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Federal statutes and regulations
Search federal statutes and regulations by title, keyword, subject, etc. Links to related statutory resources, case law, other provinces. For recent regulations, see Canada Gazette (below). Caution: the electronic statutes are not official versions, and they are updated infrequently. Do not rely on them without verifying them against up-to-date official sources.
English: http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/index.html
French: http://lois.justice.gc.ca/fr/index.html

Canada Gazette
Canada Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of Canada. Part I contains formal notices; Part II contains Regulations and other statutory instruments; Part III contains Public Acts of Parliament.
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/index-e.html

Parliament of Canada
Text and status of Bills, House of Commons Debates (Hansard), Committee proceedings, MPs and Senators, "Virtual library" of Parliament has numerous papers by the Parliamentary Research Branch.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/

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Ontario

Statues and Regulations
Search Ontario statutes and regulations by title, keyword, subject, etc. Links to other Ontario government sites and other Canadian legislative sites. For recent regulations, see Ontario Gazette (below). Caution: the electronic statutes are not official versions, and they are updated infrequently. Do not rely on them without verifying them against up-to-date official sources.
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/

Ontario Gazette
The Ontario Gazette publishes government proclamations and notices, regulations. The contents of the Gazette cannot be searched on the site, and indexes are not identified.
www.ontariogazette.gov.on.ca/mbs/gazette/gazette.nsf/

Ontario Legislative Assembly
Text and status of bills, legislative debates (Hansard), committee proceedings.
http://www.ontla.on.ca/

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British Columbia

Statutes
Search British Columbia Revised Statutes by title, keyword. Historical tables, provisions in force, etc., available. Caution: online statutes are not up-to-date.
http://www.gov.bc.ca/bvprd/bc/channel.do?
action=simple&channelID=-8351&navId=NAV_ID_province
&crumb=B.C.+Home&crumburl=%2Fhome.do

Bills

Text and status of bills, links to legislative debates (Hansard), committee proceedings, documents, and legislation.
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/

Statutes and Regulations
Search British Columbia statutes and regulations by title. Caution: electronic statutes may not be up-to-date.
http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/

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Alberta

Statutes
Consolidated statutes are available. There is no search funciton of drill-down menu system.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/display_acts.cfm

Regulations
Consolidated regulations are available. Not all Regulations are available. There is no search function or drill-down menu system.
http://www.qp.gov.ab.ca/display_regs.cfm

Bills
Search Bills and Amendments. Site provides for a Petitioners Guide for Private Bills.
http://www.assembly.ab.ca/pro/bills/ba-main.asp

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Saskatchewan

Statues and regulations
"Freelaw" gives free access to electronic versions of all Saskatchewan legislation, regulations, and the Saskatchewan Gazette. Some legislation is available in French.
http://www.qp.gov.sk.ca/

Bills
Search through Legislative publications, including Hansard, Journals and Votes, Committee verbatim, and Bills (for the current session only).
http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/search/

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Manitoba

Statutes
Revised statutes are available by title but cannot be searched, except through a paid-subscription site.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/statpub/free/index.html

Bills
Bills are indexed by legislative session, and can also be searched by keyword.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/leg-asmb/bills/session/index.html

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Quebec

Civil Code of Quebec/Code civil du Québec
Search or browse the Civil Code of Quebec.
English: http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ccq/en/index.html
French: http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ccq/fr/index.html

Article on the Civil Code: Une vue d'ensemble du nouveau Code civil du Québec: http://www.avocat.qc.ca/public/iiccqvachon.htm

Statutes & Regulations:
Search statutes, regulations, and bills by subject or keyword, in English or French. Links to Official Gazette.
http://publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/

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New Brunswick

Statutes and Regulations
Statutes can be searched by title, keyword, and by responsible government department. Regulations can be searched by title and keyword.
English: http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/index-e.asp
Français: http://www.gnb.ca/0062/acts/index-f.asp

Bills
Text of Bills (First Reading only) indexed by legislative session, status of bills & legislation tables, committee reports, and daily order & notice paper from the New Brunswick legislature.
English: http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index-e.asp
Français: http://www.gnb.ca/legis/index-f.asp

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Nova Scotia

Statutes:
Search statutes alphabetically. Caution: Online versions have no official status at this time and may not be up-to-date.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/legi/legc/index.htm

Regulations
Search regulations alphabetically.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/just/regulations/index.htm

Bills
Search text and status of Bills by name or number since 1995.
http://www.gov.ns.ca/legi/legc/index.htm

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Prince Edward Island

Statutes
Search the Statutes of Prince Edward Island alphabetically or by keyword.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/law/statutes/index.php3

Bills
Search text and status of Bills introduced since the spring of 1997, by title or by keyword.
http://www.gov.pe.ca/leg/bills/index.php3

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Newfoundland

Statutes & Regulations
Search statutes and regulations alphabetically. Also search Table of Statutes, Table of Public General Statutes, list of proclamation dates, history and disposal of Acts table. Caution: Online statutes may not be up-to-date.
http://www.gov.nf.ca/hoa/sr

Bills
Search progress of Bills, Hansard, and records of business conducted in the House of Assembly etc.
http://www.gov.nf.ca/hoa/business

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Yukon

Statutes & Regulations
Search through revised statutes and regulations. Table of Public Statutes provided. Caution: Online statutes may not be up-to-date.
http://canlii.org/en/yk/

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Northwest Territories

Statutes & Regulations
Search statutes and regulations. Note: unofficial site.
http://canlii.org/en/nt/

Bills
Status and text of bills.
http://www.assembly.gov.nt.ca/HouseBusiness/Legislation/

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Nunavut

Statutes
http://www.nunavutcourtofjustice.ca/library/consolacts.htm
See also: http://www.lex-nu.ca/

Regulations
Search statutes and regulations. Note: unofficial site.
http://www.lex-nu.ca/

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