Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) administers many pieces of legislation, either in whole or in part. AANDC also develops and enforces regulations under authority delegated by the legislation that directly impacts First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Northerners.
The act outlining the rights and responsibilities of people living in “common law” relationships (not marriages) or who have signed an interdependent relationship agreement.
Hansard is the official report of the debates of the Legislature and its committees. Documents are available as PDFs. They can be browsed by date, or searched by keyword. Alberta Hansard provides a yearly index that contains a subject and a speaker list for each session of the Legislature.
A searchable database of Alberta judgments can be found on CanLii. For official versions of judgments, copies of the original court files may be obtained through the Alberta Courts. For more information, see the appropriate level of court:
Court of Appeal judgments;
Court of King’s Bench judgments;
Alberta Court of Justice judgments
This resource is provided by Alberta Law Libraries. Provides information on finding provincial, federal, and internation cases.
Provincial database containing all the Bills introduced in Legislation by Session year.
On this website from the Legislative Assembly of Alberta you can find Bills and Amendments, Bill Status Report, Archived Bills, Daily Activity, Archived Reports, and a Private Bills Guide.
From the Great Library of the Law Society of Upper Canada, this web page provides annotated links to case law as well as case-related services and information available mainly on the websites of Alberta courts and administrative tribunals.
Canadian Transport Agency provides this list of legislation and regulations for your use.
CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) is a free, non-profit online database that makes Canadian law publicly accessible. For Alberta specifically, the site provides free access to Alberta’s consolidated statutes and regulations, court decisions from all three levels of Alberta courts (Provincial Court, Court of King’s Bench, and Court of Appeal), and decisions from provincial tribunals — all searchable and up to date.
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.
Information about cannabis, process of legalization, cannabis in provinces and territories, and driving laws.
Child Support Services is a free service through Alberta Works to help parents with limited incomes get child support agreements or court orders. Single parents and parents of blended families in the following programs are automatically eligible for help through Child Support Services: Income Support, Alberta Adult Health Benefit and Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH). From the left-side menu bar, users can access relevant publications and legislation.
This consolidation contains the text of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867), together with amendments made to it since its enactment, and the text of the Constitution Act, 1982, as amended since its enactment. The Constitution Act, 1982 contains the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other provisions, including the procedure for amending the Constitution of Canada.
The Criminal Code of Canada (C-46) provided by the Department of Justice Canada. This Act is also available to download as a PDF.
This guide will help you research and locate information and resources for Alberta Legislation.
This guide is created by Alberta Law Libraries
The Privy Council Office has created an online database that allows users to search for federal Orders in Council (OICs) made between 1990 and the present. Check it out here if you are looking for a Federal Order in Council.
unThis page from the Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada outlines the laws that govern federally regulated workplaces.
This Guide describes the steps to be followed to transform policy into Federal Acts and regulations, which are forms of written law generally referred to as “legislation.” It also outlines the roles of the participants in this process. The Guide also serves as a reference for those already involved in law-making and as a training tool for those who are becoming involved for the first time.
Canada’s parliamentary system is open and democratic. It offers the opportunity for people to give their input and it is designed to make sure proposals for laws are carefully considered. Canada’s Parliament consists of three parts: the King, the Senate and the House of Commons. They work together to make the laws for our country. This guide provides an overview of the following topics: The Canadian Parliament, Who’s Who in the House, A Working Day in the Commons Chamber, Parliamentary Highlights, Making Canada’s Laws,The Role of a Member of Parliament, and Being Part of Parliament.
Hansard provides transcripts of Parliamentary debates. Searchable by date or by Parliamentary Session.
This short online resource from Courthouse Libraries BC explains how a Bill becomes an Act, or Statute, in Canada.
The following guide will explain the process by which a typical government initiated bill becomes law. This guide provides an overview of the Federal Legislative Process. To beome law, a bill must first be introduced in either the Senate or the House of Commons. It must then pass through various stages in each House: first, second and third reading. Then it must receive Royal Assent.
Acts are passed by members of the legislative assembly (MLAs). They are introduced as bills, and debated in the Legislature before being put to a vote. If the assembly passes a bill, it receives royal assent from the Lieutenant Governor, at which point it becomes law.
For further information on this process, see the Citizen’s Guide to the Alberta Legislature.
For information on Alberta’s published statutes and regulations, see Finding Alberta Legislation
In Canada’s Parliament, bills may originate in eith of its two houses – the Senate and the House of Commons. Most legislation begins in the House of Commons. Regardless of where a bill originates, it must be passed by both houses in identical form before it can receiv Royal Assent and become law. This guide provides an overview of the process of how a Senate Bill goes through Parliament.
