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Government Information: Canadian Federal Statutes: Home

This guide will assist the user in researching Canadian federal statutes and will show the user how to research bills before parliament.

Contents

This guide provides you with the resources to find and update Canadian Federal Statutes. It is broken down into the following sections: 

  • Terminology and Resources
    Terms used in researching statutes. Resources used in finding and updating statutes. 
  • Finding Statutes
    What you need to know to find a Statute and how to do it. 
  • Updating Statutes
    How to find the most current version of a Statute and how to see what parts of it are in force and what parts are not. 
  • Tracing Federal Legislation (Videos)
    These three short videos will walk you through the process of tracing Canadian Federal legislation. They will show you how to trace most legislation but, from time to time, there will exceptions to the rules
  • Related Guides
    Related topical guides at York and elsewhere.