Canadian Government Documents Search (federal, provincial and municipal)

(code courtesy of MADGIC, Carleton University)

Government of Canada Publications Search (www.publications.gc.ca)

General

• Canada Site - the official government of Canada website.
  Includes links to Federal departments and agencies.
• Government of Canada Publications for free electronic publications.
• Canadian federal government databases accessible through the Internet (2008)
  Some of these databases require user registration.
• Early Canadiana Online
  An excellent collection of books, pamphlets and government publications documenting Canadian history from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century.
• Federal Government Publications on Internet Archive
  • Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada, 1901-1925
  • Annual Departmental Reports of the Dominion of Canada, 1927-1930
  • Wages, Rates, Salaries and Hours of Labour, 1901-1983
  • Canadian Statistical Review, 1937-1955
  • Bank of Canada Statistical Summary, 1937-1955
  • Report of the Auditor General to the House of Commons, 1880-1981
  • The Labour Gazette, 1900-1945

Issues and policies

• Library of Parliament Research Publications
  Current reports (via Parliament's Virtual Library);
  Earlier reports
  Backgrounders, current issue reviews, and legislative summaries prepared by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service.
• Canadian Social Trends
  A quarterly journal from Statistics Canada containing articles on "social, economic, and demographic changes affecting the lives of Canadians". This publication was discontinued with the Winter 2012 issue. It is continued by Insights on Canadian Society.
  CA1 BS11 C008 (Documents Reference)
• Insights on Canadian Society
  Brings together and analyzes a wide range of data sources in order to provide information on various aspects of Canadian society, including labour, income, education, social, and demographic issues, that affect the lives of Canadians. This publication replaces Canadian Social Trends.

Legislation / Parliament

• Pre-Confederation
• Canadian Federal Legislative Documents
• Canadian Legislative Documents (table maintained by Queen's Law Library)
• Tracing a bill - Canada (Federal)
• How a Government Bill becomes Law - Canada
• Parliament of Canada
• LEGISinfo
  Electronic versions of Journals, Debates, Bills from the 35th Parliament (1994) to present
• Reconstituted Debates - The Early Debates of Parliament
  Debates from the Senate (1867-1870) and the House of Commons (1867-1874) taken from newspaper reports of the day as the source of information
• Journals
  House of Commons: CA1 X2 J55 (1994- ); also CA1 X2 J53 (1867-1993)
  Senate: CA1 Y2 J79
• Debates (Hansard)
  House of Commons: CA1 X1 D23
  Senate: CA1 Y1 D32
  Index: Index to Senate Debates
• Bills
  CA1 XB B56
• Statutes
  Electronic: Consolidated Statutes and Regulations
  Paper:
  Revised Statutes - CA1 YX41 85R27
  Statutes of Canada (annually from 1867/68) - CA1 YX21 S71

Statistics

• Quick starts:
  Statistics Canada Site Search
  Statistics Canada Summary Tables
• Statistics Canada E-Collection
  Free electronic publications
• CANSIM
  Economic, demographic, and social data.
  Time series database; updated weekly.
  Access is restricted to Queen's faculty, students, and staff.
• E-STAT
  Current CANSIM tables, recent census data, historical data.
  Aimed at educational institutions; updated once a year.
  Access is restricted to Queen's faculty, students, and staff.
• Census
  Statistics Canada's census website
• PCensus
  Information from the 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2011 Censuses of Canada.
• Historical statistics
• More statistics sources available through the Social Science Data Centre.