(Previously, it had functioned as an intermediate appellate court subject to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom.)
[5] Two additional puisne seats were created in 1949,[6] bringing the Court to a total of nine justices, which is its current complement.
[7] The following tables trace the succession of justices of the Supreme Court of Canada by seat.
Justices are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister.
There are no formal numbers or names for the individual puisne justice seats, which are listed in this article simply by number and the name of the first puisne justice to occupy it, as well as by the year in which each was established by Parliament.