NATLEX is a database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation. Records provide full-text or abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by subject classifications. Each record appears in only one of the three ILO official languages (English/French/Spanish). Where possible, the full text of the law or a relevant electronic source is linked to the record.
In Canada, each of us has a part in ensuring that the law works properly and that justice is done. Two ways of contributing to justice in Canada are being on a jury and testifying in court. This information covers the role of the public in the jury process,
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.
Alberta King’s Printer is the official publisher of Alberta’s laws and publications. The website provides accurate, up to date access to current legislation in a variety of formats to meet your needs.
The King’s Printer is the official source of Government of Manitoba laws and publications since 1870.
The Manitoba King’s Printer – Statutory Publications is the central distribution centre for acts, regulations, and other legislative material, the Manitoba Gazette, and the CCSM (Continuing Consolidation of the Statutes of Manitoba).
CanLii’s searchable database of Statutes and Regulations in [province]. Legislation can be searched by name, version, keywords or scopes.
Learn the importance of developing a good search strategy in order to quickly and effectively answer legal questions. This web page is the starting point for the University of Ottawa learning modules about legal research. Topics include: searching using keywords and Boolean logic, secondary sources, legal journals, case law, using CanLII, federal legislation, and legal citations.
University of Ottawa.
The Legislative Assembly website provides links to information about the Members of Legislative Assembly, Bills and Amendments, Assembly Documents and Records, Public Information, and Assembly Support Services as well as other information.
On this website provided by the Government of Manitoba the online versions of the laws of Manitoba can be viewed free of charge. The opening page describes the types of laws that can be accessed from the various menus and describes how these laws come into force.
This is the official site for New Brunswick Acts and Regulations. New Brunswick Acts and Regulations are officially published on-line under the authority of the Queen’s Printer Act.
The Department of Justice believes it is of fundamental importance to Nunavummiut that their laws be accessible. To ensure access to the laws of Nunavut, the following may be copied freely for personal use: the statutes and regulations of Nunavut, consolidations of the statutes and regulations of Nunavut, and consolidations of the statutes and regulations of the Northwest Territories as amended, adopted or enacted for Nunavut as of April 1, 1999.
Legislation Commented On: Cannabis Act, SC 2018, c 16; Cannabis Regulations, SOR/2018-144; Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Act, RSA 2000, c G-1; Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Regulation, Alta Reg 143/996
The Ministry of the Attorney General’s e-laws website provides information on all Ontario Statutes and Regulations.
BC Laws provides this alphabetical listing of Statutes and Regulations for the province of British Columbia.
A searchable database of statutes and regulations provided by the House of Assembly in Newfoundland and Labrador.
CanLii’s searchable database of Statutes and Regulations in [province]. Legislation can be searched by name, version, keywords or scopes.
CanLii has put together these databases based on materials available on the Statutes website of the Nova Scotia Office of the Legislative Counsel and on the Registry of Regulations Regulations website. They can be searched by keyword, title or scope.
This website provides free public access to current side-by-side bilingual versions of Yukon legislation (Acts and Regulations). Please note that although every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the legal materials on this site have been prepared for convenience of reference only and are not the official versions.
This online database is provided by CanLII. You can search through decisions of the courts and boards/tribunals as well as statutes and regulations. There are also direct links to the most viewed documents as well as the opportunity for you to search decisions by court.
CanLii’s searchable database of Statutes and Regulations in Prince Edward Island. Legislation can be searched by name, version, keywords or scopes.
The principal functions of the Treaty Law Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade are, on the one hand, to provide legal advice, both within the Department and to other government departments, on treaty law and, on the other hand, to take care of the actual “nuts and bolts” of the Canada’s treaty-making activities. In addition they maintain up-to-date records of all pertinent information relating to the status of treaties affecting Canada.
The Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada and has been published regularly by the Queen’s Printer since 1841. Published within the Canada Gazette are new statutes and regulations, proposed regulations, decisions of administrative boards and an assortment of government notices.
On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The full text appears on this webpage.
The World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII) is a free, independent and non-profit global legal research facility developed collaboratively by Legal Information Institutes and other organisations. WorldLII comprises three main facilities: Databases, Catalog and Websearch. The Databases include case-law, legislation, treaties, law reform reports, law journals, and other materials (1165 databases from 123 jurisdictions via 14 Legal Information Institutes). The WorldLII Catalog provides links to over 15,000 law-related web sites in every country in the world. Websearch makes searchable the full text of as many of these sites as WorldLII’s web-spider can reach.
Text of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (2002, c. 1) from the Department of Justice
