The Committee’s responsibility under the Justices of the Peace Act is to classify candidates for appointment as “Not Recommended”, “Recommended” or “Highly Recommended”. Classifications are based on a thorough review and evaluation process. The evaluation process may or may not include an interview. Classifications are reported to the Attorney General, who recommends candidates for Order-in-Council appointments to the Ontario Court of Justice.

No. Your classification is not disclosed to you.

No. You may not contact the Committee directly to ask about your application, interview or classification.

No. Applications are accepted only during the Committee’s advertising period for a specific justice of the peace vacancy. Applications are not accepted on an ongoing basis.

The Committee advertises for applications for vacant justice of the peace positions upon the request of the Attorney General.

All vacancies are advertised and posted on the JPAAC website, here.

If you would like to receive e-mail notification of advertised vacancies go to the Advertisements page of the Committee’s website and click on the “Subscribe to Vacancy Notifications (via E-Mail)” link on that page.

This is the Committee’s vacancy notification e-mail list. If you are new to this registry and wish to be informed of future vacant justice of the peace positions, sign up here to receive all notices of advertised vacancies for justice of the peace positions throughout the province.

You will receive an acknowledgement e-mail following the receipt of your application. Incomplete or late applications will not be processed for review by the Committee.

A panel of Committee members will review and evaluate your application. Once the evaluations are complete, the Committee will determine which applicants will be interviewed. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Due to the high volume of applications and the thorough work done by the Committee, the entire process takes many months. During this time, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The Committee does not provide updates on the status of the process or individual applications. The Committee appreciates your understanding and patience as we undertake this process.

Following the evaluation and interviews, all candidates will be classified. The results of the classifications will then be reported to the Attorney General. The Attorney General may, at his/her discretion, recommend a candidate for appointment as a justice of the peace to the Lieutenant Governor in Council to fill the vacant position.

All applications received become the property of the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee and will NOT be returned.

All communication from the candidate is to be made through the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca. It is not appropriate to contact members of the Committee at any stage of the application and evaluation process. However, contacting JPAAC Coordinator for the purposes of updating your personal contact information or any changes to referees is permitted.

Updates to personal and/or referee contact information are permitted. You must e-mail the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca and advise of the change. The change will be noted on your file.

In addition, you must inform the Committee of any changes to personal and other matters (see question 7D of the application form) such as a claim, complaint, review, suspension, sanction or any disciplinary action by a professional organization or regulatory body or involvement in litigation at any time after you have submitted your application.

No. The Committee does not provide feedback to candidates. There are also no debriefs provided after the interviews.

The process involved in classifying candidates is lengthy. From the time of the posting of an opening until the position is filled will take many months. Once you have received the acknowledgement that your application has been received, please do not contact the JPAAC Coordinator regarding the status of your application.

A description of the role of a justice of the peace can be found here.

No. The justice of the peace bench is a lay bench. There is no requirement that an applicant for the position have legal education or experience in the justice system. As a result, justices of the peace have varied educational, business and community backgrounds. All new justices of the peace, regardless of background, go through a rigorous education and mentoring program prior to presiding on their own.

For justice of the peace positions designated as “Indigenous”, candidates of Indigenous heritage with an in-depth understanding of the indigenous communities that vacancy serves are encouraged to apply. Applicants who are not Indigenous persons must demonstrate their cultural competency and in-depth understanding of the Indigenous community in the vacancy they are applying to through education, employment and community engagement.

Vacancies are advertised by location referencing the name of a municipality where a criminal court of the Ontario Court of Justice is located (e.g., London, Cornwall). Assignments will be at this court location and other courts within the region.

You will be assigned to a location for a vacancy to which you applied. Assignments will include criminal and provincial offences courts in your region as well as telewarrant. Occasionally, you may be asked to preside at other courts in Ontario.

Requests for transfer to a different court location within the first five years of appointment will only be granted in exceptional circumstances at the discretion of the Associate Chief Justice–Coordinator of Justices of the Peace. Please ensure that you are able and willing to preside in the court(s) you are considering before applying to a particular vacancy.

