Researching Canadian Legislation & Parliamentary Materials: Bill Tracking/Updating Legislation

To track the progress of statutes, bills and regulations for all jurisdictions, use Canadian legislative pulse.

Updated daily, the service includes links to full text bills and regulations. Users can sign up for email notifications about new legislation, amended legislation and bills.

For federal bills only, using LEGISInfo, you can access the details and step-by-step information on the passage of bills before the House of Commons and the  Senate . For more recent legislation, the depth and scope of coverage is truly remarkable, including material from the House, Senate and even Committees. Coverage extends back to the first session of the thirty-fifth Parliament (January 17, 1994). LEGISInfo is searchable and the information is updated after every seating.

Federal

• Table of Public Statues and Responsible Ministers (Government of Canada Justice Laws)
• The Canada Statute Citator (print)
• Canada statute service (eResource)

Ontario

• Public Statues and Ministers Responsible (Ontario e-Laws)
• The Ontario Statute Citator, R.S.O. 1990 edition (print)
• Ontario Citator Service (eResource)
• Bills and Lawmaking - Legislative Assembly of Ontario.  The Legislative Assembly of Ontario website provides access to Bills from the current sitting as well as previous sessions going back to 1995. Information on the progress and status of bills, links to the Hansard debates and lists of acts affected are also included.

Further Reading

McCormack, N, and Léonard, N: Updating Statutes and Regulations for all Canadian Jurisdictions