# 2016 reasons of the Supreme Court of Canada

The table below lists the decisions (known as reasons) delivered from the bench by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2016. The table illustrates what reasons were filed by each justice in each case, and which justices joined each reason.

## Reasons

| Delivered the Court's reason | Joined the Court's reason | Filed a concurrence | Joined a concurrence |
| 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 | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| Canadian Pacific Railway Co v Canada (AG), 2016 SCC 1 | December 9, 2015 | January 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Seruhungo, 2016 SCC 2 | January 15, 2016 | January 15, 2016 | | | | V | | | | | | |
| R v Spicer, 2016 SCC 3 | January 15, 2016 | January 15, 2016 | | | | V | | | | | | |
| Carter v Canada (AG), 2016 SCC 4 | January 11, 2016 | January 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Meer, 2016 SCC 5 | January 21, 2016 | January 21, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Gagnon, 2016 SCC 6 | February 23, 2016 | February 23, 2016 | | | V | | | | | | | |
| R v Newman, 2016 SCC 7 | February 25, 2016 | February 25, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| Commission scolaire de Laval v Syndicat de l'enseignement de la région de Laval, 2016 SCC 8 | October 14, 2015 | March 18, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Knapczyk, 2016 SCC 10 | January 20, 2016 | March 22, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Borowiec, 2016 SCC 11 | January 20, 2016 | March 24, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2016 SCC 12 | October 8, 2015 | April 14, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Lloyd, 2016 SCC 13 | January 13, 2016 | April 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Safarzadeh-Markhali, 2016 SCC 14 | November 4, 2015 | April 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| World Bank Group v Wallace, 2016 SCC 15 | November 6, 2015 | April 29, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Shaoulle, 2016 SCC 16 | April 29, 2016 | April 29, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Laliberté, 2016 SCC 17 | April 29, 2016 | April 29, 2016 | | | | | | V | | | | |
| Krayzel Corp v Equitable Trust Co, 2016 SCC 18 | November 12, 2015 | May 6, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Heritage Capital Corp v Equitable Trust Co, 2016 SCC 19 | January 22, 2016 | May 6, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada (AG) v Chambre des notaires du Québec, 2016 SCC 20 | November 3, 2015 | June 3, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada (National Revenue) v Thompson, 2016 SCC 21 | December 4, 2014 | June 3, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| R v DLW, 2016 SCC 22 | November 9, 2015 | June 9, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Rogers Communications Inc v Chateauguay (City of), 2016 SCC 23 | October 9, 2015 | June 16, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Saeed, 2016 SCC 24 | December 1, 2015 | June 23, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| British Columbia (Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal) v Fraser Health Authority, 2016 SCC 25 | January 14, 2016 | June 24, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Vassell, 2016 SCC 26 | May 20, 2016 | June 30, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Jordan, 2016 SCC 27 | October 7, 2015 | July 8, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Williamson, 2016 SCC 28 | October 7, 2015 | July 8, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Wilson v Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd, 2016 SCC 29 | January 19, 2016 | July 14, 2016 | 1 | * | 2 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Melançon LLP v Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 2016 SCC 30 | December 3, 2015 | July 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v KRJ, 2016 SCC 31 | December 2, 2015 | July 21, 2016 | | 1 | | | | | | | 2 | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| R v Cawthorne, 2016 SCC 32 | April 25, 2016 | July 22, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Villaroman, 2016 SCC 33 | March 21, 2016 | July 29, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ferme Vi-Ber inc v Financière agricole du Québec, 2016 SCC 34 | December 10, 2015 | July 29, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Musqueam Indian Band v Musqueam Indian Band Board of Review , 2016 SCC 36 | April 26, 2016 | September 9, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ledcor Construction Ltd v Northbridge Indemnity Insurance Co, 2016 SCC 37 | March 30, 2016 | September 15, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada (AG) v Igloo Vikski Inc, 2016 SCC 38 | March 29, 2016 | September 29, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Conférence des juges de paix magistrats du Québec v Quebec (AG), 2016 SCC 39 | January 18, 2016 | October 14, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Rowson, 2016 SCC 40 | October 14, 2016 | October 14, 2016 | | V | | | | | | | | |
| R v C K-D, 2016 SCC 41 | October 14, 2016 | October 14, 2016 | | | | | | V | | | | |
| Endean v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 42 | May 19, 2016 | October 20, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| R v Anthony-Cook, 2016 SCC 43 | March 31, 2016 | October 21, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Morasse v Nadeau-Dubois, 2016 SCC 44 | April 22, 2016 | October 27, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Urban Communications Inc v BCNET Networking Society , 2016 SCC 45 | November 1, 2016 | November 1, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| R v Diamond, 2016 SCC 46 | October 12, 2016 | November 3, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Edmonton (City of) v Edmonton East (Capilano) Shopping Centres Ltd, 2016 SCC 47 | March 23, 2016 | November 4, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Benhaim v St-Germain, 2016 SCC 48 | April 28, 2016 | November 10, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| British Columbia Teachers' Federation v British Columbia, 2016 SCC 49 | November 10, 2016 | November 10, 2016 | V | | | | | | | | | |
| Royal Bank of Canada v Trang, 2016 SCC 50 | April 27, 2016 | November 17, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mennillo v Intramodal Inc, 2016 SCC 51 | December 8, 2015 | November 18, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lizotte v Aviva Insurance Co of Canada, 2016 SCC 52 | March 24, 2016 | November 25, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |
| Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v University of Calgary, 2016 SCC 53 | April 1, 2016 | November 25, 2016 | | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Windsor (City of) v Canadian Transit Co, 2016 SCC 54 | April 21, 2016 | December 8, 2016 | | 1 | | 2 | | | | 2 | 2 | |
| Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc v Canada (AG), 2016 SCC 55 | May 18, 2016 | December 9, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canada (AG) v Fairmont Hotels Inc, 2016 SCC 56 | May 18, 2016 | December 9, 2016 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Case name | Argued | Decided | McLachlin | Abella | Cromwell | Moldaver | Karakatsanis | Wagner | Gascon | Côté | Brown | Rowe |

## 2016 statistics

| Justice | Reasons written |
| Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin | 3 2 2 0 Total=7 |
| Pusine Justice Rosalie Abella | 5 1 1 4 Total=11 |
| Pusine Justice Thomas Cromwell | 5 3 2 1 Total=11 |
| Pusine Justice Michael Moldaver | 6 1 1 1 Total=9 |
| Pusine Justice Andromache Karakatsanis | 8 2 0 0 Total=10 |
| Pusine Justice Richard Wagner | 9 2 1 1 Total=13 |
| Puisne Justice Clément Gascon | 8 1 2 0 Total=11 |
| Puisne Justice Suzanne Côté | 7 1 2 8 Total=18 |
| Puisne Justice Russell Brown | 7 0 3 3 Total=13 |
| Notes on statistics: A justice is only included in the majority if they have joined or concurred in the Court's judgment in full. Percentages are based only on the cases in which a justice participated, and are rounded to the nearest decimal. |||