Judges and Justices of the Peace

Find out who the judges and justices of the peace are, their roles and responsibilities, and what they do.

JUDGES
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE

Judges work in three areas of jurisdiction:

the overwhelming majority of criminal and youth criminal justice cases in the province;
certain types of family law cases;
offences committed under provincial statutes.

Office of the Chief Justice:

The Honourable Sharon M. Nicklas
Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice

The Honourable Aston J. Hall
Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice

The Honourable Jeanine E. LeRoy
Associate Chief Justice — Coordinator of Justices of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice

The Honourable Sheilagh O’Connell
Senior Advisory Family Justice

Regions:

The Honourable Justice Anthony F. Leitch
Acting Regional Senior Justice

The Honourable Justice Paul R. Currie
Regional Senior Justice

The Honourable Justice Cindy Afonso
The Honourable Justice Adrian D. Baker
The Honourable Justice Kathleen A. Baker
The Honourable Justice Joanne Beasley
The Honourable Justice Stephen Bernstein
The Honourable Justice Janet Booy
The Honourable Justice Andrew W. Brown
The Honourable Justice Stephen D. Brown
The Honourable Justice Deborah L. Calderwood
The Honourable Justice Ann-Marie Calsavara
The Honourable Justice Amanda J. Camara
The Honourable Justice Jennifer M. Campitelli
The Honourable Justice Sandra Caponecchia
The Honourable Justice James R. Chaffe
The Honourable Justice Michelle Cheung
The Honourable Justice Philip J. Clay
The Honourable Justice Reginald Alexander Cornelius
The Honourable Justice Jennifer A. Crawford
The Honourable Justice Stephen Darroch
The Honourable Justice Lindsay Daviau
The Honourable Justice Allison Dellandrea
The Honourable Justice Gethin B. Edward
The Honourable Justice Andrew Falls
The Honourable Justice Joe P.P. Fiorucci
The Honourable Justice Davin M.K. Garg
The Honourable Justice Robert Gee
The Honourable Justice Colette D. Good
The Honourable Justice Dana Haklander
The Honourable Justice Iona M. Jaffe
The Honourable Justice Khatira (Kathy) J. Jalali
The Honourable Justice Sonia V. Khemani
The Honourable Justice Caroline Kim
The Honourable Justice Tanya M. Kranjc
The Honourable Justice Mabel Lai
The Honourable Justice Jason Little
The Honourable Justice Alison R. Mackay
The Honourable Justice Allan Maclure
The Honourable Justice Sandra Martins
The Honourable Justice Jennifer McAleer
The Honourable Justice Kevin K. McCallum
The Honourable Justice Donald McLeod
The Honourable Justice Shannon B. McPherson
The Honourable Justice Paul F. Monahan
The Honourable Justice Paul T. O’Marra
The Honourable Justice Shauna Pemberton
The Honourable Justice Brian G. Puddington
The Honourable Justice Veronica Puls
The Honourable Justice G. Paul Renwick
The Honourable Justice Lynn Robinson
The Honourable Justice Richard H. K. Schwarzl
The Honourable Justice Anil N.R. Singh
The Honourable Justice Kelly Slate
The Honourable Justice David A. Thomas
The Honourable Justice Erin Thomas
The Honourable Justice R. Cameron B. Watson
The Honourable Justice Michael K. Wendl
The Honourable Justice Elizabeth Wilson
The Honourable Justice Jill Witkin
The Honourable Justice Alayna J.V. Woodley
The Honourable Justice Donald L. Wolfe
The Honourable Justice Martha Zivolak

