search for court cases online. You will be able to search for the court case title, Ontario Court of Justice Information number, court location, next hearing type and date, if available.
This search tool will not provide information about cases that are subject to statutory or court-ordered public access restrictions. It will let you know if a court case is subject to a publication ban. The search tool may not reflect a publication ban that was recently granted. It is your responsibility to check with the appropriate courthouse about whether a case is subject to a publication ban, confirm the details of any publication ban, and comply with any publication bans or other restrictions.
This search tool will only provide information about active criminal cases with:
- a future court date;
- a court date within the past seven days; and
- a bench warrant issued within the past five years.
If you are not able to find the information you need, you may contact the court office where the case was, or is, being heard.
You can only use this tool to search for court case information. Any other use is prohibited, including saving, reproducing and distributing the information in this tool.
Search court cases by entering the:
- type of case
- name of one of the people involved
- year of birth of an accused person
- Ontario Court of Justice Information number
- location of the courthouse where the case is being heard
To access this tool, you will need a ONe-key account. You may register for the account here: ONe-key: Secure access to Ontario Government programs and services.
If you have any questions about this tool, please contact the court office where the case is being heard.
This search tool will not provide information about cases that are subject to statutory or court-ordered public access restrictions. It will let you know if a court case is subject to a publication ban. The search tool may not reflect a publication ban that was recently granted. It is your responsibility to check with the appropriate courthouse about whether a case is subject to a publication ban, confirm the details of any publication ban, and comply with any publication bans or other restrictions.
Daily Court Lists: Information about Upcoming Criminal and Family Proceedings
The Daily Court Lists online service provides information about upcoming criminal and family proceedings in the Ontario Court of Justice. The daily court lists include the case name, time, room number and reason for the court appearance.You may find it here: Daily Court Lists.
Some cases do not appear in the Daily Court Lists. At the Ontario Court of Justice, matters in writing (such as Form 14Bs in family law), matters added after the list is posted and matters subject to statutory, common-law or court-ordered public access restrictions, such as Youth Criminal Justice Act (youth) matters are not listed. Please note that weekend and statutory holiday (WASH) court lists for criminal cases are not published.
Please note that the Daily Court Lists do not include Provincial Offences Act (POA) matters. For information about POA matters, please contact the municipal court office for information: Provincial Offences Court locations. If the POA matter is being heard before an Ontario Court of Justice judge, please contact the provincial court office. You may find that information here: Courthouse addresses.
Please contact local court staff for information about a proceeding that you believe is ongoing but is not shown on the Daily Court List. Contact information for Ontario courthouses, including email addresses, is available here. The Ministry of the Attorney General also provides contact and related information about local courthouses here.
This search tool will not provide information about cases that are subject to statutory or court-ordered public access restrictions. It will let you know if a court case is subject to a publication ban. The search tool may not reflect a publication ban that was recently granted. It is your responsibility to check with the appropriate courthouse about whether a case is subject to a publication ban, confirm the details of any publication ban, and comply with any publication bans or other restrictions.
