Editing Maritime law (section)

===Canada===
{{Main|Canadian maritime law}}

Canadian jurisdiction in the area of navigation and shipping is vested in the [[Parliament of Canada]] by virtue of s. 91(10) of the [[Constitution Act, 1867]].

Canada has adopted an expansive definition of its maritime law, which goes beyond traditional admiralty law. The original English admiralty jurisdiction was called "wet", as it concerned itself with things done at sea, including collisions, salvage and the work of mariners, and contracts and torts performed at sea. Canadian law has added "dry" jurisdiction to this field, which includes such matters as:

* [[stevedoring]],
* [[marine insurance]],
* [[warehousing]] and security services,
* contracts of [[agency (law)|agency]], and
* contracts of [[affreightment|carriage]].

This list is not exhaustive of the subject matter.<ref>{{cite web |author = John G. O'Connor |title = Why the Full Extent of the Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts has yet to be explored |url = http://www.cmla.org/papers/AdmiraltyJurisdictionoftheFederalCourts.pdf |date = 2004-11-05 |access-date = 2011-09-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120424230433/http://www.cmla.org/papers/AdmiraltyJurisdictionoftheFederalCourts.pdf |archive-date = 2012-04-24 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Canadian jurisdiction was originally consolidated in 1891, with subsequent expansions in 1934 following the passage of the [[Statute of Westminster 1931]], and in 1971 with the extension to "dry" matters.<ref>{{cite web|author=John G. O'Connor |title=Admiralty Jurisdiction and Canadian Maritime Law in the Federal Courts: The next forty years |url=http://www.fca-caf.gc.ca/bulletins/whatsnew/03E.%20OConnor_Maritime%20Law%20Jurisdiction_2011-10-17_ENG.pdf |date=2011-10-28 |access-date=2012-05-25 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Recent jurisprudence at the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] has tended to expand the maritime law power, thus overriding prior provincial laws based on the provinces' power over [[property and civil rights]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Christopher J. Giaschi |title=The Constitutional implications of ''Ordon v. Grail'' and the expanding definition of Canadian maritime law |url=http://www.admiraltylaw.com/papers/Dalspeech.htm |date=2000-10-03 |access-date=2012-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319234559/http://www.admiraltylaw.com/papers/Dalspeech.htm |archive-date=2011-03-19 }}</ref>