Federal
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.
Issues and policies
- Library of Parliament Research Publications
Current reports (via Parliament's Virtual Library);
Earlier reports (via Library of Parliament's DSP site)
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".
CA1 BS11 C008 (Documents Reference)
Online: Articles (Winter 1998 - ) and Index
Legislation / Parliament
- Pre-Confederation
- Canadian Federal Legislative Documents
- 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, and 2006 Censuses of Canada. - Historical statistics
- More statistics sources available through the Social Science Data Centre.
Last Updated: 05 January 2012
