Subject guides: Foreign law: Canada

Canadian Legal System

'Canada is a federal parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.' (GlobalLex, Researching Canadian law)

Read about the Canadian legal system:

Researching Canadian law (GlobalLex)

Legal research and writing (3rd ed, Irwin Law, 2010)

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Key databases

BestCase Library
Access to Canadian cases, including the Dominion Law Reports via WestlawNext Canada
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
Free access to cases, legislation, and law reform
Westlaw US & International (Thomson Reuters Westlaw)
Access to Canadian primary legal materials, foreign primary and secondary legal materials

Resources

Canadian Charter of Rights Annotated
Constitutional law of Canada
Judicial review of administrative action in Canada
Mental Disorder in Canadian Criminal Law

Acts of the Parliament of Canada (Annual Statutes) (1792 - present)
Canadian Charter of Legal Rights Annotated
CANLII
Department of Justice - Justice Laws
Provincial Statutes of Canada (Hein Online)
Revised Statues of Canada (Hein Online)

Supreme Court of Cananda

The Supreme Court Reports are the authorised reports.

Canada Law Reports. Exchequer Court of Canada
Canada Law Reports. Supreme Court of Canada
Canada Supreme Court Reports
Reports of the Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada Decisions (1876 - present)
Supreme Court Reports (1876 - present) (Hein)

Federal Court of Canada

The Federal Court Reports are the authorised reports.

Decisions of the Federal Court (Federal Court of Canada)
Federal Court Reports

Other Law Reports

Administrative Law Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1983-
Alberta Law Reports v. 1 (1908) to v. 26 (1932-33) (print)
Alberta Law Reports (Canada) Westlaw
Atlantic Provinces Reports v. 1 (1975) to v. 261 (1991) (print)
British Columbia Law Reports v. 1 (1867-89) to v. 54 (1940) (print)
Business Law Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1990 -
Canada Tax Cases Westlaw 1917-
Canadian Bankruptcy Reports Westlaw 1920-
Canadian Constitutional Decisions of the Judicial Committee v. 1 to v. 3 (1954) (print)
Canadian Criminal Cases v. 1 (1898) to v. 133 (1962) (print)
Canadian Criminal Cases (BestCase), 2000-
Canadian Human Rights Reporter v. 10 (1989) to present ; & supplements: 2005 to 2007 (print)
Canadian Labour Relations Boards Reports (1974 - present) (print)
Canadian Patent Reporter (1941 - present) (print)
Canadian Reports: Appeal Cases v. 1-14 (1828/50-1905) ; 1906-1913 (print)
Carswell's Practice Cases 1976 - present (print)
Carswell Law Reports (Canada) Westlaw. Coverage varies by file
Commercial Law Reports of Canada v. 1 (1901) to v. 4 (1905) (print)
Construction Law Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1983-
Criminal Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1946-
Criminal Reports - Recueil de jurisprudence en droit criminel (1946 - present) (print)
Dominion Law Reports (1912 - present) (print)
Dominion Law Reports (BestCase) 1912-
Dominion Tax Cases v. 1 (1920/40) to v. 66 (2012) (print)
Dominion Tax Cases (CCH IntelliConnect) 1955 - 2002
Eastern Law Reporter v. 1 (1906) to v. 14 (1914) (print)
Estates and Trusts Reports (1978 - present) (print)
Estates and Trusts Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1977-
Grant's Chancery Reports v. 16 (1869) to v. 29 (1882) (print)
Immigration Law Reporter (Canada) Westlaw 1987-
Labour Arbitration Cases v. 25 (1987) to v. 35 (1989) ; 4th series, v. 1 (1989) to v. 129 (2004) (print)
Labour Arbitration Cases (BestCase) 1948-
Land Compensation Reports (BestCase) 1969-
Manitoba Law Reports v. 7 (1890-91) to v. 67 (1960-63) (print)
Maritime Provinces Reports v. 1 (1929-30) to v. 53 (1968) (print)
Motor Vehicle Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1979-
New Brunswick Reports v. 1 (1825) to v. 54 (1927/29) (print)
Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island Reports v. 1 (1971) to v. 9 (1976) (print)
Nova Scotia Law Reports v. 1 (1965) to v. 5 (1969) ; 2nd ser., v. 1 (1970) to v. 16 (1976) (print)
Ontario Appeal Reports v. 1 (1876) to v. 27 (1900) (print)
Ontario Law Reports v. 1 (1901) to v. 66 (1930-31) (print)
Ontario Reports (1932 - present) (print)
Patent, Trade Mark, Design and Copyright Cases: being reports of cases decided in Canadian Courts v. 1 (1940) to v. 44 (1971) (print)
Peters Prince Edward Island Reports v. 1 (1850-1872) (print)
Queen's Bench and Practice Court Reports v. 1 to v. 46 (print)
Rapports Judiciaires de Québec : Cour du banc du Roi (1901 - 1951) (print)
Rapports judiciaires de Québec: Cour supérieure (1937 to 1966) (print)
Rapports judiciaires officiels de Québec. Cour supérieure (en révision), Cour supérieure et Cour de circuit v. 1 (1892) to v. 74 (1936) (print)
Real Property Reports (Canada) Westlaw 1977-
Recueils de jurisprudence du Québec (1967 to 1974) (print)
Recueils de Jurisprudence du Québec/ Cour du banc de la Reine (1967 - 1969) (print)
The Reports: Decisions of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland v. 1 (1817-28) to v. 15 (1941-46) (print)
Reports of cases decided in the Court of Common Pleas of Upper Canada v. 1 (1850) to v. 32 (1882) (print) ;
Reports of Family Law (1971 - present) (print)
Reports of Family Law (Canada) Westlaw 1824-
Reports of the Exchequer Court of Canada v. 1 (1875) to v. 21 (1922) (print)
Reports of the Supreme Court of Canada v. 1 (1876-77) to v. 64 (1922) (print)
Reports of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories v. 1 (1888) to v. 2 (1989) (print)
Saskatchewan Law Reports v. 1 (1907/08) to v. 25 (1930/31) (print)
Summaries of Significant Decisions / The Residential Tenancy Commission v. 2 (1981) to v. 3 (1982) (print)
Territories Law Reports v. 1 (1900) to v. 7 (1912) (print)
Upper Canada Error and Appeal Reports (Grant) v. 1 to v. 3 (1885) (print)
Western Law Reporter v. 1 (1905) to v. 34 (1916) (print)
Western Law Times and Reports v. 1 (1890/91) to v. 6 (1895) (print)
Western Weekly Reports (1911 to 2001) (print)

Hein Online
LegalTrac
Lexis Advance

Canadian Treaty Series

Canadian Judicial System (Supreme Court of Canada)
The Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide

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