The term Crown Attorney's Office is the title for the various public prosecution offices (16 across Ontario) under the jurisdiction of the province of
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
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Each
Ontario Superior Court of Justice has its own Crown Attorney's Office, which conducts all criminal trial prosecutions and summary conviction appeals for cases that the province is responsible for in that court's geographical area (see
Criminal law in Canada
The criminal law of Canada is under the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the Parliament of Canada. The power to enact criminal law is derived from section 91(27) of the ''Constitution Act, 1867''. Most criminal laws have been codified in ...
). The numerous Crown Attorney Offices, along with the Crown Law Office - Criminal and various specialized offices forms the Criminal Law Division of the
Attorney General of Ontario, under the immediate supervision of the Division's Assistant Deputy
Attorney General of Ontario.
Each Crown Attorney's Office is administered by a Crown Attorney and one or two Deputy Crown Attorneys.
Most of Ontario's criminal cases are prosecuted by each Office's group of Assistant Crown Attorneys.
Major Cases:
* R v MT & DB (Rengel murder)
* R v DeJesus (Lisa Posluns murder)
* R v Roy (Allison Parrott murder)
* R v McKenzie (OC Transpo murder)
* R v Riley et al. (Pathfinder)
* R v Cameron, McDowell, Parish, and Saleh (Arson murder)
* R v Myers (Ardeth Wood murder)
* R v Davis (Jennifer Teague murder)
* R v Ranger & Kinkead (Ottey murders)
* R v Kimberley and Clancy (Carolyn Warrick murder)
* R v Snow (Blackburn murders)
The Crown Attorney's main office is at McMurtry-Scott Building in
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...
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To contact the office, click https://www.ontario.ca/feedback/contact-us?id=98538&nid=97157
In June 2020,
the Crown Attorney Office of Ontario made national news when they petitioned to delay the return to court over fears surrounding the 2020 Coronavirus outbreak.
See also
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Crown Attorney Office (Canada)
In Canada, Crown Attorney Office refers to the offices in each province that are in charge of prosecuting the majority of criminal cases. For the most part, each office is under the jurisdiction of the provincial Attorney General (or the Minister ...
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Canada
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Federal Prosecution Service
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC; french: Service des poursuites pénales du Canada (SPPC)) was established on December 12, 2006 by the ''Director of Public Prosecutions Act''. A federal agency, the PPSC prosecutes offences on behal ...
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Canada
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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by His Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the ...
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Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
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Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland
The Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) is the department of the Northern Ireland Executive responsible for public prosecutions of people charged with criminal offences in Northern Ireland. It is headed by the Director of ...
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Crown Prosecution Service
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The main responsibilities of the CPS are to provide legal advi ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
Notes and references
Prosecution
Canadian criminal law
Ontario government departments and agencies
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