The Honourable Jonathan Bliss
Regional Senior Justice

The Honourable Justice Hafeez S. Amarshi
The Honourable Justice Sandra Bacchus
The Honourable Justice Patrice F. Band
The Honourable Justice Maureen H. Bellmore
The Honourable Justice Feroza Bhabha
The Honourable Justice Michael Block
The Honourable Justice Miriam Bloomenfeld
The Honourable Justice Howard Borenstein
The Honourable Justice Beverly A. Brown
The Honourable Justice Joseph Callaghan
The Honourable Justice André Chamberlain
The Honourable Justice Leslie A. P. Chapin
The Honourable Justice Susan M. Chapman
The Honourable Justice Kimberley A. Crosbie
The Honourable Justice Carole Curtis
The Honourable Justice Jennifer Daudlin
The Honourable Justice Peter J. DeFreitas
The Honourable Justice Kate Doorly
The Honourable Justice Philip A. Downes
The Honourable Justice Karen M. Erlick
The Honourable Justice Cidalia C. Faria
The Honourable Justice Lucia Favret
The Honourable Justice Marquis S. V. Felix
The Honourable Justice Peter Fraser
The Honourable Justice Jacqueline (Jaki) Freeman
The Honourable Justice Victor Giourgas
The Honourable Justice Mara B. Greene
The Honourable Justice Rachel Grinberg
The Honourable Justice Joanna Harris
The Honourable Justice Derek Ishak
The Honourable Justice Ferhan Javed
The Honourable Justice Brock Jones
The Honourable Justice Carolyn J. Jones
The Honourable Justice Wiriranai Kapurura
The Honourable Justice Edward J. Kelly
The Honourable Justice Robert Kelly
The Honourable Justice Christine Mainville
The Honourable Justice David Maylor
The Honourable Justice John McInnes
The Honourable Justice Sandra J. Meyrick
The Honourable Justice Sara Mintz
The Honourable Justice Cathy Mocha
The Honourable Justice Lori B. Montague
The Honourable Justice Caolan Moore
The Honourable Justice Daniel F. Moore
The Honourable Justice Katrina Mulligan
The Honourable Justice Richard Nathanson
The Honourable Justice John North
The Honourable Justice Sheilagh O'Connell
The Honourable Justice Diane I. Oleskiw
The Honourable Justice Debra A. W. Paulseth
The Honourable Justice Manjusha Pawagi
The Honourable Justice M. Samantha G. Peeris
The Honourable Justice David M. Porter
The Honourable Justice Heather F. Pringle
The Honourable Justice Sheila Ray
The Honourable Justice Vincenzo Rondinelli
The Honourable Justice David Rose
The Honourable Justice Rebecca Rutherford
The Honourable Justice Melanie Sager
The Honourable Justice Peter Scrutton
The Honourable Justice Riun Shandler
The Honourable Justice Stanley B. Sherr
The Honourable Justice Russell S. Silverstein
The Honourable Justice Maria Speyer
The Honourable Justice Jennifer D. Strasberg
The Honourable Justice Louis Strezos
The Honourable Justice Susan M. Sullivan
The Honourable Justice Danielle Szandtner
The Honourable Justice Lori A. Thomas
The Honourable Justice Andrea Tuck-Jackson
The Honourable Justice Michael Waby
The Honourable Justice Seth Weinstein
The Honourable Justice Mavin Wong
The Honourable Justice Robert Wright