Maps showing the location of courts in each region can be found here.

Full-time presiding justices of the peace are paid $172,010 per annum; in addition, they have a comprehensive pension and insured benefits package, including annual vacation of twenty-two (22) working days.

Section 6 of the Justices of the Peace Act provides that a justice of the peace who is 65 years of age or older may continue in office until he or she reaches 75 years of age, subject to the annual approval of the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.

No.

Yes. Justices of the peace often preside in courts throughout their region which can involve considerable travel. Travel is also required for initial and continuing education. All justices of the peace, regardless of the region or vacancy to which they are assigned, can expect to be assigned for up to one full rotation in telewarrants.

No. You will not be paid for your relocation expenses.  Please only apply to those vacancies that you are able to fill without requiring a move, or to which you are willing to move in order to fill.

You may apply for an advertised vacancy during the period stated in the JPAAC advertisement.

As the Committee updates its application form regularly, ONLY the form posted during the advertising period is accepted. Previously posted forms are not acceptable.

When a vacancy for which you wish to apply is advertised, download the current application form. Read the application thoroughly, observe the courts, review the FAQs to answer questions and complete the form. E-mail your application as an attachment in PDF format to the Committee as detailed in the instructions. Other than updating your contact information or referees, you are not allowed to make changes to your application after the closing date.

You are required to use the current prescribed application form, which is available during an advertising period only. Please ensure that you read the application instructions carefully and provide detailed and complete answers.

Applications for justice of the peace vacancies are accepted during an advertising period only.

The Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee held a webinar on April 18, 2023 to explain the position and the application process, including what to expect during the classification process.

Courts in Ontario operate in both official languages, English and French. Justice of the peace positions designated as “bilingual” require a Superior level of proficiency in French, in addition to a high degree of proficiency in English. If you apply for a position identified as bilingual and are selected for an interview, you will be required to complete a standardized language proficiency test on which you must achieve a Superior level of proficiency.

If the Committee requires you to complete a language proficiency test, you will be contacted by the JPAAC Coordinator. Candidates will receive results of French language proficiency after appointments have been made.

French proficiency tests are valid for five years (as per the Ministry of the Attorney General’s French Language Services Office). If you have been tested as part of the JPAAC application process and wish to be re-tested within the five-year period, you may do so independently at your own expense. Contact the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca for information on how to arrange for Ontario government-approved French language testing.

Details regarding your testing outcomes may be provided in the Supplementary Information section of the application form. You may also be asked to submit a copy of the evaluator’s report.

Only applications received by the closing deadline can be considered by the Committee. Late applications will not be considered. All applications received become the property of the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee and will NOT be returned.

If you are applying to more than one vacancy, you will submit only one application. However, you will need to submit that application to the designated email address of every vacancy that you are applying to.

For example, if you are applying to vacancies in Newmarket and Toronto, you will need to email the same application to Toronto-JPAAC@ontario.ca and CE-JPAAC@ontario.ca. This is done to properly route your application to the appropriate JPAAC Regional Committees and to handle the high-volume of applications sent to us in this process.

For a complete list of vacancies and email addresses pertaining to each vacancy, please see Instructions for Completing JPAAC Application Form.

You may apply when a vacancy is advertised.  Previous applications are not considered in the new process.

No. Each application must be submitted on the current prescribed application form with content supporting the specific advertised vacancy(ies). During an advertising period, the form can be downloaded here. The Committee makes changes and refinements to the application form for each discrete process.

No. The Committee will review only the documents requested in the prescribed application form.

If you possess multiple degrees, you may submit copies of all your degrees or just the highest-ranking degree.

