Provincial Legal Sources

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

The following databases cover all jurisdictions:

• Lexis+ (law students only)
  • Non-law UNB/STU: use campus-wide Quicklaw
• Westlaw Edge (law students only)
• CanLII*
• GALLOP Portal*
  • Searches electronic government documents from Legislative libraries in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, and Québec

 New Brunswick 

• New Brunswick Acts and Regulations* (legislation, rules of court, Royal Gazette, etc.)
• Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick* (bills and status of legislation)
• Historical New Brunswick First Reading Bills* (49th–53rd Legislature)
• NB Court of Appeal Decisions* (2008–present)
• New Brunswick Legislation and Decisions* (CanLII)
• Annotated Rules of Court* (NB Court of Appeal)
• New Brunswick Orders in Council* (orders in council issued by the current government administration only)

Other Provinces/Territories

• Newfoundland & Labrador
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; NL Court of Appeal decisions*
• Nova Scotia
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Nova Scotia Courts’ Decision Database*
• Prince Edward Island
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*
• Quebec
  • bills* and legislation*, including the Civil Code*
    • annotated civil codes are available from Lexum* and CAIJ*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; SOQUIJ*
    • Note: Quebec decisions are usually only available in French. Visit SOQUIJ's Translated Decisions* to search for select translations
• Ontario
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Court of Appeal*; Superior Court of Justice*; Ontario Court of Justice*
• Manitoba
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Court of Appeal*; Court of Queen's Bench*
• Saskatchewan
  • first reading bills*, progress of bills*, and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*
• Alberta
  • bills*, historical bills*, and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Court of Queen's Bench*
• British Columbia
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Court of Appeal*; Supreme Court*; Provincial Court*
• Yukon
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Court of Appeal*; Supreme Court*; Territorial Court*
• Northwest Territories
  • bills*, certified bills*, and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*; Northwest Territories Courts Decisions database*
• Nunavut
  • bills* and legislation*
  • court decisions: CanLII*