Federal (Canada)

Websites

Canada : Canada Gazette
The official newspaper of the Government of Canada. Contents include new statutes and regulations, proposed regulations, decisions of administrative boards and a variety of government notices. Also provides a link to Unclaimed Bank Balances.

Canada : Elections Canada
Find voter information, maps, lists of candidates, search for your electoral district - this site contains everything you need to know about the upcoming federal election.

Canada : Federal Government
Canada's official home page.

Canada : Parliamentary Internet
The official site of Canada's Parliament - House of Commons, Senate and Library of Parliament.

Inside Canada's Parliament
Inside Parliament throws opne the doors of Parliament -- taking you behind the scenes, through its corridors and back passages, to show you how the work of Parliament gets done.

Today in the House
House of Commons publications, including Hansard (debates), the House of Commons calendar and House of Commons vote information beginning with the 38th Parliament.

CanLII                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
The Canadian Legal Information Institute provides information on Legislation, Courts, Boards and Tribunals and some frequently consulted documents.

International

Websites

United Kingdom : DirectGov
A portal to a wide range of British government services. Provides links to other government directories, a search engine, and a link to "Guide to Government", a step-by-step guide to how the British government works.

United States : FirstGov
The U.S. government's official Web portal.

United States Government Manual
This website provides comprehensive information on the agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of the US Federal Government.

United States: The White House
The official web site of the President of the United States.

United Nations
The United Nations official Web portal.

Law (Canadian)

Searching for Encyclopedias or Reference Books?

Canada. Department of Justice website. This is the official Canadian government website dedicated to providing PDFs of the full content of frequently accessed Canadian laws, statutes, amendments, etc. 
Type in, or find and click on the requested laws, statutes, etc.to obtain a PDF of the full content, with table of contents for quick access.

Canadian Encyclopedia
The online Canadian Encyclopedia provides a history of Canada’s legal origins, concise descriptions on all aspects of Canadian law, links to other legal sites, and a glossary of legal terms.
Click on Law in the subject index to locate keywords on Canadian law, or type in query in the search box provided.

Dictionaries of Legal Terms

Searching for Books?

Books about Canadian law

Books about Criminal Law, including Criminal Code

Books about Family Law

Books about Labour Law

Books about Youth crimeand the Criminal Justice Act

Books about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Books about Canadian human rights

 

Searching for Magazine, Journal and Newspaper Articles?

Using Information Databases, you will find articles published in magazines, newspapers and academic journals that you can’t find using the Internet. All our databases are listed on our website but we recommend you try the ones below first.
*If you are using a computer that isn’t in the library, you’ll be asked to type in your library card number.

CBCA

• Click on Advanced to do an advanced search.
• Try these search phrases law - Canada and name of law or act, or human rights or charter of rights.
• Limit to “full-text documents only”
• On the results screen use the tabs labeled scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers to see results from those sources.

Ebsco Host

• Click on Advanced search.
• Type in Canada and law as keywords, or name of law or act, or charter of rights, or human rights.
• Click on search.

ELibrary

• Type in name of law or act or subject and click on Canadian documents only.
• Click on search.

See all Information Databases.

What are Information Databases?

Recommended Websites

History of Canada in the Making; Common Law and Civil Law
An overview of Canada’s history of law, starting from its French and British origins. Includes bibliography and links to other historical sites.

Introduction to Canada’s Criminal Law and the Jury System
An in-depth explanation of Canadian criminal law, sources of Canada’s criminal law, category of criminal offences, and court and jury systems.
Click on topics of interest for information.

Canadian Human Rights and Charter of Rights and Freedoms
A descriptive account of these rights and links to provincial websites.

Family Law

Canada. Department of Justice. Family Law Assistance Services
Click on applicable headings for assisted government help, and links to related sites.

Youth Criminal Justice in Canada
The Canadian Children’s Rights Council has created an overview of this topic, with a variety of informative sources.

Access to Justice Network
ACJNet is a gateway to federal, provincial and territorial legal information. The jump menu arranges the site's resources by subjects; including child abuse, AIDS, and literacy.

Canada: Department of Justice Canada 
This site offers a wealth of information about the Canadian justice system. Select "Resource Centre" to find publications, statistics, and links to information on topics such as child support, immigration, and court decisions.