The Honourable Justice Ann Alder
The Honourable Justice J. Elliott Allen
The Honourable Justice Simon C. Armstrong
The Honourable Justice Deborah J. Austin
The Honourable Justice Paul L. Bellefontaine
The Honourable Justice Robert W. Beninger
The Honourable Justice W. James Blacklock
The Honourable Justice Richard Blouin
The Honourable Justice Marc Body
The Honourable Justice Sharman S. Bondy
The Honourable Justice Louise Botham
The Honourable Justice Peter N. Bourque
The Honourable Justice Carol. A.R. Brewer
The Honourable Justice Andrew Buttazzoni
The Honourable Justice Kathleen J. Caldwell
The Honourable Justice Lisa Cameron
The Honourable Justice Gregory A. Campbell
The Honourable Justice Ralph E.W. Carr
The Honourable Justice Jane E. Caspers
The Honourable Justice Howard I. Chisvin
The Honourable Justice Frank D. Crewe
The Honourable Justice Joseph A. De Filippis
The Honourable Justice Lloyd C. Dean
The Honourable Justice Célynne S. Dorval
The Honourable Justice Jon-Jo Douglas
The Honourable Justice Bruce W. Duncan
The Honourable Justice Joyce Elder
The Honourable Justice Michael J. Epstein
The Honourable Faith M. Finnestad
The Honourable Justice Hugh L. Fraser
The Honourable Justice George S. Gage
The Honourable Justice C. Michael Harpur
The Honourable Justice David Harris
The Honourable Justice Kathryn L. Hawke
The Honourable Justice William B. Horkins
The Honourable Justice G. Mark Hornblower
The Honourable Justice Jennifer R. Hoshizaki
The Honourable Justice Richard E. Jennis
The Honourable Justice Nancy S. Kastner
The Honourable Justice Catherine A. Kehoe
The Honourable Justice Lawrence Klein
The Honourable Justice Brent Knazan
The Honourable Justice Glenn D. Krelove
The Honourable Justice Martin P. Lambert
The Honourable Justice Richard J. LeDressay
The Honourable Justice Jean G. Legault
The Honourable JusticeKenneth G. Lenz
The Honourable Justice Eric (Rick) N. Libman
The Honourable Justice Timothy R. Lipson
The Honourable Justice John T. Lynch
The Honourable Justice Susan C. MacLean
The Honourable Justice June Maresca
The Honourable Justice A. Thomas McKay
The Honourable Justice Katherine L. McLeod
The Honourable Justice Malcolm McLeod
The Honourable Justice Salvatore Merenda
The Honourable Justice Ronald A. Minard
The Honourable Justice Joseph Nadel
The Honourable Justice Fergus C. O'Donnell
The Honourable Justice Lise S. Parent
The Honourable Justice John A. Payne
The Honourable Justice Leslie C. Pringle
The Honourable Justice Bruce E. Pugsley
The Honourable Justice Wayne G. Rabley
The Honourable Justice Paul Robertson
The Honourable Justice Michelle Rocheleau
The Honourable Justice Gregory P. Rodgers
The Honourable Justice Lynda J. Rogers
The Honourable Justice Robert W. Rogerson
The Honourable Justice Richard Schneider
The Honourable Justice S. Rebecca Shamai
The Honourable Justice Kevin Sherwood
The Honourable Justice Geraldine N. Sparrow
The Honourable Justice David M. Stone
The Honourable Justice Peter Tetley
The Honourable Justice Robert P. Villeneuve
The Honourable Justice Brian Weagant
The Honourable Justice Fern M. Weinper
The Honourable Justice Peter C. West

What do Judges do?

Criminal Law Jurisdiction

Judges preside:

over virtually all adult criminal and youth criminal justice trials and sentencing hearings in Ontario – with the exception of jury trials and certain serious criminal offences, which are heard by the Superior Court of Justice
in preliminary hearings in criminal and youth criminal justice trials (a “preliminary hearing” is a court hearing to decide whether the Crown has sufficient evidence to hold a trial. At the end of the hearing, the accused will either be discharged or ordered to stand trial.)
in bail hearings (although, in Ontario, the vast majority of bail hearings are conducted by justices of the peace)

Further, judges also have all the criminal law jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. This means, for example, that a judge can issue search warrants. As specified by the Criminal Code, certain warrants can only be issued by a judge, including “DNA warrants” (a warrant to seize bodily substances for forensic DNA analysis) and “general warrants” (a warrant that authorizes a search that, if done without a warrant, would violate s. 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as an unreasonable search or seizure).

An adult criminal or youth criminal justice trial presided over by a judge is a court of competent jurisdiction under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This means that a judge has the authority to grant the range of remedies provided under section 24 of the Charter. During a trial, a judge will hear and weigh evidence, then deliver a final decision and, if a defendant is convicted, impose a sentence.

Family Law Jurisdiction

Ontario Court of Justice judges sit only in family court in jurisdictions in Ontario that do not have a Family Court Branch of the Superior Court of Justice. In these “Unified Family Court” locations, the Family Court of the Superior Court has jurisdiction in all family law matters. Further, the Superior Court has complete jurisdiction throughout the province over divorce and the division of property.

In those parts of the province in which Unified Family Courts do not exist, judges of the Ontario Court of Justice have jurisdiction over the following family law matters:

child protection matters under the Child, Youth and Family Services Act
spousal /partner support, and
custody, access and support relating to children.

Provincial Offences Jurisdiction

Most provincial offence matters are heard by justices of the peace. However, judges may also hear provincial offence trials. In addition, they hear appeals in provincial offence matters.

Appointment of Judges

For information concerning the appointment process, including qualifications of judges, see the Courts of Justice Act.

Justices of the Peace work broadly in two main areas of jurisdiction:

criminal law and
provincial offences.

Justices of the peace of the Court have jurisdiction with respect to provincial offences, bail hearings and search warrants. Their responsibilities also include, but are not limited to, presiding in criminal set-date court and hearing s. 810 Criminal Code applications.

