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Government & Legal Information

Finding Legal Information

This guide provides key resources for legal information from Canada, the United States, and other countries.

For print materials, please search Omni. Government and legal materials in print are located on Floor 7 of the Library.

Canada - Federal

Federal Statutes (Laws)

Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
Statutes are also known as laws and can been searched online through this resource.
Canada Statute Citator
A list of statutory amendments are available through the Citator which is in print on the 7th floor (CA1 YX S712 1985).

Caselaw (Court decisions)

LawSource This link opens in a new window
CanLii This link opens in a new window

Supreme Court of Canada Cases in Brief
Summaries of cases in reader-friendly language, with links to the original cases; comparing the two versions might be helpful for figuring out how the full case is organized.
The CanLII Primer: Legal Research Principles and CanLII Navigation for Self-Represented Litigants
A guide to using CanLII with a very basic overview of how law is created in Canada, as a combination of case law and legislation.

Treaties

Treaty List (Global Affairs Canada)

Canada - Provincial

Ontario Statutes (Laws)

E-Laws
Online resource of Ontario statutes and regulations.

Provincial Statutes (Laws) and Caselaw (Court decisions)

LawSource This link opens in a new window
CanLii This link opens in a new window

Other Countries

United States

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window

Legal Information Institute (LII)

United Kingdom

Commonwealth

Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII)

Other Countries / Regions

World Legal Information Institute (WorldLII)

International Organizations

Last Updated: Aug 22, 2024 3:35 PM
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