Federal legislation
This subject guide gathers links and content to assist in researching federal legislation.
House of Commons parliamentary business
Senate of Canada activities in the chamber
- Includes links to bills and debates.
- Search for new regulations
Orders in Council (Privy Council Office)
- Search for Orders in Council from 1990 to the present.
- Check for recent acts in force
- Locate and update a private act
Compendium of House of Commons Procedure
- Includes discussion of the workings of committees, the constitutional framework and various parliamentary publications. Provides a detailed description of the different types of bills and stages in the legislative process.
Glossary of Parliamentary Procedure
- Provides short definitions and descriptions of parliamentary terms, procedure and resources.
- Sets out basic concepts and explains how statutory interpretation rules are used to analyze legislative texts.
- on-site at Courthouse Libraries
- on-site at Courthouse Libraries
- An annotated bibliography of 15 publications that may help with locating historical federal government documents such as proclamations, regulations and orders in council. Some contain primary sources and some will provide leads to access primary sources. Contains specific resources relating to mining law, Indigenous law, and transportation law.