Office of the Chief Justice:

The Honourable Sharon M. Nicklas
Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice

The Honourable Jeanine E. LeRoy
Associate Chief Justice — Coordinator of Justices of the Peace of the Ontario Court of Justice

Her Worship Lauren M. Scully
Senior Advisory Justice of the Peace

Her Worship Jane Moffatt
Senior Justice of the Peace

Her Worship Elizabeth J. Garg
Senior Indigenous Justice of the Peace

Regions:

Her Worship Martha De Gannes
Regional Senior Justice of the Peace

His Worship Justice of the Peace Carol A. Allison
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Margot M. D. Ballagh
His Worship Justice of the Peace Louis Bourgon
His Worship Justice of the Peace Christopher J. Collins
His Worship Justice of the Peace Douglas P. Conley
Her Worship Justice of the Peace E. Linda DeBartolo
His Worship Justice of the Peace Nikolaos Dimitrakopoulos
His Worship Justice of the Peace John Clayton Domm
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mark W. Donohue
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Chantal Dubé
His Worship Justice of the Peace James Ecker
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Allison Forestall
His Worship Justice of the Peace Derek Friend
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Joni E. Glover
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Valerie A. Hazlett Parker
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Colleen E. Healey-Dowdall
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Catherine H. Henderson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Mathilda Hewitt
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Maryan Hudswell
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kevin J.A. Hunter
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ann Johnson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Joel Kulmatycki
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Andrea Lally
His Worship Justice of the Peace Jack Le Blanc
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robbie K. Levita
His Worship Justice of the Peace Raimondo Maltese
His Worship Justice of the Peace Jason Mariasine
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jennifer Martin
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Cheryl B. McLean
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jennifer A. Mumby
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Carolyn A. Noordegraaf
His Worship Justice of the Peace Brian O. Norton
His Worship Justice of the Peace Karim Premji
His Worship Justice of the Peace Ronald Prestage
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Andrea D. Racine
His Worship Justice of the Peace Herbert B. Radtke
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Renee Rerup
His Worship Justice of the Peace Donovan Robinson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Tina Rotondi
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Catherine M. Shoniker
His Worship Justice of the Peace Vladislav Shustov
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Rhonda Shousterman
His Worship Justice of the Peace Lawrence Smith
His Worship Justice of the Peace Richard R. Therrien
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sydney Thomas
His Worship Justice of the Peace Henry Tso
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Michelle Y. Vella-Baxter
His Worship Justice of the Peace Doug White
His Worship Justice of the Peace Roberto Zito

Her Worship Samantha Burton
Regional Senior Justice of the Peace

Her Worship Justice of the Peace Oluwabukola Adeoye
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jeannie Anand
His Worship Justice of the Peace Alexander Andres
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kevin J. Boothroyd
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kristoffer W. Bouchard
His Worship Justice of the Peace Eric Bowman
His Worship Justice of the Peace Amanjit S. Brar
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Gail J. Brochu
His Worship Justice of the Peace Stephen C. Budaci
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sapna Butany-Goyal
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Leslie Calhoun
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Valerie G. Carty
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Helena Cassano
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Milena Commisso
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Linda L. Crawford
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mark J. Curtis
His Worship Justice of the Peace Dan D’Ignazio
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sandra Damota
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Susan C. Double
His Worship Justice of the Peace Donald Dudar
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Marsha Farnand
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mangesh S. Duggal
His Worship Justice of the Peace Damanpaul Dulai
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Veruschka Fisher-Grant
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sharon P. A. Floyd
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Elizabeth J. Garg
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Arlene Gonash-Nelson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Audrey Greene Summers
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Brigitte Hammond
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kevin L. Hicks
His Worship Justice of the Peace Trevor J. Howard
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Debra A. Huston
His Worship Justice of the Peace George Jiri
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Andrea M. Jones
His Worship Justice of the Peace Pete Karageorgos
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sarah J. Keesmaat
His Worship Justice of the Peace Brett A. Kelly
His Worship Justice of the Peace Charles S. Kissi
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Natalia Krayzman
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Tanja Loeb
His Worship Justice of the Peace Paul Macphail
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Teri L. Martin
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sean M. McKenna
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Margot McLeod
His Worship Justice of the Peace Fabiano F. de M. Mendes
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karine A. R. Morin
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Mary J. Pagani
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sean-Michael J. Perreault
His Worship Justice of the Peace Alvaro M. Queijo
His Worship Justice of the Peace Richard Quon
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Cristina Santos
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Deborah Scarlett
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kenrick K.C. Sproul
His Worship Justice of the Peace Peter R. St. Denis
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Shari L. St. Peter
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Kelly Visser
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Eileen Walker
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sheldon W. Weekes
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Krista Whittard

