The daily court lists include the case name, time, room number and reason for the court appearance. For criminal matters in the Ontario Court of Justice, the docket number will also be displayed under the Docket Line column. For civil, criminal and family matters in the Superior Court of Justice, matters in the Small Claims Court and family matters in the Ontario Court of Justice, the Method of Attendance will display how a particular case will be heard e. Definitions of each of the appearance methods are found in the FAQ section of this site.
Note that case information changes at 8 am each day i. Important: If you have been served with a summons, or otherwise notified that you are required to attend court, you must attend court, even if your name does not appear on a list.
Failure to attend may result in a warrant for your arrest, dismissal of your case or the case proceeding in your absence. You may be able to attend court by video over the internet or over the telephone, rather than in person. To get started, please read the terms and conditions that apply to using the website and, if you agree, click on "I AGREE".
Individuals are responsible for knowing whether they can attend a court proceeding remotely rather than in-person. Please note that some cases do not appear in the daily court lists.
These include matters in writing, matters added after the list is posted and matters subject to statutory, common-law or court-ordered public access restrictions such as adoptions and openness proceedings Child, Youth and Family Services Act, and youth criminal matters Youth Criminal Justice Act.
