Superior Court of Quebec

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court court of general jurisdiction superior trial court

The Superior Court of Quebec is the province’s highest trial court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases as well as judicial reviews.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Superior Court of Quebec canonical	7
Quebec Superior Court	2
Cour supérieure du Québec	1
Judicial district of Longueuil	1
provincial superior courts of Canada	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9067617 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Superior Court of Quebec
Context triple: [Quebec courts in civil matters, hasSuperiorCourt, Superior Court of Quebec]

A. Quebec Court of Appeal
The Quebec Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in the province of Quebec, reviewing decisions from lower courts and helping shape Quebec’s civil and criminal jurisprudence.
B. Court of Queen's Bench
The Court of Queen's Bench was a senior common law court in England and Wales that handled major civil and criminal cases before being merged into the High Court of Justice in the late 19th century.
C. Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
D. Provincial Court of New Brunswick
The Provincial Court of New Brunswick is a trial-level court that handles the majority of criminal, regulatory, and provincial offense matters within the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
E. Municipal courts of Quebec
The Municipal Courts of Quebec are local judicial bodies that primarily handle minor criminal and regulatory offenses, traffic violations, and certain civil matters within municipalities across the province.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Superior Court of Quebec
Target entity description: The Superior Court of Quebec is the province’s highest trial court of general jurisdiction, handling major civil and criminal cases as well as judicial reviews.

A. Quebec Court of Appeal
The Quebec Court of Appeal is the highest appellate court in the province of Quebec, reviewing decisions from lower courts and helping shape Quebec’s civil and criminal jurisprudence.
B. Court of Queen's Bench
The Court of Queen's Bench was a senior common law court in England and Wales that handled major civil and criminal cases before being merged into the High Court of Justice in the late 19th century.
C. Federal Court of Canada
The Federal Court of Canada is a national superior court that primarily hears and decides legal disputes involving federal law, federal government agencies, and matters such as immigration, intellectual property, and maritime law.
D. Provincial Court of New Brunswick
The Provincial Court of New Brunswick is a trial-level court that handles the majority of criminal, regulatory, and provincial offense matters within the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
E. Municipal courts of Quebec
The Municipal Courts of Quebec are local judicial bodies that primarily handle minor criminal and regulatory offenses, traffic violations, and certain civil matters within municipalities across the province.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ court of general jurisdiction ⓘ superior trial court ⓘ
appealsTo	Quebec Court of Appeal ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Province of Quebec ⓘ linked to: province of Quebec
appointedBy	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
appointmentProcess	federal appointment on recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
canBeAppealedTo	Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
courtType	court of general jurisdiction ⓘ trial court ⓘ
establishedBy	federal authority under section 96 of the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
governingStatute	Code of Civil Procedure of Quebec ⓘ linked to: Code of Civil Procedure (Quebec) Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ Criminal Code of Canada ⓘ linked to: Criminal Code of Canada (federal jurisdiction)
handles	class actions ⓘ extraordinary remedies ⓘ injunctions ⓘ judicial review applications ⓘ major civil cases ⓘ major criminal cases ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	appeals from certain administrative tribunals ⓘ civil matters exceeding the monetary jurisdiction of the Court of Quebec ⓘ judicial review of administrative decisions ⓘ serious criminal offences tried by judge and jury ⓘ
hasDivision	Civil Division ⓘ Commercial Division ⓘ Criminal Division ⓘ Family matters jurisdiction ⓘ
hasPower	contempt of court powers ⓘ inherent jurisdiction ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Montreal ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ
higherCourt	Quebec Court of Appeal ⓘ
isPartOf	Judicial system of Canada ⓘ Judicial system of Quebec ⓘ linked to: Canadian court system
jurisdiction	Quebec ⓘ linked to: Quebec, Canada
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalSystem	civil law for private law matters ⓘ common law traditions for public law matters ⓘ
location	Montreal ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ
officialName	Cour supérieure du Québec ⓘ linked to: Superior Court of Quebec Superior Court of Quebec ⓘ
regionServed	entire territory of Quebec ⓘ
supervises	Court of Quebec ⓘ linked to: Court of Québec administrative tribunals in Quebec ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quebec courts in civil matters → hasSuperiorCourt → Superior Court of Quebec ⓘ

Quebec courts in civil matters → firstInstanceCourt → Superior Court of Quebec ⓘ

Longueuil → isSeatOf → Judicial district of Longueuil ⓘ