It depends far more on the type of case than on the length of the trial. The Supreme Court publishes its available Vancouver dates in 28 separate documents, and this page reads all of them every hour. A two day civil trial and a two day motor vehicle trial are the same length, yet the waits are often months apart. The tool above shows the earliest date the court is currently offering for each type, and how many dates are on offer.

Directly from the Supreme Court of British Columbia. The court publishes availability for the Vancouver registry as PDF documents on its scheduling page. Nothing here is estimated or predicted. Every list on this page links back to the court document it came from, so you can check the original in one click.

Every hour through the court's working day. The Vancouver registry rebuilds its availability lists roughly once an hour, and this page checks shortly after each rebuild. The stamps at the top of the tool show two times: when the court last rebuilt its lists, and when we last read them. This is not live data, and the court can change a list between our checks, so confirm any date before you rely on it.

No. Courtready.ca is not connected to the court and cannot reserve anything. Trials, chambers applications and CPCs, JCCs and TMCs can be booked through the court's online booking system. Registrar hearings, bankruptcy discharges and criminal matters are not covered by that system and must be booked by calling Supreme Court Scheduling on 604.660.2853.

Because the court is genuinely offering none. Several Vancouver lists are empty at any given moment, often including the lengthy chambers lists used for applications estimated at over two hours. An empty list means we read the court's document successfully and it contained no dates. That is different from a document we could not read, which the page labels separately so you are never shown an absence of data as though it were data.

Yes. Every list has an alert. You can leave the date field blank to hear about any date at all, or enter the latest date that would still work for you, which is useful if you are working to a deadline. You will get one confirmation and then one email when a matching date appears, and the alert then closes. If a suitable date is already on the list, the page tells you rather than creating an alert.