IMPORTANT: If you are selected for an interview, you must submit proof that you meet the education requirement. You will be asked to e-mail a copy of post-secondary degree(s) or diploma(s) or certificate(s) you have earned or an official transcript (together with a certified translated copy/ies, if applicable) by a specified deadline date for submission. If you fail to submit proof that you meet the education requirement, your interview will be cancelled. Applicants are urged to compile this information as soon as possible and have it ready when requested. If you do not have any post-secondary education and completed the Equivalency portion of this application instead, you are eligible for an interview and will be exempt from providing copies of certificates and diplomas.

Yes. Candidates who hold university/college degrees/diplomas from outside Canada are required to supply the Committee with a translated certified copy of the degree/diploma/transcript when submitted in a language other than English or French.

IMPORTANT: If you are selected for an interview, you must submit proof that you meet the education requirement. You will be asked to e-mail a copy of all (or the highest) post-secondary degree(s) or diploma(s) or certificate(s) you have earned or an official transcript (together with a certified translated copy/ies, if applicable) by a specified deadline date for submission. If you fail to submit proof that you meet the education requirement, your interview will be cancelled. Applicants are urged to compile this information as soon as possible and have it ready when requested. If you do not have any post-secondary education and completed the Equivalency portion of this application instead, you are eligible for an interview and will be exempt from providing copies of certificates and diplomas.

Proof of Post-secondary Education:  Yes. If you are selected for an interview, you must submit proof that you meet the education requirement. You will be asked to e-mail a copy of all (or the highest) post-secondary degree(s) or diploma(s) or certificate(s) you have earned or an official transcript (together with a certified translated copy/ies, if applicable) by a specified deadline date for submission. If you fail to submit proof that you meet the education requirement, your interview will be cancelled. Applicants are urged to compile this information as soon as possible and have it ready when requested. Applicants would be well advised to contact their post-secondary institution as soon as possible to give adequate time to process the request for proof of post-secondary education.

Equivalency for Post-secondary Education:  If you do not have any post-secondary education and completed the Equivalency portion of this application instead, you are eligible for an interview and will be exempt from providing copies of certificates and diplomas.

The following is a sample of the mistakes the Committee has received during our previous application periods:

• did not indicate that you meet the legislated requirement of having a university degree or a diploma granted by a college of applied arts and technology or another institution as noted under subsection 2(1.1) of the Justices of the Peace Act, or that you meet the equivalency requirement (subsection 2(1.3))
• applied to a bilingual justice of the peace position which, as noted in the advertisement, requires a Superior level of proficiency in French. As you did not indicate that you would be able to conduct hearings in French without further training, you therefore do not meet this mandatory requirement for consideration for a designated bilingual position.
• used the wrong application form or a form from another process
• vacancy locations for which you wish to be considered not indicated on the application form
• applied to a location not currently advertised
• does not have the required 10 years of full time paid or volunteer work experience
• did not provide the required four referees, two of which must be work/professional and two of which must be from the community
• e-mailed application to incorrect region or e-mail address

The above is not an exhaustive list, rather it represents only some of the most common mistakes. Please check your application thoroughly before submission to ensure it is complete. Incomplete applications will not be considered by the Committee. Please carefully read instructions on how to name the file and e-mail it to specified e-mail address(es). Applications cannot be amended following the closing date of an advertised vacancy.

To be considered for a vacancy for an advertised justice of the peace position, you must clearly indicate that you meet all of the requirements of that vacancy. Failing to demonstrate that you meet the requirements of the vacancy and the General Selection Criteria will result in a “Not Recommended” classification.

All applications received become the property of the Justices of the Peace Appointments Advisory Committee and will NOT be returned.

During the evaluation process, Committee members will consider very carefully how the candidates meet the General Selection Criteria for the position. Throughout the application process, candidates shall provide evidence that they meet all of the General Selection Criteria. In addition, the candidate review process will consider the desirability of reflecting the diversity of Ontario’s population in appointments of justices of the peace and an assessment of the skills, abilities, and personal characteristics of candidates against those desired in a justice of the peace.

You must send an e-mail to the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca explaining that you wish to update your personal contact information and provide the necessary updated information in that e-mail.