Her Worship Melanie Bremner
Regional Senior Justice of the Peace

Her Worship Justice of the Peace Wendy Agnew
Her Worship Justice of the Peace MaryLou Ambrosi
His Worship Justice of the Peace Angelo E. Amenta
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sanjee Aroda
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Mary-Jennifer Barbera
His Worship Justice of the Peace Wallace C. Barnes
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kenneth Bhattacharjee
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robert S. G. Brain
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mohammed Brihmi
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Beverly M. Brooks
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jean A. Carter
His Worship Justice of the Peace Anthony J. Charles
His Worship Justice of the Peace Shahid M. Chaudhry
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Tanya S. Chin
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robert B. Clayton
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ava-Gaye M. Colquhoun
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ana C. Costa
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Lena Crawford
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Lurdes M. Cruz
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Carol-Ann Cushnie
His Worship Justice of the Peace Steven M. D’Souza
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Esther N. Daniel
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Virginia Danos
His Worship Justice of the Peace Thelson Desamour
His Worship Justice of the Peace Andrew M. Dorrington
His Worship Justice of the Peace Gregory J. Fantino
His Worship Justice of the Peace Michael M. Fernandez
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Anne Marie K. Finn
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Tove L. Finnestad
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sharon R. Flashford
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jane Frederick
His Worship Justice of the Peace Thomas Glassford
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ajit Grewal
His Worship Justice of the Peace Bobby Hundal
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Leslie Kirke
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Paula Konstantinidis
His Worship Justice of the Peace Keon Lee
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Grace Lin
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Aretha Y. E. Lindsay
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Paula Hy Phui Liu
His Worship Justice of the Peace William D.F. Luke
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kevin V. Madigan
His Worship Justice of the Peace Patrick Moeller
His Worship Justice of the Peace Walter Moniz
His Worship Justice of the Peace Christopher J. R. Moore
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Anne J. Montreuil
His Worship Justice of the Peace Luigi Muraca
His Worship Justice of the Peace Chimbo Mutuma
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Deborah A. Nelson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sunny Ng
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Azadeh Nourbakhsh Lavictoire
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Joanna T. Opalinski
His Worship Justice of the Peace Vedanand Ramphal
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jennifer L. Robinson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Roger D. P. Rodrigues
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Rhonda Roffey
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Marisha Roman
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Mary A. Ross Hendriks
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Shelagh M. Scanga
His Worship Justice of the Peace John J. M. Scarfe
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Raffaella Scarpato
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robert M. G. Shawyer
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Marie-Christine Smythe
His Worship Justice of the Peace Bentley Springer
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Andrea E. Swinton
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Illana S. Szenes
His Worship Justice of the Peace Najib Tahiri
His Worship Justice of the Peace Chris Triantafilopoulos
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karen Valentine
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jennifer Veenboer
His Worship Justice of the Peace Tonyo Vella
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ann E. Walker
His Worship Justice of the Peace Sisay Woldemichael
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ruby Wong
His Worship Justice of the Peace Paul M.W. Yeung

