


Date of accession 12 May 1986 Instrument of accession United Nations Foreign Arbitral Awards Convention Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 16 (2nd Supp.)
Date of entry into force 10 August 1986 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.
National Arbitration Act in force Commercial Arbitration Act, R.S.C., 1985, c. 17 (2nd Supp.) [Original in English | Original in French]. 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:
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSBC 1996, c 233 (British Columbia) [Original in English]
- Arbitration Act, SBC 2020, c 2 (British Columbia) [Original in English]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSA 2000, c I-5 (Alberta) [Original in English]
- The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, 1996, SS 1996, c. E-9.12 (Saskatchewan) [Original in English | Original in French]
- The International Commercial Arbitration Act, CCSM c C151 (Manitoba) [Original in English | Original in French]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, 2017, SO 2017, c 2, Sch 5 (Ontario) [Original in English]
- Code of Civil Procedure, CQLR c C-25.01, art. 620 to 655 (and more particularly art. 649 to 655) (Quebec) [Original in English | Original in French]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSNB 2011, c 176 (New Brunswick) [Original in English | Original in French]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSNS 1989, c 234 (Nova Scotia) [Original in English]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSPEI 1988, c I-5 (Prince Edward Island) [Original in English]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSNL 1990, c I-15 (Newfoundland and Labrador) [Original in English]
- Foreign Arbitral Awards Act, RSY 2002, c 93 (Yukon) [Original in English | Original in French]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSNWT 1988, c I-6 (Northwest Territories) [Original in English | Original in French]
- International Commercial Arbitration Act, RSNWT (Nu.) 1988, c I-6 (Nunavut Territory) [Original in English | Original in French]Author(s) and Contributor(s) Margaret Clare Ryan (Shearman & Sterling LLP)
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