You may withdraw your application for a vacancy at any time in the process, before or after the closing date for applications. All withdrawals must be clearly stated in writing.  E-mail the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca and in your message state the specific vacancy location(s) from which you wish to withdraw along with your full name and home address. You may withdraw your application for a single vacancy or for all vacancies for which you have applied in this manner.

Our application requires that you are able to demonstrate an understanding of the role of a justice of the peace. Imperative to the evaluation of your application will be your insights from observing justices of the peace, presiding over different types of courts for which justices of the peace preside, including criminal bail court, criminal case management court, provincial offences early resolution court, and provincial offences trial court. We strongly recommend that applicants make every effort to observe each of these courts in action for each of the vacancies to which they have applied. The application form (question #5A) requires applicants to detail the observations that they have made.

Justices of the Peace preside in hearings respecting criminal law and Provincial Offences Act (POA) matters.

With respect to the criminal law, they preside over virtually all judicial interim release (bail) hearings in the province and the majority of criminal remand courts (appearances that occur prior to a trial). Additionally, they also preside over other criminal hearings. They receive informations (the documents that commence criminal proceedings) to confirm or consider the issuance of process by either a summons or a warrant. They are responsible for receiving and considering the denial or issuance of search warrants and other matters of criminal process.

With respect to the provincial offences jurisdiction, Justices of the Peace exercise jurisdiction over the whole range of provincial offences and offences against municipal by-laws such as traffic offences. In this regard, their duties include issuing process, receiving applications for warrants, and presiding over provincial offence trials under various statutes.

For further reading regarding what Justices of the Peace do, please visit here.

To observe these hearings, we recommend that you contact the relevant courts in the vacancy that you are applying and ask for a schedule to observe hearings where a Justice of the Peace is presiding.  Almost all hearings are available virtually.  Finding the right court, at the right time that is hearing the matter you wish to observe may take some effort.  Please be patient and remain courteous to busy court staff.

To request information for remote or in-person hearing access, please contact the relevant courthouse, preferably by email, using the subject line, “Hearing Access Request” and identifying the type of case you want to attend and for information related to the schedule and links to participate as an observer. Please ensure to include your name in the request.

A court staff may ask you for a specific case name or number. In these instances, please ask for the next available case or court (bail, POA, etc.) where a Justice of the Peace is presiding.

At all times, when observing, please remain courteous and allow the participants to complete their matters without interruption. Please abide by these guidelines for remote court appearances, and in particular to these for guidelines for members of the general public and media.

Access to Daily Court Lists and Court Locations

The Daily Court Lists online service provides information about upcoming appearances in the Ontario Court of Justice. The daily court lists include the case name, time, room number and reason for the court appearance. In order to access the daily courts lists at Ontario Court of Justice, please click here.

For example, if you would like to observe a bail hearing, you will be able to see this information on the daily court list as it indicates the type of hearing for each matter. To reach out to a court location, email contact information for Ontario Court of Justice locations is available here and phone numbers are available here. This link also provides a complete list of Ontario court locations sorted alphabetically by city. If you wish to observe a bail hearing, please first determine which court location to visit. Subsequently, view the respective daily court list of the court location.

However, if you wish to observe a provincial offences court proceeding, the list of all POA courts is available here. You will be able to find the court location addresses as well as the email addresses for inquiries.

Please contact local court staff for information about a matter you believe is ongoing that is not shown on the website. For a specific courthouse information, please visit here. Please click on the courthouse location where there is an email address for general inquires.

Based on 2023 Vacancies, the below table is a quick reference for candidates wishing to observe either a bail hearing or a POA court in vacancies they are applying to. Please click on the URL link to see the particulars for each court location.

