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Introduction
Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy. Parliament
consists of a bicameral legislature composed of the House of Commons (elected)
and the Senate (appointed).
Power is distributed between the federal and provincial governments.
Jurisdiction is determined by the area of law. Generally, any area of
law not specifically belonging to the provincial government falls under
the jurisdiction of the federal government.
The Canadian legal system is based on English common law, except in Quebec,
where civil law system based on French law prevails.
I. Case Law
Organization of the Judicial Branch
| Case Law Reporters - General |
| Jurisdiction: |
Published in: |
Location: |
| Federal Supreme Court |
Canada Supreme Court Reports
/ Canada Law Reports: Supreme Court (SCR) - official reporter |
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1876-Present
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1st Floor, East s.19, Supreme
Court of Canada,
LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis
& Westlaw |
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See also Federal
Court Index and Docket |
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| Federal Court of Appeal & Trial Division |
Canada Federal Court Reports (FC) / Canada
Law Reports: Exchequer Reports of Canada (ExCR) - official reporter
(selected cases) |
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1875-Present
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1st Floor, East s.19-20 & Westlaw |
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1877-Present
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LexisNexis
Academic & LexisNexis |
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1988-Present
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CanLII |
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See also Federal
Court Index and Docket |
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| Federal Supreme Court & Court of Appeal |
Dominion Law Reports (DLR)
1912-Present
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1st Floor, East s.20-21 & Westlaw |
Provincial
All Provinces |
Court decisions
1800s-Present (varies by title)
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1st Floor, East,
LexisNexis Academic, LexisNexis,
Westlaw & LLMC
Digital |
Provincial
Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Nunavut,
Northwest Territories |
- Western Weekly Reports (WWR)
1912-Present
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1st Floor, East s.25-26 & Westlaw |
Provincial
Ontario |
Ontario (Law) Reports
1882-Present
1931-Present
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1979-Present
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1st Floor, East s.28-29
LexisNexis
Academic & LexisNexis
Westlaw |
Provincial
Quebec |
Les Rapports Judiciaires de Québec / (Les)
Recueil(s) de Jurisprudence du Québec (French)
1892- Present
See also Jugements du Québec (French),
1973-Present
See also Quebec Case Law All (English),
1979-Present |
1st Floor, East s.31
LexisNexis
Academic
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Westlaw |
| Case Law Reporters - Topical |
| Topic: |
Published in: |
Location: |
| Multiple Topics |
Court decisions
1900s-Present (varies by title)
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Westlaw |
| Criminal |
Canadian Criminal Cases (CCC)
1898-2003
1946-Present
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1st Floor, East s.22-23
Westlaw |
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Criminal Reports (CR)
1946-2001
1946-Present
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1st Floor, East s.22
Westlaw |
| Environmental |
Canadian Environmental Law Reports
1987-2002
1994-Present
|
1st Floor, East s.22
Westlaw |
| Case Law - Digests & Indices |
Location: |
| The Canadian Abridgment Case Digests (consolidated) |
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1803-Present
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From the earliest times-1996
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Canadian
Abridgment, Case Digests & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s.21-22 |
Canadian Case Citations
1867-Present
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1st Floor, East s.22 |
| Canadian Current Law (annual)
1948-Present
|
1st Floor, East s.22 |
| Case Law - Updating or "Noting up"
(a.k.a. "Shepardizing") |
Location: |
| Canadian Case Citations - a component of
the Canadian Abridgment
1867-2006
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1st Floor, East s.22 |
| KeyCite
1825-Present
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Westlaw |
II. Legislation
Organization of the Legislative Branch (Federal)
| Bills - Federal - alphanumeric numbering
system: C for House of Commons or S for Senate followed by number;
must pass through three readings before becoming law |
| Published in: |
Location: |
Parliament of Canada Web Site
35th Parliament (1994)-Present
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Parliament of
Canada |
| Check Status: |
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LEGISinfo
37th Parliament (2001)-Present
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Parliament
of Canada |
Progress of Bills in the Legislation Annual / Canadian
Current Law Legislation
1989-Present
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1st Floor, East s.18 |
Status of House Business (formerly Status of Bills
and Motions), House of Commons
1991-Present
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1st Floor, East s.18 |
| Acts - Federal (Recent) |
| Published in: |
Location: |
Statutes of Canada (Session Laws)
1867-Present
1867-1945
1995-Present
2000-2006
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1st Floor, East s.18
LLMC Digital
CanLII
Hein
Online |
Canada Gazette Pt III (Acts of Parliament)
Current year only
1998-Present
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1st Floor, East s.19
Government
of Canada |
Table of Private Acts of Canada,
1867 to December 31, 2000
|
1st Floor, East s.18 |
| Consolidated Code - Federal
- arranged by first letter in short title that relates to
subject matter followed by a number |
| Published in: |
Location: |
