Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)

JurisdictionOntario
CourtCourt of Appeal (Ontario)
JudgeHoy A.C.J.O., Sharpe and Trotter JJ.A.
Citation2018 ONCA 761
Date19 September 2018
Docket NumberC65861 (M49615) and (M49624)

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33 practice notes
  • Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 1, 2021
    ...successful and, on October 22, 2018, the Toronto municipal election proceeded on the basis of the 25‑ward structure created by the Act (2018 ONCA 761, 142 O.R. (3d) 481 ). No issue is taken with the integrity of the election or the results thereof. [11] When the Court of Appeal decided the......
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    • December 12, 2025
    ...Ducharme v. Hudson, 2021 ONCA 151 , Morguard Residential v. Mandel, 2017 ONCA 177 , Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761, Windrift Adventures Inc. v. Ontario (Animal Care Review Board), 2024 ONCA 89 , Sault Dock Co. Ltd. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City), [1973] 2 O.R. 4......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 8, 2022 ' August 12, 2022)
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    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 15, 2022
    ...ONCA 562, K.K. v. M.M., 2021 ONCA 407, Lefebvre v. Lefebvre [(2002)], 167 O.A.C. 85 (C.A.), Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761 Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto (Re), 2022 ONCA 581 Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Perfection, Extensi......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
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    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Homes Unions , 2019 NBCA 33 at para 36. 217 Harper , above note 216 at para 9; see also Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2018 ONCA 761 at para 21. 218 Metropolitan Stores , above note 198. Interlocutory Injunctions: Speciic Areas 141 In RJR-MacDonald , the constitutionality of ......
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  • Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Supreme Court (Canada)
    • October 1, 2021
    ...successful and, on October 22, 2018, the Toronto municipal election proceeded on the basis of the 25‑ward structure created by the Act (2018 ONCA 761, 142 O.R. (3d) 481 ). No issue is taken with the integrity of the election or the results thereof. [11] When the Court of Appeal decided the......
  • British Columbia (Attorney General) v. Alberta (Attorney General)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 24, 2019
    ...by a private party, the dispute involves two public authorities or two governments: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761 at paragraph 20; Long-Gun Registry, at paragraph 63. It may also be of less relevance in division of powers cases, given that justification under se......
  • Monsanto v. Canada (Health)
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • November 12, 2020
    ...of British Columbia v Attorney General of Alberta, 2019 FC 1195 (Grammond, J), at paras 97 and 173-179; Toronto (City) v A.G. Ontario, 2018 ONCA 761, at para 10; Livent Inc. v Deloitte & Touche, 2016 ONCA 395 (Strathy CJO), at para 5; Unilin Beheer B.V., at para 102 and the cases cited ......
  • Awashish v. Conseil des Atikamekw d’Opitciwan
    • Canada
    • Federal Court (Canada)
    • September 3, 2019
    ...it was necessary to be more demanding with respect to the first prong of the RJR framework: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761, at paragraph 10. [20] In the case at bar, if I were to grant the injunction sought by Mr. Awashish, the election would be conducted with ba......
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  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (December 1 ' 5, 2025)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • December 12, 2025
    ...Ducharme v. Hudson, 2021 ONCA 151 , Morguard Residential v. Mandel, 2017 ONCA 177 , Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761, Windrift Adventures Inc. v. Ontario (Animal Care Review Board), 2024 ONCA 89 , Sault Dock Co. Ltd. v. Sault Ste. Marie (City), [1973] 2 O.R. 4......
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 8, 2022 ' August 12, 2022)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • August 15, 2022
    ...ONCA 562, K.K. v. M.M., 2021 ONCA 407, Lefebvre v. Lefebvre [(2002)], 167 O.A.C. 85 (C.A.), Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761 Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto (Re), 2022 ONCA 581 Keywords: Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Civil Procedure, Appeals, Perfection, Extensi......
  • Ontario Court Of Appeal Summaries (September 17 – 21, 2018)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 24, 2018
    ...the WSIB context, and causation in the medmal context. Have a nice weekend. CIVIL DECISIONS Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761 [Hoy A.C.J.O, Sharpe and Trotter Basu, Y. Ranganathan and A. Ranalli, for the appellant Attorney General of Ontario D.W. Dimmer, C. Lynch a......
  • Waking The Giant: Charter Litigation Under The Spectre Of The Notwithstanding Clause
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • October 19, 2018
    ...Charter] 3 Bill 31, Efficient Local Government Act, 1st Sess, 42nd Leg, Ontario, 2018. 4 Toronto (City) v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761. 5 Mike Crawley, "Doug Ford 'won't be shy' to use notwithstanding clause again, and he's getting support for that", CBC News (12 September 201......
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  • Table of cases
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...289, 467 Toronto (City) v Mallon (1903), 2 OWR 933, af’d (1904) 4 OWR 386 .............508 Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761......................... 140 Toth v Ho (1998), 26 RPR (3d) 76 ...................................................................... 526 Towe......
  • Interlocutory Injunctions: Specific Areas
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books The Law of Equitable Remedies - Third edition
    • November 18, 2023
    ...Homes Unions , 2019 NBCA 33 at para 36. 217 Harper , above note 216 at para 9; see also Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2018 ONCA 761 at para 21. 218 Metropolitan Stores , above note 198. Interlocutory Injunctions: Speciic Areas 141 In RJR-MacDonald , the constitutionality of ......
  • CECBA Essential Services, Strikes, and Interest Arbitration
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Ontario Public Service Employment and Labour Law - Second Edition
    • February 27, 2024
    ...rights in the Charter . The Superior Court decision was stayed by the Court of Appeal in Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General) , 2018 ONCA 761, with the result that the provincial government did not proceed with the override legislation. The Better Local Government Act was ultimately ......
  • ATHENS V ONTARIO: WHAT CAN THE FIRST DEMOCRACY TEACH US ABOUT JUDICIAL REVIEW?
    • Canada
    • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review Vol. 81 No. 1, January 2023
    • January 1, 2023
    ...32, 60. (35) Ibid at para 78. (36) Ibid at para 13. (37) Ibid at paras 35, 73. (38) See Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2018 ONCA 761. (39) See Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General), 2019 ONCA 732 at para (40) Ibid at para 86. (41) Ibid at paras 87-88. (42) Ibid at para......
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