Central East

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Lindsay	440 Kent St. W. Lindsay, Ontario  K9V 6K2	Lindsay.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Lindsay Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	440 Kent St. W. Lindsay, Ontario  K9V 6K2	POAAdmin@KawarthaLakes.ca	Provincial Offences and Tickets – City of Kawartha Lakes
Newmarket	50 Eagle St. W. Newmarket, Ontario  L3Y 6B1	yorkcrim@ontario.ca	Newmarket Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	17150 Yonge Street, 2nd Floor Newmarket L3Y 8V3	AccessYork@York.ca	Provincial Offences Tickets | York Region

Central West

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Brampton	7755 Hurontario Street Brampton, Ontario  L6W 4T1	Brampton.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Brampton (A. Grenville and William Davis) Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	5 Ray Lawson Blvd Brampton L6Y 5L7	ProvincialOffencesCourt@Brampton.ca	City of Brampton | Court Services | Court Services
Brampton	7765 Hurontario Street Brampton, Ontario  L6W 4T1	Brampton.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Brampton (A. Grenville and William Davis) Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	5 Ray Lawson Blvd Brampton L6Y 5L7	ProvincialOffencesCourt@Brampton.ca	City of Brampton | Court Services | Court Services
Hamilton	55 Main St. W. Hamilton, Ontario  L8P 1H4	Hamilton.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Hamilton Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	50 Main Street East Hamilton L8N 1E9	POACrtAdmin2@Hamilton.ca	Provincial Offences Notice | City of Hamilton
Hamilton	45 Main St. E. Hamilton, Ontario  L8N 2B7	Hamilton.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Hamilton (John Sopinka) Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	50 Main Street East Hamilton L8N 1E9	POACrtAdmin2@Hamilton.ca	Provincial Offences Notice | City of Hamilton
St. Catharines	59 Church Street St. Catharines, Ontario  L2R 7N8	St.Catharines.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	St. Catharines Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	445 East Main Street Welland L3B 3X7	POAInfo@NiagaraRegion.ca	Provincial Offences Court – Niagara Region, Ontario
Welland	102 East Main Street Welland, Ontario  L3B 3W6	Welland.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Welland Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	445 East Main Street Welland L3B 3X7	POAInfo@NiagaraRegion.ca	Provincial Offences Court – Niagara Region, Ontario

North East

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Kingston	279 Wellington St. Kingston, Ontario  K7K 6E1	Kingston.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Kingston Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	362 Montreal Street Kingston K7K 3H5	POACourt@CityOfKingston.ca	Provincial Offences Court – City of Kingston
Kingston	469 Montreal St. Kingston, Ontario  K7K 3H9	Kingston.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Kingston Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	362 Montreal Street Kingston K7K 3H5	POACourt@CityOfKingston.ca	Provincial Offences Court – City of Kingston
Kingston	5 Court Street Kingston, Ontario  K7L 2N4	Kingston.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Kingston (Frontenac County) Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	362 Montreal Street Kingston K7K 3H5	POACourt@CityOfKingston.ca	Provincial Offences Court – City of Kingston
Ottawa	161 Elgin St., 2nd Fl. Ottawa, Ontario  K2P 2K1	Ottawa.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	Ottawa Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	100 Constellation Drive Ottawa K2G 6J8	CSB_Constellation@Ottawa.ca	Parking and Provincial Offences Act tickets | City of Ottawa

North East

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Sudbury	155 Elm St Sudbury, Ontario  P3C 1T9	sudburycourthouse@ontario.ca	Sudbury Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	199 Larch Street, Suite 102 Sudbury P3E 5P9	POACourt@GreaterSudbury.ca	Provincial Offences Office (greatersudbury.ca)
Sudbury	201-159 Cedar Street Sudbury, Ontario  P3E 6A5	sudburycourthouse@ontario.ca	Sudbury Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	199 Larch Street, Suite 102 Sudbury P3E 5P9	POACourt@GreaterSudbury.ca	Provincial Offences Office (greatersudbury.ca)