Consolidated Statutes of Canada, current
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CanLII,
Dept of Justice,
LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis
& Westlaw
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Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC) (consolidated)
1886, 1906, 1927, 1952, 1970, 1985
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1st Floor, East s.18 |
Amended and updated by:
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Table of Public Statutes & Responsible Matters shelved
with Canada Gazette Pt III (Cites to acts passed since
last consolidation - Acts appear in Statutes of Canada)
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1st Floor, East s.19 |
Office Consolidations (collections of laws on specific
areas of law), Selected
|
1st Floor, East s.18 |
| Finding Aids |
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Index to Federal and Ontario Statutes
|
1st Floor, East s.28 |
| Judicial Interpretation |
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Canadian Statute Citations - a component of the Canadian
Abridgment
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1800s-Present
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Canadian Abridgment,
Statute Citations |
1975-2000
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1st Floor, East s.22 |
Canada Statute Citator
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1980-1987 (R.S.C. 1970 ed.)
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1st Floor, East s.18 |
1988-2004 (R.S.C. 1985 ed.)
|
1st Floor, East s.18 |
KeyCite
1825-Present
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Westlaw |
| Statutes - Provincial |
| Province: |
Published in: |
Location: |
| Alberta |
Statutes of Alberta (session laws)
1997-Present
1906-Present
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Alberta
Government
1st Floor, East s. 24-25 |
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Revised Statutes of Alberta (consolidated)
Current
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1915, 1922, 1955, 1970, 1980
1922
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LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis
& Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 25
LLMC Digital |
| British Columbia |
Statutes of British Columbia (session laws)
1992-Present
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1915-Present
1890-1995
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Legislative
Assembly of British Columbia
1st Floor, East s. 26
LLMC Digital |
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Revised Statutes of British Columbia
(consolidated)
Current
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1924, 1936, 1960, 1979, 1996
1871, 1888
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BC Queen's Printer,
LexisNexis Academic, LexisNexis
& Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 26
LLMC Digital |
| Manitoba |
Statutes of Manitoba (session laws)
1988-Present
1889-Present
1872-1945
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 26
LLMC Digital |
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Revised Statutes of Manitoba (consolidated)
Current
1880, 1891, 1902, 1913, 1940, 1954, 1970, 1987, 1988, 1990
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 26 & |
| New Brunswick |
Acts of New Brunswick (session laws)
2000-Present
1904-2002
1786-1870
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 26-27
LLMC Digital |
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Consolidated / Revised Statutes of New Brunswick
Current
1903, 1927, 1952, 1973
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 27 |
| New Foundland & Labrador |
Newfoundland Legislative Acts / Acts of
General Assembly / Newfoundland Statutes (session laws)
1990-Present
1916-Present
1900-1989
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 27
LLMC Digital |
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Consolidated / Revised Statutes of Newfoundland
Current
1916, 1952, 1970, 1990
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 27 |
| Northwest Territories |
General Ordinances of the Northwest
Territories / Northwest Territories Revised Ordinances
/ Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories (consolidated)
Current
1905, 1930, 1956, 1974, 1988
1899
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 27
LLMC Digital |
| Nova Scotia |
Statutes of Nova Scotia (session laws)
1995-Present
1924-2001
1864-1945
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 27
LLMC Digital |
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Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia (consolidated)
Current
1923, 1954, 1967, 1989
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 27-28 |
| Nunavut |
Statutes of Nunavut (session laws)
1999-Present
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CanLII |
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Consolidated Statutes of Nunavut
Current
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CanLII & Westlaw |
| Ontario |
Statutes of Ontario (session laws)
2000-Present
1868-Present
1868-1979
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 28
LLMC Digital |
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Revised Statutes of Ontario
(consolidated)
Current
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1897, 1914, 1927, 1930, 1937, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990
1859, 1887-1897
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CanLII, LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis,
& Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 28
LLMC Digital
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| Prince Edward Island |
Prince Edward Island Acts (session laws)
1988-Present
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1st Floor, East s. 30
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Revised Statutes of Prince Edward Island (consolidated)
Current
1988
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 30 |
| Quebec |
Statutes of Quebec (session laws)
1996-Present
1867-Present
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CanLII
1st Floor, East s. 30 |
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Revised Statutes of Quebec (consolidated)
Current
.
