LibGuides: Government Information: Collections & Databases

Government Document Collections Online & Print

Full-text of Canadian FEDERAL government documents available via Government of Canada Publications catalogue website and the Internet Archive's Canadian Government Publications Portal.
Full-text of Alberta PROVINCIAL government documents available via Government of Alberta Open Government publications website and the Internet Archive Collection of Alberta Government Documents.
The Library collects government laws, regulations, reports, and departmental documents - search SUMMON to locate print and/or links to electronic versions. [Complete collections of current government publications available online from government department websites].
Print version of government documents are primarily located in UofL Government Documents location (Level 9-North) of the Library and arranged using the CODOC classification system; documents sometimes interspersed within the UofL Main Collection (Level 9).

Indexes & Databases for Finding Government Documents

Recommended databases for locating Canadian government documents:

Provincial Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOPP)
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.

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute) This link opens in a new window
CanLII provides access to primary sources of Canadian law, including the legislative and judicial texts, as well as legal commentaries, from federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Also includes links to law information in other countries.

Content: Canadian, Court Law, Court Records, Free Access, Primary Source
Canadiana Online This link opens in a new window
A full-text bilingual collection of primary documents, including books, annuals, and periodicals, documenting Canadian history from the first European contact to the early 20th Century. Includes Colonial Government Journals, Early Governor Generals of Canada, Early Official Publications, and more. Coverage: 16th to the early 20th century.

Canadian (and Other) Official Government Documents [Custom Google Search via Carleton University]
Searches over 775 core domains at the Federal, Provincial and Municipal levels of government. Also includes ability to search international jurisdictions.

Numeric & Spatial Data Files

The Spatial & Numeric Data web pages provide additional information about machine-readable data available to students and faculty.

Socio-Economic Statistical Tools & Resources

Recommended tools for finding, displaying and downloading Canadian socio-economic statistics:

Statistics Canada Data Portal This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada Data Portal is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database. Updated daily, Statistics Canada Data Portal provides access to a large range of the latest statistics available in Canada.
CANSIM [via CHASS] This link opens in a new window
CANSIM is Statistics Canada's main socioeconomic database. Updated daily, CANSIM covers a large range of latest statistics available for Canada including in such key subject areas as: agriculture, business performance and ownership, construction and housing, culture, demography, domestic trade, economic accounts, education, energy, environment and natural resources, finance, health and social conditions, household expenditures, international trade, justice, labour, manufacturing, prices and price indexes, service industries, transportation, travel and tourism. Data include series which are active and ongoing, and also some which are inactive and only available for historical periods.

Content: Canadian, Data, General/Multidisciplinary, Statistics
Canadian Census Analyser This link opens in a new window
Access and tailor your output of Canadian census data, including access to Enumeration Area level Profile Tables, Census Tract level Profile Tables, Provincial and Federal District Profile Tables and the Individual Microdata Files.

Content: Canadian, Data, Statistics
Census of Population/Census of Agriculture [via Statistics Canada] This link opens in a new window
The Census of Population provides a detailed statistical portrait of Canada and its people by their demographic, social and economic characteristics.

The Census of Agriculture provides a comprehensive and integrated profile of the physical, economic, social and environmental aspects of Canada's agriculture industry.

Content: Canadian, Data, Free Access, Reference, Statistics

GeoSearch [Statistics Canada]
An interactive mapping application that makes it easy to find geographic areas in Canada for which census data are available.

Government Information: Collections & Databases

Government Document Collections Online & Print

Indexes & Databases for Finding Government Documents

Numeric & Spatial Data Files

Socio-Economic Statistical Tools & Resources

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