Queen's Bench - Canada

Canada

The Court of Queen's Bench is the superior court in several Canadian provinces, including:

• Alberta (Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta),
• Manitoba (Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba),
• New Brunswick (Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick)
• Saskatchewan (Court of Queen's Bench for Saskatchewan)

There was formerly a Court of King's (later Queen's) Bench created in the British colony of Quebec in 1764, it was also known at the supreme or superior court until 1775. It was then abolished and re-established in 1777, following the Quebec Act. Following the separation of Upper and Lower Canada in 1791, the single court was replaced by several courts of king's bench of each region of the two new provinces. In 1849 the districts in were reunited once again.