Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
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The Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) is a provincial trial court of general jurisdiction that handles serious civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and some appeals within Ontario’s judicial system.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11488650 — 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 Justice (Ontario) Context triple: [Ontario Court of Justice, appealsTo, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)]
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A.
Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario Court of Justice is a provincial trial court in Ontario that handles most criminal cases, many family law matters, and provincial offence proceedings.
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B.
Judiciary of Ontario
The Judiciary of Ontario is the branch of the provincial government responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Ontario through its courts and judicial officers.
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C.
Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the province’s top appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals in criminal, civil, and family law matters and shaping Ontario’s jurisprudence.
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D.
Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada
The Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada was the colony’s highest common law court, responsible for major civil and criminal cases during the early 19th century in what is now Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Court of Chancery of Upper Canada
The Court of Chancery of Upper Canada was a colonial-era equity court that handled non-criminal matters such as trusts, property disputes, and injunctions in what is now Ontario.
- 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 Justice (Ontario) Target entity description: The Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) is a provincial trial court of general jurisdiction that handles serious civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and some appeals within Ontario’s judicial system.
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A.
Ontario Court of Justice
The Ontario Court of Justice is a provincial trial court in Ontario that handles most criminal cases, many family law matters, and provincial offence proceedings.
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B.
Judiciary of Ontario
The Judiciary of Ontario is the branch of the provincial government responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Ontario through its courts and judicial officers.
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C.
Court of Appeal for Ontario
The Court of Appeal for Ontario is the province’s top appellate court, responsible for hearing appeals in criminal, civil, and family law matters and shaping Ontario’s jurisprudence.
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D.
Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada
The Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada was the colony’s highest common law court, responsible for major civil and criminal cases during the early 19th century in what is now Ontario, Canada.
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E.
Court of Chancery of Upper Canada
The Court of Chancery of Upper Canada was a colonial-era equity court that handled non-criminal matters such as trusts, property disputes, and injunctions in what is now Ontario.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of general jurisdiction
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provincial court ⓘ superior court ⓘ trial court ⓘ |
| appealsTo | Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ |
| appointmentOfJudgesBy | Governor General of Canada ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Courts of Justice Act (Ontario)
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Criminal Code (Canada) ⓘ Divorce Act (Canada) ⓘ Family Law Act (Ontario) ⓘ |
| handles |
Divorce Act matters
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estate litigation ⓘ family law matters ⓘ jury trials in civil matters ⓘ jury trials in criminal matters ⓘ serious civil cases ⓘ serious criminal cases ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
appeals from Ontario Court of Justice in criminal matters
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appeals from some administrative tribunals ⓘ applications for judicial review (limited) ⓘ indictable criminal offences ⓘ |
| hasCourthouseIn |
Hamilton
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London, Ontario ⓘ Ottawa ⓘ Sudbury ⓘ Thunder Bay ⓘ Toronto ⓘ Windsor, Ontario ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Divisional Court
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Family Court ⓘ Small Claims Court ⓘ
linked to:
Ontario Small Claims Court
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| hasPosition |
Associate Chief Justice
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Case management master ⓘ Chief Justice ⓘ Judge ⓘ Regional Senior Judge ⓘ |
| hasSeatIn | Toronto ⓘ |
| headedBy | Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) ⓘ |
| judgesAppointedOnAdviceOf |
Prime Minister of Canada
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federal cabinet ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Ontario ⓘ |
| languageOfProceedings |
English
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French ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Canadian common law ⓘ |
| levelInHierarchy | superior trial court level in Ontario ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ontario ⓘ |
| oversees |
Small Claims Court (Ontario)
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linked to:
Ontario Small Claims Court
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| partOf |
Court system of Ontario
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Judicial branch of Ontario ⓘ
linked to:
Judiciary of Ontario
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| supervisedBy | Court of Appeal for Ontario ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ontariocourts.ca/scj/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) Description of subject: The Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) is a provincial trial court of general jurisdiction that handles serious civil and criminal cases, family law matters, and some appeals within Ontario’s judicial system.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
courts of Ontario
subject linked to:
courts of Ontario
linked to: Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
linked to: Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
linked to: Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
linked to: Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
subject linked to:
OCJ