The federal government has established special courts such as the Tax Court of Canada, the Court Martial Appeal Court, the Citizenship Court, and various boards and tribunals appointed under federal statutes. The cases in CTC are organized alphabetically through its four main volumes, and are cross-referenced according to every reported variant of the case name, as well as by the defendant's name. Quarterly and monthly updates supplement the main volumes. The Case Digests are organized by subject according to the Abridgment's Key classification system. Its main volumes contain over 300,000 digests of reported decisions from the common law provinces, as well as cases falling under federal jurisdiction from Quebec.
Monthly updates supplement the main volumes.
There is no Canadian counterpart to Shepard's Citations . The cases are arranged alphabetically through the 10 main volumes. Look up the case by name to see its history and how it has been treated in subsequent Canadian cases. Each main volume is supplemented by a single softcover volume which is replaced annually on a cumulative basis. Quarterly and monthly volumes are available for the current year.