Researching Federal Law

Sources for Federal Law

Current Consolidated Law  (official)  From the Department of Justice website.

Current Consolidated Law (unofficial)  From CanLii.

Statutes (as enacted)  (official)  The Canada Gazette Part III is an official source for session laws.  A scanned copy of the Canada Gazette Part Three is provided, going back all the way to 1841 (Canada Gazette).

Statutes (as enacted)  (scanned version of official)  The Session Laws Library via Hein Online provides access to the scanned contents of the Statutes of Canada going back to 1792.

Statutes (as enacted)  (authoritative)  From the Department of Justice website.

Current Consolidated Regulations (official)  From the Department of Justice website.

Current Consolidated Regulations (unofficial)  From CanLii.

Regulations (as enacted) (official)  The Canada Gazette Part II website.

Locate statute sources in the Paul Martin Law Library.

Sources for Federal Legislative Materials

Debates of the Parliament of Canada

Current

Debates, Bills, Journalls, Committee Reports and Status of Bills information for the House and Senate beginning with the 35th Parliament, 1st Session (1994) are available online through LegisInfo.

Historical

The Parliament of Canada in collaboration with the Library of Parliament initiated a project to reconstitute the early debates of the Senate from 1867 to 1870, and of the House of Commons for the years 1867 through 1874.  These are available online.
 

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Here is an excellent guide to locating Canada's Treaties with Aboriginal peoples.