This article lists the judgments delivered by the Supreme Court of Canada during 2025. The judgments are listed in chronological order, starting with the first judgment of the year, rendered on January 21, 2025, and ending with the last judgment, rendered on December 19, 2025. The table gives a general illustration of the positions taken by each justice in each case, and how justices concurred or dissented with the decisions of the majority.

The Supreme Court normally reserves its judgment after hearing argument on an appeal, and then gives its judgment at some later date by depositing the judgment and reasons with the Registrar of the Supreme Court.Ragan, Estabrooks, Ouellet and Desjardins, Supreme Court of Canada Practice 2025 (Thomson Reuters, 2025), p. 47. On average, judgments in reserved cases are given within six months of the hearing date. In some cases, the court may give its judgment from the bench at the conclusion of the hearing, with a short outline of its reasons. Those judgments are indicated in the table. The court may also give its decision on an appeal from the bench at the conclusion of the hearing, reasons to follow at a later date. Those judgments are included on the date reasons are given, which may be in a subsequent year.

This table includes cases which were argued in a previous year and reserved, with the judgment given in 2025. Cases which were heard in 2025 and reserved, with judgment in a later year, are included in the article for the later year.

In 2025, the Supreme Court decided forty-four appeals.

Judgments

Case nameArguedDecidedWagnerKarakatsanisCôtéRoweMartinKasirerJamalO'BonsawinMoreauR. v. Hanrahan, 2025 SCC 1Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025BenchMNSC–MC–MNSDJointDJointC–MC–MR. v. Bilodeau, 2025 SCC 2Feb 19, 2025Feb 19, 2025BenchUC–UC–UC–UC–UNSC–UC–UNSR. v. Chicoine-Joubert, 2025 SCC 3Feb 20, 2025Feb 20, 2025BenchMC–MC–MNSC–MC–MDNSC–MSaskatchewan (Environment) v. Métis Nation – Saskatchewan, 2025 SCC 4Nov 6, 2024Feb 28, 2025C–UC–UC–UUC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UOntario (Attorney General) v. Working Families Coalition (Canada) Inc., 2025 SCC 5May 21, 22, 2024March 7, 2025D1MD2D2C–MC–MC–MC–MD1John Howard Society of Saskatchewan v. Saskatchewan (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 6Oct 8, 9, 2024Mar 14, 2025MC–MDC–DC–MC–MC–DC–MC–MR. v. R.A., 2025 SCC 7Mar 20, 2025Mar 20, 2025BenchUC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UR. v. P.B., 2025 SCC 8Mar 21, 2025Mar 21, 2025NSNSNSBenchUC–UC–UC–UNSC–UR. v. Chizanga, 2025 SCC 9Mar 24, 2025Mar 24, 2025NSNSNSBenchDJointMJointNSMJointMJointDJointR. v. Donawa, 2025 SCC 10Mar 26, 2025Mar 26, 2025NSNSNSNSBenchUC–UC–UC–UC–UCase nameArguedDecidedWagnerKarakatsanisCôtéRoweMartinKasirerJamalO'BonsawinMoreauR. v. Kwon, 2025 SCC 11Mar 27, 2025Mar 27, 2025NSNSNSDC–MC–MNSC–MBenchMR. v. Pan, 2025 SCC 12Oct 17, 2024Apr 10, 2025MD–PC–MC–MC–DPC–MC–MC–MC–MR. v. Underwood, 2025 SCC 14Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025NSBenchUC–UC–UC–UC–UNSC–UC–UPiekut v. Canada (National Revenue), 2025 SCC 13Nov 5, 2024Apr 17, 2025C–MDC–MC–MC–DC–MMC–MC–DTelus Communications Inc. v. Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2025 SCC 15Oct 16, 2024Apr 25, 2025C–MC–MDC–MC–DC–MC–MC–MMR. v. J.W., 2025 SCC 16Dec 3, 2024May 23, 2025C–UC–UC–UUC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UOpsis Airport Services Inc. v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 17Dec 11, 2024May 30, 2025CCCCCCCCCR. v. Bouvette, 2025 SCC 18Nov 14, 2024Jun 6, 2025C–MC–CC–MC–MC–RMC–MC–CC–CR. v. Kinamore, 2025 SCC 19Dec 5, 2024Jun 13, 2025UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UDunmore v. Mehralian, 2025 SCC 20Dec 9, 2024Jun 20, 2025C–MC–MDC–MMC–MC–MC–MC–MCase nameArguedDecidedWagnerKarakatsanisCôtéRoweMartinKasirerJamalO'BonsawinMoreauPepa v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2025 SCC 21Dec 4, 2024Jun 27, 2025C–MC–MDJointD–PMC–MC–MDJointC–MR. v. Varennes, 2025 SCC 22Dec 6, 2024Jul 11, 2025NSMC–MC–RC–MC–CNSC–MC–MR. v. I.M., 2025 SCC 23Oct 15, 2024Jul 18, 2025C–MC–MDJointDJointC–MMC–MC–MC–MR. v. S.B., 2025 SCC 24Oct 15, 2024Jul 18, 2025C–MC–MC–RJointC–RJointC–MMC–MC–MC–MR. v. Kloubakov, 2025 SCC 25Nov 12, 13, 2024Jul 24, 2025CCCCCCC<CCR. v. Bharwani, 2025 SCC 26Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025C–MDJointC–MC–MDJointC–MC–MMC–DSinclair v. Venezia Turismo, 2025 SCC 27Nov 7, 2024Jul 31, 2025C–MC–DMC–MC–DC–DDC–MC–MKosicki v. Toronto (City), 2025 SCC 28Jan 16, 2025Sep 19, 2025C–MC–DC–MC–MC–DDC–DMC–MR. v. Sheppard, 2025 SCC 29Apr 23, 2025Sep 26, 2025UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UMohawk Council of Kanesatake v. Sylvestre, 2025 SCC 30Mar 19, 2025Oct 10, 2025C–UC–UC–UC–UC–UUC–UC–UC–UCase nameArguedDecidedWagnerKarakatsanisCôtéRoweMartinKasirerJamalO'BonsawinMoreauR. v. Di Paola, 2025 SCC 31Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025MC–MC–MDC–MC–MC–MC–MC–MR. v. Wilson, 2025 SCC 32Jan 14, 2025Oct 24, 2025C–MMC–DC–DC–MC–MDC–MC–MQuebec (Attorney General) v. Senneville, 2025 SCC 33Jan 29, 2025Oct 31, 2025DJointC–MDJointC–DC–MC–MC–MC–DMR. v. Rioux, 2025 SCC 34Jan 22, 2025Nov 7, 2025DJointC–MDJointDJointMC–MC–MC–MDJointR. v. Rousselle, 2025 SCC 35Apr 24, 2025Nov 14, 2025C–MC–MDMJointC–MC–MC–MC–MMJointR. v. Larocque, 2025 SCC 36Apr 24, 2025Nov 14, 2025C–MC–MDMJointC–MC–MC–MC–MMJointR. v. W.W., 2025 SCC 37Nov 14, 2025Nov 14, 2025UUUUUBenchUUUUDorsey v. Canada (Attorney General), 2025 SCC 38May 13, 2025Nov 21, 2025C–MC–MDJointDJointC–MC–MC–DC–MMLundin Mining Corp. v. Markowich, 2025 SCC 39Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025C–MC–MDC–MC–MC–MMC–MC–MR. v. Ouellet, 2025 SCC 40Jan 21, 2025Jan 21, 2025BenchMC–MDC–MC–MC–MC–MC–MC–MCase nameArguedDecidedWagnerKarakatsanisCôtéRoweMartinKasirerJamalO'BonsawinMoreauR. v. B.F., 2025 SCC 41May 22, 2025Dec 5, 2025C–DPD–PJointC–MC–MC–MC–MC–MMD–PJointR. v. DeSutter, 2025 SCC 42Dec 5, 2025Dec 5, 2025NSNSNSBenchDJointMJointMJointDJointMJointNSR. v. Carignan, 2025 SCC 43May 21, 2025Dec 12, 2025C–UC–UUC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–USainte-Julie (City) v. Investissements Laroda inc., 2025 SCC 44Feb 17, 2025Dec 19, 2025C–UC–UUC–UC–UC–UC–UC–UC–U

