Consumer protection
13%
Negligence
19%
Product liability
10%
Charter
11%
Privacy
10%
Competition
6%
Securities
19%
Labour & employment
4%
Breach of contract
4%
Crown liability
4%
Newly-filed class actions by category
January
1
3
6
8
0
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Newly filed class actions by month
1. A total of 72 applications for authorization were filed in Québec in 2021, whereas only 48 were filed in 2022.
In comparison, 98 class actions were instituted in 2020.
8
7
5
1
3
13
6
8
6
6
6
4
7
7
1
2
8
6
17
5
15
5
3
1
8
5
6
8
8
4
5
2
2
6
3
2
6
4
5
8
4
2
4
7
6
3
8
8
2023
2
4
5
7
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
0
1
3
6
8
Newly-filed class actions by month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Total number of newly filed class actions1,2
Privacy
Competition
Consumer protectiion
Crown liability
Environment
Negligence
Municipal
Product liability
Securities
Breach of contract
Copyright
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
63
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
2023
7
12
7
4
3
2
9
12
5
1
1
8
Newly filed class actions by category
2
4
5
7
2023
8
9
10
11
12
7