Court of Appeal for Ontario

Profile narrative

The Court of Appeal for Ontario is a Canadian judicial organisation associated with Ontario’s court system. Its core function is appellate judicial work, meaning it hears appeals and reviews decisions from lower courts and tribunals within Ontario’s justice system. It does not operate as a commercial provider; its role is centred on public adjudication, legal reasoning, and the resolution of appeals. The organisation serves litigants, counsel, and the public through appellate proceedings within the legal and court sector. The provided context places its headquarters in Canada but does not give a more specific city address. No staff count, budget, annual caseload, or facility footprint is stated in the available material.

A distinguishing feature of the Court of Appeal for Ontario is its appellate specialisation within Ontario’s judiciary. It is positioned as a public-sector judicial body rather than as a private legal-services company or technology provider. The organisation is also connected to the C-Track case-management platform, which is used by the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Ontario Court of Justice. C-Track is owned by Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. A known incident dated March 1, 2026 involved unauthorised activity in one of Thomson Reuters Canada Limited’s cloud environments. The company determined that an unauthorised party had accessed court records from those Ontario courts and from C-Track users in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, New Hampshire, Wyoming, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The potentially exposed information included names and other personal information, and it may have included confidential, redacted, or sealed data. The exact scope and types of information exposed were not specified in the provided material. In response, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited implemented additional security measures, launched an informational website, opened a call centre, and offered credit monitoring to potentially affected individuals. The provided context identifies Thomson Reuters Canada Limited as the owner of C-Track, not as the owner or parent of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. No parent, subsidiary, or ownership structure for the Court of Appeal for Ontario is stated.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.