Department of Justice Canada - Organizations - Canadian Urban Data Catalogue (CUDC)

Catalogue Entry: Proposed changes to Canada’s Criminal Code relating to conversion therapy

On November 29, 2021, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada introduced a bill to criminalize so-called conversion therapy practices in Canada. Conversion...

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Catalogue Entry: Research in Brief: The Practice of Family Law in Canada: Results from...

This report highlights some key findings of the 2018 National Family Law surveys of family law professionals in Canada. The data provide insights into the experiences,...

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Catalogue Entry: Charter Statement - Bill C-23: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the...

Section 4.2 of the Department of Justice Act requires the Minister of Justice to prepare a Charter Statement for every government bill to help inform public and Parliamentary...

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Catalogue Entry: 2016 Canadian Victim Services Indicators: Pilot survey evaluation and recommendations

The Canadian Victim Services Indicators (CVSI) survey was developed as part of a longer term project to improve information on the provision of victim services in Canada. In an...

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Catalogue Entry: Legal Aid in Canada 2019-20

The Legal Aid Survey was a Statistics Canada annual survey on revenues, expenditures, personnel, and caseload statistics associated with the administration and delivery of legal...

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Catalogue Entry: Legistics

Legistics is a collection of terms commonly used in legislative decisions or legal documents. It is meant to provide meaning to terms used including notwithstanding, Gender-...

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Catalogue Entry: Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: The Revised User's Guide

This Revised User’s Guide (which we sometimes call the “RUG”) updates and replaces the two previous versions: the original User’s Guide released in July 2008 with the Final...

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Catalogue Entry: Making the Links in Family Violence Cases: Collaboration among the Family,...

In January 2011, federal-provincial-territorial (FPT) Deputy Ministers responsible for Justice and Public Safety approved the creation of a joint family and criminal Ad Hoc...

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Catalogue Entry: Enhancing Safety: When Domestic Violence Cases are in Multiple Legal Systems...

The purpose of this report is to document, from a family law perspective, best practice options when domestic violence cases are making their way through multiple proceedings...

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Catalogue Entry: Best Practices where there is Family Violence (Criminal Law Perspective)

This report is intended to focus on best practices related to cases making their way through the criminal justice system, where there are multiple proceedings – including family...

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Catalogue Entry: Concurrent Legal Proceedings in Cases of Family Violence: The Child...

This paper explores the issues that arise in child protection proceedings involving family violence, where there are concurrent family and/or criminal proceedings. A particular...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Divorce and Family Violence

This fact sheet provides information on family violence. Family violence occurs when a person abuses someone in their family. It can happen to anyone - both children and adults....

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Duties for parents and others

Acting in the best interests of the child is the number one priority in all family law matters involving children. The new Divorce Act sets out duties for parents and others to...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Family dispute resolution: resolving family law issues out of court

Divorce and separation can be difficult, especially if you have children. You may feel stressed about the different decisions you need to make about parenting arrangements and...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - 2017 Update to the Federal Child Support Tables

This Fact Sheet provides general information about the 2017 update to the Federal Child Support Tables (Federal Tables). The Federal Tables are part of the Federal Child Support...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Income Disclosure for Child Support Purposes

Both parents have a legal obligation to support their children financially after separation or divorce. Children have a legal right to that support. Under the Federal Child...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Parenting arrangements after separation or divorce

This resource provides insight on parenting agreements made after the new Divorce Act came into force on March 1, 2021.

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Catalogue Entry: Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice...

This literature review addresses the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the Canadian criminal justice system. It examines the extent of overrepresentation, its...

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Catalogue Entry: Fact Sheet - Spousal Support

This Fact Sheet provides general information about spousal support under the Divorce Act. The Divorce Act applies to married couples who are divorcing. Provincial or territorial...

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Catalogue Entry: What happens next? Information for kids about separation and divorce

This booklet has two purposes. First, it's meant to help children learn some basic facts about family law and give them an idea of the processes that parents may go through when...

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