North West

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Sioux Lookout	18-4th Avenue South Sioux Lookout, Ontario  P8T 1C5	CSD.Dryden@ontario.ca	Sioux Lookout Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	30 Van Horne Ave Box 105 Dryden P8N 2A7	POA@Dryden.ca	Provincial Offences Office – City of Dryden
Thunder Bay	125 Brodie Street North Thunder Bay, Ontario  P7C 0A3	CSDTBayCriminal@ontario.ca	Thunder Bay Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	101 South Syndicate Ave. (Victoriaville Mall) P.O. Box 1600 Thunder Bay P7E 6H8	POA@ThunderBay.ca	Thunder Bay Court Services – City of Thunder Bay

Toronto

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Toronto	Old City Hall 60 Queen St. W. Old City Hall Toronto, Ontario  M5H 2M4	OldCityHall.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca*	60 Queen (Old City Hall) – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca	Toronto South 60 Queen Street West Ground Floor, Room 12W Toronto M5H 2M3	POACourt@Toronto.ca	Tickets, Fines & Penalties – City of Toronto
Toronto	College Park 444 Yonge St., College Park – 2nd Fl. Toronto, Ontario  M5B 2H4	CollegePark.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca**	444 Yonge (College Park) – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca	Toronto East 1530 Markham Road, Main Floor Scarborough M1B 3M4	POACourt@Toronto.ca	Tickets, Fines & Penalties – City of Toronto
Toronto	2201 Finch 2201 Finch Ave. West Toronto, Ontario  M9M 2Y9	TorontoWest.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca***	2201 Finch – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca	Toronto West York Civic Centre, 2700 Eglinton Avenue West Toronto M6M 1V1	POACourt@Toronto.ca	Tickets, Fines & Penalties – City of Toronto
Toronto	1000 Finch 1000 Finch Ave. West Toronto, Ontario  M3J 2V5	TorontoNorth.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca****	1000 Finch – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca
Toronto	1911 Eglinton 1911 Eglinton Ave East Toronto, Ontario  M1L 4P4	TorontoEast.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca*****	1911 Eglinton – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca
Toronto	311 Jarvis 311 Jarvis St. Toronto, Ontario  M5B 2C4	311Jarvis.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca ******	311 Jarvis – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca
Toronto	47 Sheppard Family 47 Sheppard Ave. East Toronto, Ontario  M2N 5N1	47Sheppard.OCJ.courts@ontario.ca	47 Sheppard – Toronto | Courts | ontario.ca

West

Vacancy	OCJ Court Location	Email Address	URL	POA Court Location	Email Address	URL
Chatham	425 Grand Ave W (Entire Bldg) Chatham, Ontario  N7M 6M8	Chatham.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Chatham Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	21633 Communication Road RR# 5 Blenheim N0P 1A0	CKpoc@Chatham-Kent.ca	Contact Info & Processes (chatham-kent.ca)
Goderich	1 Courthouse Sq. Goderich, Ontario  N7A 1M2	Goderich.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Goderich Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	1 Courthouse Square Goderich N7A 1M2	POA@HuronCounty.ca	Provincial Offences Administration – Huron County
Kitchener	85 Frederick Street Kitchener, Ontario  N2H 0A7	Kitchener.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Waterloo Region Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	77 Queen Street North Kitchener N2H 2H1	POA@RegionOfWaterloo.ca	Provincial Offences Court and Traffic Tickets – Region of Waterloo
London	80 Dundas St. London, Ontario  N6A 6A3	London.OCJ.Courts@ontario.ca	London Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	824 Dundas Street East London N5W 5R1	POAAdmin@London.ca	POA Court Information | City of London
Windsor	200 Chatham St. E. Windsor, Ontario  N9A 2W3	Windsor.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Windsor Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	400 City Hall Square, Suite 401 Windsor N9A 7K6	POATickets@CityWindsor.ca	Provincial Offences (citywindsor.ca)
Windsor	245 Windsor Ave. Windsor, Ontario  N9A 1J2	Windsor.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Windsor Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	400 City Hall Square, Suite 401 Windsor N9A 7K6	POATickets@CityWindsor.ca	Provincial Offences (citywindsor.ca)
Woodstock	415 Hunter St. Woodstock, Ontario  N4S 4G6	Woodstock.Courthouse@ontario.ca	Woodstock (Oxford County) Courthouse | Courts | ontario.ca	419 Hunter Street Woodstock N4S 4G5	POA@OxfordCounty.ca	Fines & Provincial Offences – Oxford County

