Category:Canadian Aboriginal case law

Case law involving Canadian Aboriginal law.

Note: "Aboriginal law" refers to Canadian law dealing with Indigenous peoples; "Indigenous law" refers to the customary law of individual indigenous groups.

Sources of law

Treaties and
governmental relations

Pre-Confederation
(pre-1867)

Covenant Chain (1670s)
Great Peace of Montreal (1701)
Nanfan Treaty (1701)
Peace and Friendship Treaties (1725–1779)
Treaties of Fort Niagara (1764–1784)
Douglas Treaties (1850–54)
Gradual Civilization Act (1857–1869)

Upper Canada treaties	Toronto Purchase (1787) Penetanguishene Bay Purchase (1798) Lake Simcoe–Lake Huron Purchase (1815) Huron Tract Purchase (1827) Treaty 45 (1836) Saugeen Tract Agreement (1836) Robinson Treaties (1850, 1854, 1859)

Post-Confederation
(post-1867)

Gradual Enfranchisement Act (1869–1876)
Numbered Treaties (1871–1921)
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
Indian Act (1876–present)
White Paper (1969)
James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (1975)
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993)
RCAP (1995)
Nisga'a Final Agreement (1998)
Paix des Braves (2002)
Duty to consult and accommodate (since 2004)
Jordan's Principle (proposed 2005)
Land claims
- specific claims
Ongoing treaty negotiations in British Columbia

Case law

Attorney General of Canada v Lavell
R v Badger
Calder v British Columbia
Chippewas of Sarnia Band v Canada
Corbiere v Canada
Daniels v Canada
Delgamuukw v British Columbia
Native Women's Assn of Canada v Canada
Kruger v R
R v Marshall; R v Bernard
R v Marshall
Mitchell v MNR
Paul v British Columbia
Paulette Caveat
Powley ruling
R v Drybones
R v Gladstone
R v Gladue
- Gladue report
R v Gonzales
R v Guerin
R v Jim
R v Pamajewon
R v Sparrow
Re Eskimos
St Catharines Milling and Lumber Co v R
R v Van der Peet
Tsilhqot'in Nation v British Columbia
Daniels v Canada
Restoule v Canada

Indigenous customary law

Index of articles related to Indigenous Canadians