Federal Legal Sources

Resources that are freely available (websites members of the public can use) are marked with an asterisk (*).

Cases

• Supreme Court of Canada Decisions*
  
  • Internet Sources Cited in SCC Judgments* (archived links to many online sources cited by the SCC from 1998–2016)
• Canada Supreme Court Reports (1876–2019) (via HeinOnline)
• Federal Court of Canada Decisions*
• Federal Court Reports* (1876–present)
• Lexis+ (law students only)
  • Non-law UNB/STU: use campus-wide Quicklaw
• Westlaw Edge (law students only)
• CanLII*

Legislation

• Federal Legislation*
• Revised Statutes of Canada (all RSCs from 1886–1985) (via HeinOnline)
• Acts of the Parliament of Canada (Annual Statutes) (1792–2020) (via HeinOnline)
• LEGISinfo* (federal bills 1994–present)

Government Documents

• Parliament of Canada* (bills, Hansards, journals, etc., for the House of Commons and Senate)
• Canadian Hansards* (1901–2019) (English only)
• Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources* (includes all debates, journals, and committee documentation of the Senate and the House of Commons from 1867 until coverage at parl.ca* begins. Historical sessional papers are also available from 1867–1901)
• Canada Gazette* (1998–present)
• Historical Canada Gazettes* (1841–1997)
• Orders in Council* (1990–present)
• Orders in Council* (1867–1924)
• Canada Proclamations* (January 2009–present) (via Courthouse Libraries BC)
• OpenParliament.ca* (independent, non-governmental site that aims to make government information like votes, speeches, and committees more accessible)
• Canadian Government Publications Portal* (via Archive.org) (provides more than 20,000 Canadian Government publications)
• Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada* (1901–1925) (via University of Toronto and Archive.org)