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title: "Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-commissioner-for-federal-judicial-affairs-canada"
description: "Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada, Government of Canada. Official website: fja-cmf.gc.ca. Portfolio: Department of Justice Canada."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada

Government of Canada · Agencies

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

The Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs (FJA) was created in 1978 under an Act of the Parliament of Canada to safeguard the independence of the judiciary and put federally appointed judges at arm's length from the Department of Justice.

Source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Agencies
- Class: Departmental Agencies
- Portfolio: [Department of Justice Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/department-of-justice-canada)

## Official website

- [fja-cmf.gc.ca](https://www.fja-cmf.gc.ca)

## Sources

- Description source: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:240), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/office-of-the-commissioner-for-federal-judicial-affairs-canada