Canadian Law Resources

Legislation

Federal Legislation: Department of Justice

Multi-jurisdictional: CanLII

Gateways to federal and provincial Acts, Bills and Regulations

Canadian Legislation and Parliamentary Materials on the Internet (Osgoode Hall Law School Library, York University)
Canadian Legislation Online (The Law Society of Upper Canada)

Westlaw

Parliamentary Materials:

Federal: Parliament of Canada - Chamber Debates (Senate and House of Commons)

Federal and Provincial: Canadian Legislation Online (The Law Society of Upper Canada)

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Case Law

Case Citators

KeyCite Canada (Westlaw - use the "KeyCite this citation" search box on the Westlaw Canada tab).

BestCase (use the Note Up feature)

CanLII (use the noteup feature)

Case Digest

Canadian Abridgment (Westlaw)

Canadian Law Reports

The following law reports are available online or in print through Bond Library:

Abbreviation	Name	Online	Print
Admin LR	Administrative Law Reports	Westlaw	-
ACWS	All-Canada Weekly Summaries	BestCase	-
Alta LR	Alberta Law Reports	Westlaw	-
BCLR	British Columbia Law Reports	Westlaw	-
BLR	Business Law Reports	Westlaw	STORAGE
CBR	Canadian Bankruptcy Reports	Westlaw	-
CCC	Canadian Criminal Cases	BestCase	STORAGE
CCEL	Canadian Cases on Employment Law	Westlaw	-
CCLI	Canadian Cases on the Law of Insurance	Westlaw	STORAGE
CCLS	Canadian Cases on the Law of Securities	Westlaw	-
CCLT	Canadian Cases on the Law of Torts	Westlaw	-
CCPB	Canadian Cases on the Pensions and Benefits	Westlaw	-
CELR	Canadian Environmental Law Reports	Westlaw	STORAGE
CIPR	Canadian Intellectual Property Reports (1984-90)	Westlaw	-
CRAC	Canadian Reports, Appeal Cases (1871-78); (1912-13)	Westlaw	-
CPC	Carswell's Practice Cases	Westlaw	-
CLR	Construction Law Reports	Westlaw	-
Cout SC	Coutlee's Canada Supreme Court Cases (1874-1906)	Westlaw	-
CR	Criminal Reports	Westlaw	-
CTC	Canadian Tax Cases	Westlaw	-
DLR	Dominion Law Reports	BestCase	KG/41/DOML
ELR	Eastern Law Reporter (1906-14)	Westlaw	-
ETR	Estates and Trusts Reports	Westlaw	-
Fox Pat C	Fox Patent Cases (1940-71)	Westlaw	-
GSTC	Canada G.S.T. Cases	Westlaw	-
IMM LR	Immigration Law Reporter	Westlaw	-
LAC	Labour Arbitration Cases	BestCase	-
LCR	Land Compensation Reports	BestCase	-
MPR	Maritime Provinces Reports (1929-68)	Westlaw	-
MVR	Motor Vehicle Reports	Westlaw	-
MPLR	Municipal and Planning Law Reports	Westlaw	-
NBR	New Brunswick Reports (1867-1929)	Westlaw	-
NWTR	Northwest TerriTories Reports	Westlaw	-
NSR	Nova Scotia Reports (1886-1929)	Westlaw	-
OMBR	Ontario Municipal Board Reports	BestCase	-
OR	Ontario Reports (1934-55)	Westlaw	-
OWR	Ontario Weekly Reporter (1902-16)	Westlaw	-
PPSAC	Personal Property Security Act Cases	Westlaw	-
PR	Ontario Practice Reports (1896-1904)	Westlaw	-
RFL	Reports of Family Law	Westlaw	STORAGE
RFL Rep	Reports of Family Law, Reprint Series (1824-1970)	Westlaw	STORAGE
RPR	Real Property Reports	Westlaw	-
Sask LR	Saskatchewan Law Reports (1916-31)	Westlaw	-
SCR	Supreme Court Reports	Lexis (1876 - present) Lexum	-
Tax ABC	Tax Appeal Board Cases (1949-71)	Westlaw	-
WCB	Weekly Criminal Bulletin	BestCase	-
WLR	Western Law Reports (1905-16)	Westlaw	-
WWR	Western Weekly Reports	Westlaw	-

Case Law Databases

BestCase

Lexis

Westlaw

Case Law Websites

Canadian Case Law Online (Law Society of Upper Canada)

CanLII

Treatises, Commentaries etc

A selection of the online and print sources available through the Library.

Note on browsing Westlaw titles - click on the "Table of Contents" link on the right hand side of the search screen to browse (not available for all titles).

Encyclopedia

Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Westlaw)

The Canadian Encyclopedic Digest provides a comprehensive statement of the law of Ontario and the four western provinces - provincial, federal and common law - as derived from the case law and legislation.