His Worship Justice of the Peace Peter Aharan
His Worship Justice of the Peace Gerry Altobello
His Worship Justice of the Peace Charles Anderson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sandra Anstey
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Mindy Avrich-Skapinker
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Edith Baas
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mitchell H. Baker
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Paulina Brecher
His Worship Justice of the Peace Vladimir Bubrin
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Felicitas M. Camposano
His Worship Justice of the Peace Inderpaul S. Chandhoke
His Worship Justice of the Peace Gordon Chaput
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Carol A. Chernish
His Worship Justice of the Peace Andrew C. Clark
His Worship Justice of the Peace Douglas W. Clark
His Worship Justice of the Peace François Cloutier
His Worship Justice of the Peace Mark Conacher
His Worship Justice of the Peace Ralph Cotter
His Worship Justice of the Peace Kenneth W. Dechert
His Worship Justice of the Peace Jacques Desjardins
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Donna I. Doelman
His Worship Justice of the Peace Marcel Donio
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Susan M. Doyle
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karin Dresher
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Susan Evans
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Darlene Florence
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ann C. Forfar
His Worship Justice of the Peace Thomas P. Froese
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Helen M. Gale
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Maimun Gilani
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Louisette Girault
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Rosanne Giulietti
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Suzanne Haddad
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jane Hawtin
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Darlene Hayden
His Worship Justice of the Peace Peter J. Hiscox
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Carolyn R. Humeniuk
His Worship Justice of the Peace Calvin V. Hurst
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Salma Jafar
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karen Jensen
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Kathy-Lou Johnson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Richard J. Johnson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Stephen Lancaster
His Worship Justice of the Peace Paul Langlois
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Grace P. K. Lau
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Patricia Lavallee
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Linda Leblanc
His Worship Justice of the Peace Pierre O. Leclerc
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Ruth Legate Exon
His Worship Justice of the Peace Serge Legault
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robert H. Lewin
His Worship Justice of the Peace Andrew Marquette
His Worship Justice of the Peace John MacDonald
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Diane M. McAleer
His Worship Justice of the Peace Roger C. McCraw Jr.
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Constance McIlwain
His Worship Justice of the Peace Thomas McKeogh
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Leiloni Montour
His Worship Justice of the Peace Felix Mora
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Moira A. Moses
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karen M. Murphy
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Alice Napier
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Elizabeth M. Neilson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Paula J. Nichols
His Worship Justice of the Peace Terry B. Pasch
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Linda E. C. Pearson
His Worship Justice of the Peace Bruce Phillips
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Anne-Marie Puusaari
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Marielle A. Quinn
His Worship Justice of the Peace Herbert B. Radtke
His Worship Justice of the Peace Warren G. Ralph
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Zeljana Radulovic
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Liisa Ritchie
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Sharon B. Roberson
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Nancy E. Rogers-Bain
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Shiree D. Scribner
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Monique Seguin
His Worship Justice of the Peace Robert M. Seneshen
His Worship Justice of the Peace Philip N. Solomon
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jocelyne A. St Jean
His Worship Justice of the Peace Philip M. Stanghetta
Her Worship Justice of the Peace G. Susan Stewart
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Jan Stiff
His Worship Justice of the Peace Bernard J. Swords
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Lynn E. Tivey
Her Worship Justice of the Peace Karen Walker
His Worship Justice of the Peace Ronald Whalen
His Worship Justice of the Peace Dennis D. White
His Worship Justice of the Peace Ronald M. Yamanaka
His Worship Justice of the Peace Raymond A. Zuliani

What do Justices of the Peace do?

Criminal Law Jurisdiction

Justices of the peace preside:

over virtually all bail hearings in the province, and
in first appearance and remand courts (appearances that occur prior to a trial).

They also:

receive informations (the documents that commence criminal proceedings)
issue process in the form of summonses or warrants
deal with applications for the issuance of search warrants and production orders under the Criminal Code
deal with applications for peace bonds
consider applications for warrants to seize weapons, and
conduct weapons disposition and prohibition hearings.

Provincial Offences Jurisdiction

Justices of the peace exercise jurisdiction over the whole range of provincial offences and offences against municipal bylaws.

In this regard, their duties include:

issuing process
receiving applications for warrants, and
presiding over provincial offence trials under statutes including the Highway Traffic Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Trespass to Property Act, the Safe Streets Act, the Environmental Protection Act, the Liquor Licence Act, and the Consumer Protection Act, and the Dog Owners’ Liability Act, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act.

A provincial offences trial court presided over by a justice of the peace is a court of competent jurisdiction under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This means that the justice of the peace has authority to grant the range of remedies provided under section 24 of the Charter. During a trial, the justice of the peace will hear and weigh evidence, then deliver a final decision and, if a defendant is convicted, impose a sentence.

Other Duties

In addition to the duties listed above, justices of the peace have a collection of other responsibilities, including:

conducting hearings and making orders under the Mental Health Act for examination of a person by a physician
conducting hearings and issuing warrants to apprehend a child pursuant to the Child, Youth and Family Services Act for children in need of protection
presiding at trials of municipal by-law infractions, and
presiding at trials prosecuted under certain federal legislation, including the Canada Shipping Act and the Motor Vehicle Transport Act.

Appointment of Justices of the Peace

For information concerning the appointment process, including qualifications of justices of the peace, see the Justices of the Peace Act.