Central West Region- Filing Court Documents

Documents MUST be filed through the appropriate portal set out herein or the documents will be rejected.

The Court will only accept filings by e-mail or in-person for the following reasons:

  • For matters that are urgent, including requests for an urgent hearing;
  • Documents that must be filed for a court date that is less than 5 business days away; and,
  • Documents that must be filed for a deadline that is less than 5 business days away.
  • Where alternate filing requirements are required due to an accessibility request.

All Payments and fees are due per policy and directive

CRIMINAL- Electronic Court Filings

All filings for Criminal matters and requests for urgent Criminal hearings may be filed/sent to the following email addresses:

Brampton-Peel Region Courthouse scjtrialofficebrampton@ontario.ca
Milton-Halton Region Courthouse SCJHaltontrialoffice@ontario.ca
Orangeville – Dufferin County Courthouse OrangevilleSCJTrialOffice@ontario.ca
Guelph- Wellington County Courthouse GuelphOffice.SCJ@ontario.ca
Owen Sound- Grey County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca
Walkerton- Bruce County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca

CIVIL-Electronic Court Filings

Civil court documents shall be electronically filed and/or issued by using the existing Civil Claims Online Portal or the new Civil Submissions Online Portal, as appropriate, in accordance with the Rules of Civil Procedure.

Small Claims Court claims shall be filed through the Small Claims Online filing platform.

The Court will only accept civil filings by e-mail for the following:

  • For matters that are urgent, including requests for an urgent hearing;
  • Documents that must be filed for a court date that is less than 5 business days away; and,
  • Documents that must be filed for a deadline that is less than 5 business days away.
  • Where alternate filing requirements are required due to an accessibility request.

In the above circumstances, documents may be filed electronically at the following email address:

Brampton-Peel Region Courthouse BramptonSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Milton-Halton Region Courthouse MiltonSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Orangeville – Dufferin County Courthouse OrangevilleSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Guelph- Wellington County Courthouse Guelph.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca
Owen Sound- Grey County Courthouse OwenSound.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca
Walkerton- Bruce County Courthouse Walkerton.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca

Confirmation forms for CIVIL motions must be filed electronically to the following email address:

Brampton-Peel Region Courthouse scjtrialofficebrampton@ontario.ca
Milton-Halton Region Courthouse SCJHaltontrialoffice@ontario.ca
Orangeville – Dufferin County Courthouse OrangevilleSCJTrialOffice@ontario.ca
Guelph- Wellington County Courthouse GuelphOffice.SCJ@ontario.ca
Owen Sound- Grey County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca
Walkerton- Bruce County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca

FAMILY – Electronic Court Filings

Family court documents shall be electronically filed and/or issued by using Family Submissions Online portal.  The portal is authorized to accept the electronic filing of most documents in a family law or child protection case, along with any necessary filing fees. New applications and motions to change can also be filed through this portal, along with requests for fee waivers.

In addition, several family court documents relating to a simple or joint divorce may continue to be filed electronically by using the Ministry’s Family Claims Online Portal, in accordance with the Family Law Rules.

The Court will only accept family filings by e-mail for the following:

  • For matters that are urgent, including requests for an urgent hearing;
  • Documents that must be filed for a court date that is less than 5 business days away; and,
  • Documents that must be filed for a deadline that is less than 5 business days away.
  • Where alternate filing requirements are required due to an accessibility request.

In the above circumstances, documents may be filed electronically at the following email address:

Brampton-Peel Region Courthouse BramptonSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Milton-Halton Region Courthouse MiltonSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Orangeville – Dufferin County Courthouse OrangevilleSCJCourt@ontario.ca
Guelph- Wellington County Courthouse Guelph.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca
Owen Sound- Grey County Courthouse OwenSound.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca
Walkerton- Bruce County Courthouse Walkerton.SCJ.Courts@ontario.ca

Confirmation forms for FAMILY motions and conferences must be filed electronically to the following email address:

Brampton-Peel Region Courthouse scjtrialofficebrampton@ontario.ca
Milton-Halton Region Courthouse SCJHaltontrialoffice@ontario.ca
Orangeville – Dufferin County Courthouse OrangevilleSCJTrialOffice@ontario.ca
Guelph- Wellington County Courthouse GuelphOffice.SCJ@ontario.ca
Owen Sound- Grey County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca
Walkerton- Bruce County Courthouse SCJGreyBruce@ontario.ca