Government Information: Canada

-- See also Listing of Government of Canada Departments and Agencies

Library and Archives Canada preserves and makes accessible the documentary heritage of Canada.

A collection of more than 26,000 open data and information assets.

Access to bills, committees, debates, journals, proceedings, evidence, etc.
See also: Library of Parliament Research Publications & LEGISinfo

The Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources portal includes all debates and journals from Parliament 1, Session 1 (1867) until coverage on parl.gc.ca begins.

Official newspaper of the Government of Canada; Means of informing Canadians of the operations of government and to involve them actively in the legislative process. U. of L. Library has PRINT holdings Vol. 101 (1967) - Vol. 146 (2012) for Part I (Notices and Proposed Regulations) & Part II (Official Regulations).

Online source of the consolidated Acts and regulations of Canada (laws). U. of L. Library has PRINT holdings of the Statutes of Canada and Revised Statutes of Canada. See also The Canadian Legal Research and Writing Guide, 2018.

Index (not full-text) to materials associated with more than 200 federal Royal Commissions that have taken place since Confederation.

Includes House of Commons, Senate & Joint Committees.

Recent and archived (1968+) federal budget information from the Department of Finance Canada.

Publications, research and statistics from Canada's central bank.

CRA administers tax laws for the Government of Canada and for most provinces and territories.

See also: Canadian Intellectual Property Office (copyrights, patents, and trade-marks) and Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) (consumer interests and protection).

Statistics on population, society, economy, etc.

Provider of information about Canada’s health system and the health of Canadians.

Canadian demography, education, health and aging, justice, housing, income, labour market, household, economy, travel, finance, agriculture, foreign trade and environment.

Analyze financial interactions of governments and individuals in Canada; assess cost implications & income redistributive effects of changes in the personal taxation and cash transfer system.

Sources of historical statistics produced by Statistics Canada and its predecessor agencies.

Queen's U. guide contains both federal and provincial sources; highlights open access options.

Portal scope is based on the collection policies and practices of individual APLIC libraries. Content varies with each jurisdiction. The portal is not comprehensive or exhaustive.

Resource for First Nations produced data and data-related information from the First Nations Information Governance Centre.