Research guides: Legal Research: Find Legislation

Canadian Federal Legislation

Find Canadian Federal legislation, or law that has been enacted at the Federal level of government, by using the resources below.

Canadian Legal Information Institute Databases (CanLII)
Access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.
Coverage: varies
Nexis Uni
News, legal, and business sources from around the world, Find news, legislation, case law, statutes, company profiles, market & industry reports.
Coverage: 1970s - present
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Treaties

Find treaties on different topics, including wildlife, the environment, intellectual property and international treaties.

International Wildlife Law Treaties
Find treaties on animal welfare, biological diversity, fisheries, habitat protection, ocean, living resources, species-specific and regional treaties. Also find treaties from the Antarctic, Caribbean, Europe and Paific.
Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators
Use this tool to find status data for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information. Construct custom tables by selecting countries and treaties of interest.
International Treaties
New York University School of Law provides links to a wide number of treaties ranging from human rights to Indian Affairs to United Nations treaties and more.