Supreme Court of Canada: Year in Review 2018

This graphic shows the year 2018 by the numbers. In 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada received 525 applications for leave (that is, permission) to appeal; received 26 notices of appeal as of right (that is, not needing permission); heard 66 appeals; heard from 148 main parties and 241 interveners on appeal; welcomed almost 60,000 visitors; reached people online over 6 million times (including 1,514,834 times on our website, 1,027,404 times on Facebook, and 3,520,148 times on Twitter); and issued 59 decisions deciding 64 cases.