Accessing Court Records, Dockets, and Transcripts

Court of King's Bench

• Court of King's Bench Civil Search Portal -  For paper records, you must request the Court to do a search for you. 
  • Search by party name will produce a list of all the actions for or against the named person or company. This is sometimes referred to as a "litigation search".
  • The search fee is $10 to search for actions commenced by a party and $10 to search for actions against a party. Parties can be persons or companies.
  • If you know the action or court file number, or are searching for a specific action or court file (example Jane Doe vs. John Doe), choose the "Search by Action or Court File Number" option. The fee is $10.00 and will include a list of all documents filed.

Court of Justice

• Civil Search Request (Provincial Court)
• Criminal/Traffic Search Request (Provincial Court and Court of King’s Bench) 

Court of Appeal

• Civil Search Request Form (CTS 3859)
• Access Request Form: Extracts of Key Evidence or Case File 

Archived Court Records

• Law and Original Order: Discovering Alberta's Court Records

Supreme Court:

• Court Services Online (free to search, but $6.00 fee for accessing records.  Full text is available for Supreme Court files.) 

Provincial Court: 

• Provincial Court Registries - In person - see Access to Court Records: Policies of the Provincial Court of British Columbia

Court of Appeal

• Court of Appeal Registrar's Office - In person - see Court of Appeal: Record and Courtroom Access Policy.

Regarding in person record viewing:

Once you've located the correct registry, you may contact them with your document request query via two methods:

a. Online, self-directed request. Order documents from the court registry--when available. 

b. Mediated request. Contact the Courthouse Registry either in person, by phone, or by email for further instructions on viewing the file.

Some Court records with restricted access may require special application to the court, and are subject to judicial approval

Archived Court Records

• BC Archives

Credits: Information about BC Court Records from SFU Library.

Court of Appeal

• Request to View Court Records Subject to Publication Ban 

Supreme Court

• Request for Access to an Exhibit (Civil or Criminal Matter)
• Undertaking to Obtain Access to Court File or Exhibit in a Family Proceeding
• Requisition for Searching for Case or Copying Documents

Provincial Court

• Online Records Reqeusts

All Courts

• Ministry of the Attorney General’s Court Services Division Policies and Procedures on Public Access to Court Files, Documents and Exhibit

Court of Appeal

• Court of Appeal for Ontario Records Office information for access

All Courts

• Policies for Public Access to Court Records (2016 Update) (2018 Update)

All Courts

• Plumitifs – Soquij
  • Available by monthly subscription.
  • Online access to civil, criminal and penal judicial records from Quebec courthouses and municipal courts.
  • Plumitifs are coded only in French.

All Courts

• Request for Access to Court Records
  • Access requests should be made to the court office where the matter was heard.

Supreme Court

• Copying and Scanning of Court Registry Documents & Supreme Court Photography Requisition Form
  • Form must be submitted in person.