Canada: Federal Laws and Legal Information
Canada's federal level Statutes and Regulations. Scroll down the page to view commonly requested Statutes and links to other sites.

Canada: Parliamentary Internet
This site includes explanations of bills being considered in the House and Senate.

Canada: Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court judgements, bulletins and news releases can be found through broad subject categories (Aboriginal law, civil rights, medical malpractice), fulltext or field searching.

Canadian Human Rights Act
Full access to the act and an index, from the federal Department of Justice.

Canadian Human Rights Commission
Answers questions on employment equity and discrimination prevention.  Contains links to the federal Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The federal Department of Justice link to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute)
CanLII is a non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. CanLII's goal is to make Canadian law accessible for free on the Internet.

CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario)
CLEO provides easy to read material on human rights, women's issues, family law, employment insurance, social assistance, landlord & tenant law, and refugee and immigration law.  Available in the following languages, in addition to English and French: Urdu, Arabic, Tamil, Spanish, Chinese and Somali.

Family Law Education for Women
FLEW is a project funded by the Ontario government to inform women's decisions about family law issues. A primary focus is on women vulnerable due to language, recent immigration, disability or other factors limiting access.

Justice Ontario
Your one stop source for questions about Ontario's legal system, including:  finding a lawyer, tickets and fines, lawsuits and disputes, family and criminal law, human rights, wills and estates

Ontario Courts Services
This website provides full-text PDFs of Ontario Court forms in the areas of Family Law Rules forms; Rules of Civil Procedure forms; and Rules of Small Claims Court forms.

Ontario E-Laws
"E-laws" for access to Ontario Statutes and Regulations and current Bills. 

 Ontario Legislative Assembly
The Ontario Legislative Assembly makes their bills available here. An explanation of how a bill becomes law is included.

Ontario: Ministry of the Attorney General
This web site covers popular links, current news items and general reference information that this provincial office is responsible for.

Municipal (city)

Links

Guide to City Hall
Compiled by the Urban League, this document shows the jurisdiction of the various City Hall committees, as well as each committee's contact information.

Websites

City of London web site
The official web site of the City of London. Popular topics include Public Meeting schedules, Budget proposals and Building Permits.

My Community Info
Provides quick and easy access to Canadian, Ontario and municipal government information as well as local community information in the City of London, Middlesex and Oxford Counties.

Provincial (Ontario)

Websites

Ontario : Elections Ontario
This site contains a wealth of information about elections in Ontario. Find the latest election results, or search by postal code or address to see which electoral district you live in and who your MPP is.

Ontario : Legislative Assembly
Visit this site to find out what's happening at Queen's Park. Get information about members, watch a Webcast of the current session, read online transcripts of debates (Hansards), and trace the progress of bills.

Ontario : ServiceOntario
A portal to provincial government information and services for business, individuals, and workers. Includes a link to government forms online, as well as information on services for women and children.

Ontario Gazette
The weekly review of Ontario Government business. Includes current amendments to the Regulations and listings for Sales of Lands for Tax Arrears and Sheriff's Sales of Lands.

Ontario Government
Ontario's official home page. Looking for a particular government document? - try "Publications" on the sidebar of the home page first. If you cannot find what you need, try "Government Web Sites" for the Publications option on the individual Ministry site which most likely produced the document.

Statistics

Websites

Bank of Canada
The Bank of Canada publishes a number of periodicals for general and specialist audiences. For example, Weekly Financial Statistics and Banking and Financial Statistics.

City of London Statistics
Statistical profiles of the City of London and its planning districts, based on the Statistics Canada census. Also contains maps of community statistics and information. There is a print version entitled Profile of London's Neighbourhoods at the 2nd Floor Central branch Help Desk.

Consumer Price Index
Measures of changes in prices paid by consumers, such as the Consumer Price Index and the New Housing Price Indexes

Statistics Canada Census Tract Profiles
A feature of the Statistics Canada website, this site pulls up census tract profiles on smaller geographic areas with populations up to 8,000.

Statistics Canada Community Profiles
Vital Statistics Canada local community information is available by typing in the place name.

United Nations  Commodity Trade Statistics Database
This database utilizes the information provided by over 170 reporter countries that provide annual international trade stats data.  It is the largest depository of international trade data with over 1.7 billion data records covering 45 years. (Access is best with IE browser).