What is the standard of review for a finding of fact?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Onenergy Inc. v. Canada, 2018 FCA 54 (CanLII), [2019] 2 FCR 696:

The standard of review for any question of law is correctness and for any finding of fact (or question of mixed fact and law without an extricable legal question) is palpable and overriding error (Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 SCC 33, [2002] 2 S.C.R. 235).

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