Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

19 (1) Subject to subrule (1.1), a document — including a document that these Rules require to be bound — may be filed with the Registrar

• (a) through the electronic filing portal;

• (b) by fax transmission or email;

• (c) by hand delivery; or

• (d) by mail or courier.

(1.1) The documents referred to in subrules 19.1(1) and (2) must be filed with the Registrar by hand delivery, mail or courier.

(2) On receipt of a document, the Registrar may

• (a) accept or reject the document for filing; or

• (b) accept the document for filing subject to the making of any corrections or the fulfilling of any conditions precedent.

(2.1) to (2.3) [Repealed, SOR/2011-74, s. 7]

(3) A document that is filed by hand delivery, mail or courier is deemed to have been filed on the date of the Court’s filing stamp on that document, unless the Court, a judge or the Registrar otherwise orders.

(3.1) A document that is filed through the electronic filing portal, by fax transmission or by email is deemed to have been filed on the day on which it is received, unless that day is a holiday, in which case the document is deemed to have been filed on the following day that is not a holiday.

(3.2) In the case of a document that is filed through the electronic filing portal, by fax transmission or by email, the time of its receipt by the Registrar is that time in the Eastern time zone.

(4) A document that is filed by fax transmission or email must include a cover page that meets the requirements of subrule 20(3) or the information referred to in paragraphs 20(3.1)(a), (b), (d) and (e), as the case may be.

(5) Within five business days after the day on which a document, other than correspondence referred to in subrule (7), is filed through the electronic filing portal, by fax transmission or by email, the original and the required copies of the document must be bound, if applicable, and must be filed by hand delivery, mail or courier.

(6) All documents filed, other than correspondence referred to in subrule (7), shall be served in accordance with Rule 20 on all parties unless these Rules provide otherwise or the Court, a judge or the Registrar otherwise orders.

(7) A copy of any correspondence between parties, or between a party and the Registrar, that has been filed shall be sent to all other parties by hand delivery, mail or courier to the last known address or, if the address for service of the recipient party includes a fax number or an email address, by fax transmission to the last known fax number or by email to the last known email address.