Canadian Federal Legislative Documents
House of Commons
House of Commons Chamber Business includes links for Debates (Hansard), Journals, Order Papers and Notices, Status of House Business, Bills, and House of Commons Committees (1994 - current).
| Year: | Description: | Location: |
|---|---|---|
| 1792 - 1839/40 | Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada | CA2 ON X2 J52 (Documents Folio) |
| 1841 - 1866 | Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada 1860-1866 - Sessional Papers are published as a separate volume, and continued by Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada (CA1 YS S26) |
CA1 X2 J52 (paper and microfiche) |
| 1870 - 1993 | Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons of Canada Continued by Journals of the House of Commons of Canada (CA1 X2 J55, 1994 - current) |
CA1 X5 V78 |
| 1867 - 1993 | Journals of the House of Commons of Canada Continued by Journals of the House of Commons of Canada (CA1 X2 J55) |
CA1 X2 J53 |
| 1994 - current | Journals of the House of Commons of Canada Continues both Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons of Canada (CA1 X5 V78) and the Journals of the House of Commons of Canada (CA1 X2 J53) |
CA1 X2 J55 |
| 1867 - current | House of Commons Debates | CA1 X1 D23 |
| 1867-1874 | Reconstituted Debates - Early Debates of the Parliament Debates from the House of Commons taken from newspaper reports of the day as the source of information |
Parliament of Canada |
| 1867 - 1925 | Sessional Papers of the Dominion of Canada Comprises all documents requested to be tabled in the House so that members can do their job. The most common types are Royal Commissions and Task Force reports, Annual Reports of departments, etc. If these reports are printed for distribution outside the House they are Published Sessional Papers. But if they remain as "one of a kind" documents we know them as the Unpublished Sessional Papers. Missing volumes can be found in Special Collections |
CA1 YS S26 Canadiana.org (1867 - 1900) Internet Archive (1900 - 1925) |
| 1841 - 1930 | General Index to the Journal of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada and the Sessional Papers of Parliament | CA1 XS 72G23 (Reference) |
| 1994 - current | Hansard | Parliament of Canada |
| 1962 - current | Bills of the House of Commons of Canada | CA1 CXB B56 LEGISinfo (2001 - current) |
| House of Commons Committees Produce Minutes of Proceedings, Evidence, and Reports (Standing, Special/Select, Joint, Sub) |
CA1 XC... | |
| 1962 - current | Order Paper and Notice Paper Order of busines and notices of the House of Commons |
CA1 X4 O82 |
| 1965 - 2002 | Ottawa Letter Weekly reports, with cumulative indexes, to activities of the federal government, including an alphabetic list of bills. |
CA7 CCH V35 (1965 - 1997) ProQuest 1997 - 2002 |
| 1991 | Precis of Procedure, 5th edition Procedural questions dealing with usages, forms, customs and precedents of the House of Commons of Canada and on parliamentary tradition in Canada and other jurisdictions, so far as they may be applicable to the House. Compendium - House of Commons Procedure Online has replaced the Precis of Procedure. It is a collection of articles on specialized procedural topics. |
CA1 X9 96P66 (Reference) |
| 1991 - current | Canadian Legislative Record List all public and private government bills from the federal, provincial and territorial governments. Also includes Amendments to bills after second reading and royal assents. |
CA7 CCH P67 (1991 - 2009) |
Senate
Senate Chamber Business includes links for Debates, Journals, Order Paper and Notice Paper, Progress fo Legislation, Rules of the Senate, and Procedural Information (1994 - current).
| Year: | Description: | Location: |
|---|---|---|
| 1867 - current | Journals of the Senate of Canada | CA1 YS J79 |
| 1867 - current | Debates of the Senate Starting with the 34th Parliament, the culmulative index is available on microfiche and online |
CA1 Y1 D32 |
| 1867-1872 | Reconstituted Debates - Early Debates of the Parliament Debates from the Senate taken from newspaper reports of the day as the source of information |
Parliament of Canada |
| Senate Committees Produce Minutes of Proceedings, Evidence, and Reports (Standing, Special/Select, Joint, Sub) |
CA1 YC... |
Canada Gazette
The official newspaper of the Government of Canada. Published since 1841, the Gazette covers new statutes and regulations, proposed regulations, decisions of administrative boards and an assortment of government notices. Private sector notices which are required by statute to be published to inform the public also appear.
| Year: | Description: | Location: |
|---|---|---|
| 1867 - current | Part I Notices and proposed regulations |
CA1 YX99 C14 |
| 1947 - current | Part II Official regulations |
CA1 YX99 C15 |
| 1974 - current | Part III Acts of parliament |
CA1 YX99 C16 |
| 1998 - current | Online access to the Canada Gazette | Canada Gazette (1998 - current) Library and Archives Canada (1841 - 1997) |
Statutes
| Year: | Description: | Location: |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 - current | Canada Gazette, Part III Acts of parliament |
CA1 YX99 C16 Canada Gazette (1998 - current) |
| 1841 - 1866 | Statutes of the Province of Canada | CA1 YX20 S71 |
| 1867 - current | Statutes of Canada | CA1 YX21 S71 |
| 1993 - current | Table of Public Statutes and Responsible Ministers | CA1 J T16 |
| Revised Statutes of Canada | CA1 YX41 | |
| 1939 - current | Canada Statute Citator | Canadian Legislative Material (Law Library) |
| Online access to Statutes | CanLII Department of Justice LLMC Digital Law Library |
Regulations
| Year: | Description: | Location: |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 - current | Canada Gazette, Part II Official regulations |
CA1 YX99 C15 Canada Gazette (1998 - current) |
| Consolidated Regulations of Canada | CA1 YX100... | |
| Online access to Regulations | CanLII Department of Justice |
Royal Commissions
- Index to Federal Royal Commissions
Index provides author and keyword access to materials associated with all federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation. The index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents. - Federal Royal Commissions of Canada, 1867-1966, A Checklist
CA1 X9 67F26 - Records of Federal Royal Commissions
CA1 AK84 S033
Last Updated: 29 November 2011
