The Court of King’s Bench will be on an urgent-matters only hearing schedule from December 22, 2025, to January 2, 2026, inclusive. Justices will be available to hear urgent matters, emergency protection order reviews and bail reviews in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer and Lethbridge on December 22-23, 2025 and January 2, 2026.
On December 29 - 31, 2025, a Justice will be available in Calgary only to hear emergency applications only for the entire province. Please note that only emergency protection order reviews and emergency matters will be heard on these dates. Should an emergency matter need to be heard, a clerk will be on stand‐by in each Court of King’s Bench location. If required, the clerk in Calgary will contact the local stand‐by clerk, who will arrange to open the courthouse, file the necessary documents, and facilitate the hearing via telephone or video conference.
Court filings will be restricted to emergency matters only from December 24, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
Holiday closure signage will be posted at all Court of King’s Bench locations. Anyone with an emergency application will be directed to contact the Court of King’s Bench in Calgary at 403-297-6267, where staff will be available to assist the Justice in determining whether the application is truly an emergency and to provide directions on filing documents.