Summaries

+ Summary of judgments 2025 Type Number By the Court 2 Unanimous 12 Majority with concurrences 3 Majority with dissents 24 Majority with dissents and dissenting in part 1 Majority with dissents in part 2 Total 44

+ Summary of Each Justice's Positions 2025 Decision Type Wagner Karakatsanis Côté Rowe Martin Kasirer Jamal O'Bonsawin MoreauCourt 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2Unanimous 5 2 3 4 2 2 1 1 1Unanimous (concurring) 5 9 8 8 11 10 11 11 11Majority 6 3 1 2 5 4 3 5 6Majority (concurring) 15 15 10 12 16 20 16 20 15Concurring reasons 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0Concurred in concurrence 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1Dissent 3 2 13 8 1 2 5 1 3Dissent (concurrence) 0 2 1 3 4 1 3 1 2Dissenting in part 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1Dissenting in part (concurrence) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Not Sitting 7 6 5 2 1 2 3 2 2

+ Judgments issued, 2016 to 2025 Year Judgments Chief Justice 2025 44 Richard Wagner 2024 43 Wagner 2023 34 Wagner 2022 54 Wagner 2021 54 Wagner 2020 45 Wagner 2019 67 Wagner 2018 59 Wagner 2017 64 McLachlin 2016 56 McLachlinTen-year Average 52Source: Supreme Court Judgments, 2016 to 2025

See also Lists of Supreme Court of Canada cases

References

External links 2025 decisions: LexUM