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).

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 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.
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.

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

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

Statistics Canada This link opens in a new window
Statistics Canada is Canada's national statistics agency. Its web site provides access to a wide range of Canadian statistics, statistical publications, and analytical reports.
CANSIM [via CHASS] This link opens in a new window
CANSIM contains time series covering a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life, including topics data relating to topics such as the system of national accounts, labour, manufacturing, construction, trade, agriculture, and finance.
Canadian Census Analyser This link opens in a new window
Access and tailor 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.
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, while the Census of Agriculture provides a comprehensive and integrated profile of the physical, economic, social and environmental aspects of Canada's agriculture industry.

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