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Legislation

Bylaws of BC Municipalities
Alphabetical list of links; if any are broken, google the municipality's name with the word bylaws.
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
Statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions from jurisdictions all across Canada. Search all, federal, or by province/territory. Unofficial versions. Some point-in-time, as well as some commentary.
BC Laws (BC King's Printer)
Current legislation--including private, special, and local acts--with some point-in-time. Orders in council going back to 1872; Gazette II. Gazette I for 2003-current year.
Internet Sources of Canadian Legislation and Parliamentary Material
Table of links organized into federal, and then province or territory (west to east). Bora Laskin Law Library, U of T.
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
Statutes and regulations, bills, debates (Hansard), votes & proceedings.

QuickScribe This link opens in a new window
For legal research. Access B.C. statutes, regulations, and current legislation, as well as key federal legislation.

Consolidated Statutes & Regulations of Canada
Browse along the left to access by title, or search the Statutes and Regulations of Canada. Official versions.
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)
Statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions from jurisdictions all across Canada. Search all, federal, or by province/territory. Unofficial versions. Some point-in-time.
LEGISINFO
Essential research tool for finding information on bills (draft legislation) currently before the Canadian Parliament.

These links explain if an area of law is federal, provincial/territorial, or shared responsibility:

Federal, Provincial or Shared Jurisdiction - Table
Scroll down for the handy table. Canada's Legal System - Sharing of Legislative Powers in Canada (U Ottawa)
The Constitutional Distribution of Legislative Powers
Intergovernmental affairs. Privy Council Office.
How Canadians Govern Themselves
Parliament of Canada.

World Legal Information Institute
Access to worldwide law, including judicial decisions.
Cornell University Law School
Collection of world legal materials, country by country & continent by continent.
Library of Congress: Foreign and International Law
The Library of Congress has individual guides for a selection of countries.
United Nations

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