| Date of accession | 12 May 1986 |
| Date of entry into force | 10 August 1986 |
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Canada |
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| Reservations |
Canada declared that it would apply the Convention only to differences arising out of legal relationships, whether contractual or not, that were considered commercial under the laws of Canada, except in the case of the Province of Quebec, where the law did not provide for such limitation. |
| Instrument of accession |
United Nations Foreign Arbitral Awards Convention Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 16 (2nd Supp.) |
| National Arbitration Act in force |
Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 17 (2nd Supp.). Pursuant to its Section 5(2), the Commercial Arbitration Act applies only "in relation to matters where at least one of the parties to the arbitration is Her Majesty in right of Canada, a departmental corporation or a Crown corporation or in relation to maritime or admiralty matters". All other arbitrations are governed by provincial or territorial law: Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 154 of 21 April 1997 (British Columbia); International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSA 2000, c.I-5 (Alberta); The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, 1996, S.S. 1996, c.E-9.12 (Saskatchewan); The International Commercial Arbitration Act, C.C.S.M. c. C151 (Manitoba); International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSO 1990, c.I.9 (Ontario); Code of Civil Procedure, 1986, Book VII, Title II (Quebec); International Commercial Arbitration Act, S.N.B. 1986, c. I-12.2 (New Brunswick); International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 234 (Nova Scotia); International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. I-5 (Prince Edward Island); International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.N.L. 1990, c. I-15 (Newfoundland and Labrador); Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, R.S.Y. 2002, c. 93 (Yukon); International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. I-6 (Northwest Territories); International Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.N.W.T. (Nu.) 1988, ch. I-6 (Nunavut Territory). |
| Author(s) and Contributor(s) |
Margaret Clare Ryan (Shearman & Sterling LLP) |
| Useful links |
Justice Law Website: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/ [Available in English and French] |
