Laws of Canada

The following resources provide access to federal legislative materials: Bills (proposed laws under consideration by Parliament); Statutes (laws passed by Parliament, also known as Acts); and Regulations (rules, created under the authority as assigned in the Acts, which also have the full force of law).

For a broader range of resources, see LawCentral Canada's Canadian Law section.

 
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Bills (Canada)

This link will direct you to the homepage for the Parliament of Canada. To access Bills from the current session, please click Bills in the main menu. Related keywords: Legislative materials (135)

CanLII: Canadian Legal Information Institute

The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) is a not-for-profit organization initiated by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make primary sources of Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet. CanLII seeks to gather legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions on a single Web site. Related keywords: Courts and court judgments (77), Legal research (69), Legislative materials (135)

Justice Laws Website

This online source of the consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada is provided by the Department of Justice Canada. The consolidations are generally updated on a weekly basis. Related keywords: Aboriginal law (69), Administrative law (20), Charter of Rights (19), Civil law (7), Constitutional law (10), Farm law (28), Immigration (54), Legislative materials (135), Maritime law (5), Military law (10), Non-profit and charity law (33)

LEGISinfo

A collaborative effort of the Parliamentary Research Branch and the Information and Documentation Branch of the Library of Parliament, LEGISinfo is an essential research tool for finding information on federal legislation. It provides electronic access to a wide range of information about individual bills, such as: the text of the bill at various stages; government press releases and backgrounders; legislative summaries; important speeches at second reading; votes; and coming into force data. In addition, it provides a reading list and other related Web links for House of Commons and Senate government bills. By bringing these sources together into one place, this tool offers easy access to legislative information and reduces time spent researching these matters. Related keywords: Legislative materials (135)