*As of May 29, 2023, this location will no longer operate as a courthouse. All adult matters previously heard at this location (except bail) will be heard at 10 Armoury Street. All adult bail matters previously heard at this location will be heard at 2201 Finch Avenue West. Weekend and Statutory Holiday (WASH) court will commence at 2201 Finch Avenue West as of March 11, 2023.

**As of March 27, 2023, this location will no longer operate as a courthouse. All adult matters previously heard at this location (except bail) will be heard at 10 Armoury Street. All adult bail matters previously heard at this location will be heard at 2201 Finch Avenue W.

***As of March 6, 2023, this location will only hear adult bail matters. All other matters previously heard at this location will be moved to 10 Armoury Street. Weekend and Statutory Holiday (WASH) court will commence at this location on March 11, 2023.

****As of April 17, 2023, this location will no longer operate as a courthouse. All adult matters previously heard at this location (except bail) will be heard at 10 Armoury Street. All adult bail matters previously heard at this location will be heard at 2201 Finch Avenue West.

*****As of May 8, 2023, this location will no longer operate as a courthouse. All adult and youth matters previously heard at this location (except bail) will be heard at 10 Armoury Street. All adult bail matters previously heard at this location will be heard at 2201 Finch Avenue W.

******As of March 13, 2023, all criminal youth justice matters at this location will be heard at 10 Armoury Street. Family court matters will remain at 311 Jarvis.

The classification process may or may not include an interview.

Yes. During the classification process for a vacancy, the Committee considers information from a number of sources, including the application provided, references, security and disclosure checks and other interviews held before the Committee.

Please make every effort to accommodate the date and time assigned for the interview. The Committee has many interviews to conduct and scheduling is a challenge.  If you have a legitimate reason that you cannot attend at the time and date assigned, the Committee will make an effort to reschedule your interview.

All contact with the Committee is to be done through the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca.

The Committee’s policies and processes for the review and evaluation of candidates are in compliance with the accessibility provisions under the Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2001. Please contact the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca to advise of the accommodation required.

The Committee will classify you.

The Committee receives a significant number of applications, all of which are thoroughly evaluated. As a result, a considerable amount of time may elapse between the submission of an application and the request by the Committee for the candidate to attend an interview. There may be a very short period of time between an invitation to a candidate to attend an interview and the date of the interview.

The interview panel will consist of at least three (3) Committee members – and likely more – present at the interview, including judicial members of the Ontario Court of Justice as well as public members appointed by the Attorney General of Ontario.

You do not need to bring anything to the interview, unless requested ahead of time by the JPAAC.

Yes. You may be asked to destroy those notes at the conclusion of the interview.

You should contact all referees in advance of your application to advise them of your application and of the role of a justice of the peace.

If the contact information for a referee you have provided has changed, you must submit this information to the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca immediately.

Referees may be contacted any time after your application is submitted; however, they may not be contacted at all, at the discretion of the Committee.

Submit any request for change to the JPAAC Coordinator at JPAAC.Info@ontario.ca with an explanation in writing for the change and the Committee will consider your request.

Candidates for appointment as a justice of the peace who are and/or have been members of one or more professional disciplinary organizations are required to permit the organization(s) to disclose to the Committee or the Attorney General any complaints, charges, insurance or compensation claims made against them.

Professions with disciplinary organizations include but are not limited to: accountant, forester, lawyer, military officer, nurse, paralegal, police officer, social worker and teacher.

You must complete and sign a separate form for each professional disciplinary organization to which you are and/or have been a member.

Although the JPAAC does not make appointments, the Committee understands that the usual timeline for assuming one’s duties is short, approximately two to three weeks—potentially sooner—after receiving notification of the pending appointment.