Judges Act

Marginal note:Allowance for incidental expenditures actually incurred

• 27 (1) On and after April 1, 2020, every judge in receipt of a salary under this Act is entitled to be paid, up to a maximum of $7,500 for each year, for reasonable incidental expenditures that the fit and proper execution of the office of judge may require, to the extent that the judge has actually incurred the expenditures and is not entitled to be reimbursed for them under any other provision of this Act.

• Marginal note:Allowance for incidental expenditures by associate judges

  (1.1) On and after April 1, 2020, every associate judge is entitled to be paid, up to a maximum of $7,500 for each year, for reasonable incidental expenditures that the fit and proper execution of the office of associate judge may require, to the extent that the associate judge has actually incurred the expenditures and is not entitled to be reimbursed for them under any other provision of this Act.

• Marginal note:Additional allowance for northern judges

  (2) On and after April 1, 2004, there shall be paid to each judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador resident in Labrador and each judge of the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice who is in receipt of a salary under this Act, in addition to the allowance provided by subsection (1), a non-accountable yearly allowance of $12,000 as compensation for the higher cost of living in Labrador and in the territories.

• Marginal note:Allowance — medical or dental treatment

  (2.1) If a judge referred to in subsection (2) is required to travel for the purpose of receiving a non-elective medical or dental treatment that is required without delay and unavailable at or in the immediate vicinity of the place where the judge resides, the judge is entitled to be paid an allowance for reasonable expenses actually incurred while travelling for that purpose, to the extent that the judge may not be reimbursed for them under any other provision of this Act.

• Marginal note:Additional allowance — Federal Courts and Tax Court of Canada

  (3) There shall be paid to every judge of the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court and the Tax Court of Canada who is in receipt of a salary under this Act, in addition to the allowance provided by subsection (1), a non-accountable yearly allowance of $2,000 as compensation for special incidental expenditures inherent in the exercise of their office as judge.

• (3.1) [Repealed, 2002, c. 8, s. 86]

• Marginal note:Continuance in force of subsection (3)

  (4) Subsection (3) shall continue in force for so long as subsection 57(2) continues in force in relation to judges of superior courts in the provinces.

• Marginal note:Idem

  (5) The additional allowances described in subsections (2) and (3) are deemed not to be travel or personal or living expense allowances expressly fixed by this Act.

• Marginal note:Representational allowance

  (6) On and after April 1, 2020, each of the following judges is entitled to be paid, as a representational allowance, reasonable travel and other expenses actually incurred by the judge or the spouse or common-law partner of the judge in discharging the special extra-judicial obligations and responsibilities that devolve on the judge, to the extent that those expenses may not be reimbursed under any other provision of this Act and their aggregate amount does not exceed in any year the maximum amount indicated below in respect of the judge:

  • (a) the Chief Justice of Canada, $25,000;

  • (b) each puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, $15,000;

  • (c) the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Appeal and each chief justice described in sections 12 to 21 as the chief justice of a province, $17,500;

  • (d) each other chief justice referred to in sections 10 to 21, $15,000;

  • (e) the Chief Justices of the Court of Appeal of Yukon, the Court of Appeal of the Northwest Territories, the Court of Appeal of Nunavut, the Supreme Court of Yukon, the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories and the Nunavut Court of Justice, $15,000 each;

  • (f) the Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada, $15,000; and

  • (g) the Senior Judge of the Family Court, and each regional senior judge, of the Superior Court of Justice in and for the Province of Ontario, $7,500.

• (7) [Repealed, 2006, c. 11, s. 6]

• Marginal note:Judge acting in place of recipient

  (8) Where any justice or judge mentioned in subsection (6), other than a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, is unable to discharge the obligations and responsibilities referred to in that subsection or the office of that justice or judge is vacant, the judge who acts in the place of that justice or judge is entitled to be paid the representational allowance provided for that justice or judge.

• Marginal note:Definition of chief justice

  (9) In this section, except in paragraphs (6)(a) and (c), chief justice includes a senior associate chief justice and an associate chief justice.