Law and Legislation - Links
The following are quick links to Internet resources of interest to Legislative Library clients. You will be leaving our site after this point. The Legislative Library cannot accept responsibility for information obtained at these external sites.
General Law Sources
Canadian Law List (a directory of lawyers, law firms, and judges) The digital edition for 2021 can be found here: https://issuu.com/keymedia/docs/cll_directory_2021
Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute - includes Canadian federal and provincial legislation, courts, boards, and tribunals)
Indigenous Law Centre CaseWatch Blog (University of Saskatchewan, Indigenous Law Centre)
PLEA (Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan)
Scott Index of Canadian Legal Periodicals (accessible through Centre d’accès à l’information juridique, CAIJ) The search page is in French only. Search for legal articles from more than 100 Canadian legal journals, as well as journals from related fields, and case comments. Many citations are in English.
Legislation - Canada - Provincial and Territorial
Province |
Legislation Links |
Saskatchewan |
Freelaw - King's Printer - (Statutes, First Reading Bills, Regulations, Gazette, and more) |
Alberta |
Alberta King's Printer (Statutes, Regulations, Gazette, and more) |
British Columbia |
BC Laws (Statutes, Regulations, Gazette, and more) |
Manitoba |
Manitoba Laws (Statutes and Regulations) |
New Brunswick |
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Newfoundland and Labrador |
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Northwest Territories |
Northwest Territories Legislation (includes Statutes and Regulations, Search or Alphabetical list) |
Nova Scotia |
Nova Scotia Legislation (includes Statutes and Bills) |
Nunavut |
Nunavut Bills and Legislation (for current Bills) |
Ontario |
Ontario e-Laws (consolidated laws) |
Prince Edward Island |
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Quebec |
Annual Statutes of Quebec |
Yukon |
Yukon Legislation (includes acts, regulations, Table of Public Statutes, Bills, and Gazette) |
Legislation - Canada - Federal
Canada Justice Laws Website (in addition to acts and regulations, browse annual Statutes from 2001, view constitutional documents, Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers, Table of Private Acts, and Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments)
First Nations Gazette (First Nation laws, by-laws, land codes, and other First Nation law in Canada)
LEGISinfo (legislation currently before Parliament)
Legislative Summaries (for the current Parliament)
Orders in Council, 1990 to current (from the Privy Council Office)
Orders in Council, 1867 to 1924 (from Library and Archives Canada)
Canada Gazette, 1841-1997 (includes statutes, new and proposed regulations, administrative board decisions and public notices)
Canada Gazette, 1998 to current
Legislation - United States
govinfo, US Government Publishing Office (provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the U.S. federal government.)
Congress.gov (official website for U.S. federal legislative information)
Legislation - International
UK Parliament - Bills and Legislation (link to current Bills before Parliament, Progress of Bills, previous session Bills, and Secondary Legislation)
Legislation.gov.uk - full text of all primary legislation as passed since 1988, plus more.
Halsbury's Laws of England (First edition, 1907 to 1917) 31 volumes. A comprehensive and popular legal encyclopedia covering all areas of English law, and considered a benchmark for Canadian law. Digitized and made freely available by the University of Toronto Robarts Library via Internet Archive. Free online.
Australasian Legal Information Institute
WorldLII (World Legal Information Institute - free, independent and non-profit access to worldwide law.)
Courts
Canadian Court Records/Dockets (webpage with links to these across Canada)
Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada
Decisions of the Federal Court (Canada)
Decisions of the Federal Court of Appeal (Canada)
Federal Courts Reports - (selected decisions of Canada's Federal Court and Federal Court of Appeal)
FindLaw: U.S. Supreme Court Decisions (Searchable database of Supreme Court decisions since 1760.)