Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)

Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development)
Supreme Court of Canada
Hearing: 8 October 2015 Judgment: 14 April 2016
Full case name	Harry Daniels, Gabriel Daniels, Leah Gardner, Terry Joudrey and Congress of Aboriginal Peoples v Her Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Attorney General of Canada
Citations	2016 SCC 12
Docket No.	35945 [1]
Prior history	APPEAL and CROSS‑APPEAL from Canada (Indian Affairs) v Daniels, 2014 FCA 101, [2014] 4 FCR 97 (17 April 2014), setting aside in part Daniels v Canada 2013 FC 6, [2013] 2 FCR 268 (8 January 2013)
Ruling	Appeal allowed in part and cross‑appeal dismissed.
Holding
"Indians" under s. 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867 is a broad term referring to all Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Court membership
Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Rosalie Abella, Thomas Cromwell, Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis, Richard Wagner, Clément Gascon, Suzanne Côté, Russell Brown
Reasons given
Unanimous reasons by	Abella J

Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2016 SCC 12 is a case of the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled that Métis and non-status Indians are "Indians" for the purpose of s 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867.^[2]