1883, 1888, 1909, 1925, 1941, 1964, 1977
1865
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CanLII, LexisNexis
& Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 30
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LLMC Digital |
Saskatch-
ewan |
Statutes of (the Province of) Saskatchewan
(session laws)
1906-Present
1906-1945
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1st Floor, East s. 31-32
LLMC Digital |
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Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan
(consolidated)
Current
1909, 1920, 1953, 1978
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 32 |
| Yukon Territory |
Statutes of the Yukon (session
laws)
1988-Present
1904-2000
|
1st Floor, East s. 32
LLMC Digital |
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Yukon Territory Revised Statutes
(consolidated)
Current
1986, 2002
1902
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CanLII & Westlaw
1st Floor, East s. 32
LLMC Digital |
III. Administrative Regulations
Organization of the Executive Branch
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Administrative Regulations - Federal
- numeric numbering system: S.O.R. for "Statutory Orders and
Regulations" followed by year and number |
| Published in: |
Location: |
Consolidated Regulations of Canada (CRC)
Current
.
1978
1889, 1949, 1955
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CanLII, LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis,
& Westlaw
1st Floor, East s.18
LLMC Digital
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Amended and updated by:
Canada Gazette Pt II
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1st Floor, East s.18-19 &
Government
of Canada |
| Finding Aids: |
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Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments published
quarterly in Canada Gazette Pt. II
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1st Floor, East s.19 &
Government
of Canada |
Canada Regulations Index
1978-July 2007
|
1st Floor, East s.18 |
Legislation Annual / Canadian Current Law Legislation
1989-Present
|
1st Floor, East s.18 |
Rules Judicially Considered
1986-Present
|
1st Floor, East s.22 |
IV. Secondary Sources of
Law
| Journal Indexes |
Location: |
Canadian Legal Literature, 1991-Present
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Law Library Index Tables |
Index to Canadian Legal Periodical Literature (ICLPL),
1961-Present
|
Reference Collection, s.34 |
Index to Canadian Legal Literature (ICLL),
1985-Present
|
Reference Collection, s.34 & Westlaw
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| See also full text Canadian legal periodicals on Hein
Online, LexisNexis
Academic, LexisNexis,
& Westlaw |
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| Encyclopedias |
Location: |
Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (CED)
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Both Ontario Edition and Western Editions, Current
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Canadian
Abridgment, Encyclopedic Digest & Westlaw |
Ontario Edition, 1st-3d editions, To 1997
|
1st Floor, East s.24 |
Western Edition, 2d-3d editions, To 1997
|
1st Floor, East s.24 |
| Dictionaries |
Location: |
Pocket Dictionary of Canadian Law (2002)
|
Reference Collection
KE183 D85 2002 |
English-French Glossary of Legal Terminology: Terms Commonly
Used in Public and Private Law (1995)
|
Reference Collection
KE184 P64 1995 |
Words & Phrases Judicially Defined in Canadian Courts
and Tribunals (Last Updated June 2006)
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1st Floor, East stack 17 |
| V.
Legal Research Guides |
Location: |
| Banks on Using a Law Library: a Canadian
Guide to Legal Research (1994) |
Reference Collection
KE250 B3 1994 |
| Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research |
Catherine
P. Best |
| Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (2002) |
Reference Collection
KE259 T36 2002 |
| Doing Legal Research in Canada |
LLRX |
| How to Understand Statutes and By-laws (1996) |
Reference Collection
KE482 S84 G54 1996 |
| Introduction to Legal Research &
Citation |
Bora
Laskin Law Library |
| Updating Statutes and Regulations for All Canadian
Jurisdictions. (1995) |
Reference Collection
KE250 S47 1995 |
Updated by Bonnie
Shucha
University of Wisconsin-Madison Law Library
Revised: March 2008
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