The following is a list of various court decisions affecting freedom of expression in Canada. Where available, links are provided to the full text of these decisions, including N.C.L. reviews (+). Decisions are subdivided into the following categories: child pornography, customs, obscenity, freedom of the press, libel and other. ***Full citations to all decisions will be provided in the near future.

For more comprehensive searches use CataLaw. In addition, the Electronic Frontier Canada (E.F.C.), the Electronic Frontier Foundation (E.F.F.) and the A.C.L.U. provide a number of online legal documents.

Freedom of the Press

• R. v. Southam Inc. March 31, 1983. 6 C.R.R. 1.
• Southam Inc. v. Canada (Min. of Employment and Immigration). July 27, 1987. [1987] 3 F.C. 329.
• edmonton journal v. alberta (attorney general). December 21, 1989. [1989] 2 S.C.R. 1326.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Lessard. November 14, 1991. [1991] 3 S.C.R. 421. 7 C.R.R. (2d) 244.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. New Brunswick (Attorney General). November 14, 1991. [1991] 3 S.C.R. 459
• Canada (Information Commissioner) v. Canada (Prime Minister) (T.D.) November 19, 1992.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Dagenais. December 18, 1992. 12 O.R. (3d) 239.
• New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. v. Nova Scotia (Speaker of the House of Assembly). January 21, 1993. [1993] 1 S.C.R. 319.
• R. v. T.S. March 11, 1993. 42 W.A.C. 96.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General). April 27, 1993. 110 Sask.R. 157.
• R. v. Wood (D.A.) (No.2). May 10, 1993. 124 N.S.R. (2d) 128.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General). May 19, 1993. 110 Sask.R. 222.
• R. v. Muise (D.R.) (No.3B). June 8, 1993. 124 N.S.R. (2d) 98.
• Her Majesty The Queen v. The Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. and The Globe and Mail. July 5, 1993.
• R. v. Bernardo. July 5, 1993. (unreported).
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Boland. September 28, 1994.
• Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp. December 8, 1994. [1994] 3 S.C.R. 835.+
• R. v. S.(T.) December 8, 1994. [1994] 3 S.C.R. 952.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada (Attorney-General). February 2, 1995. 97 C.C.C. (3d) 259.
• R. v. Bernardo. February 10, 1995. 38 C.R. (4th) 229.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Giroux. June 2, 1995. 23 O.R. (3d) 621.
• R. v. Adams. December 21, 1995. [1995] 4 S.C.R. 707.
• French Estate v. Ontario (Attorney General). April 2, 1996. 106 C.C.C. (3d) 193.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. New Brunswick (Attorney General). October 31, 1996. [1996] 3 S.C.R. 480. 110 C.C.C. (3d) 193.
• Aubry v. Éditions Vice-Versa inc. April 9, 1998. [1998] 1 S.C.R. 591.
• Thomson Newspapers Co. v. Canada (Attorney General). May 29, 1998. [1998] 1 S.C.R. 877.
• R. v. Mentuck. November 15, 2001.

This page was last updated on November 17, 2001.