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Canadian Legislation and Case Law Databases

Ontario Case Law
Find case information online about criminal and civil court cases in the Superior Court of Justice.
CanLii - Canadian Legal Information Institute
Canadian Cases, Legislation, and commentary, Federal and Provincial

CriminalSource (Westlaw Canada) This link opens in a new window
(Thomson Reuters / Carswell) Criminal law court and tribunal decisions, legislation, and commentary. Includes online access to Martin's Annual Criminal Code, Canadian Criminal Cases (CCC), and all Ontario criminal law statutes and regulations.
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E-Laws (Ontario Statutes and Regulations) This link opens in a new window
(Queen's Printer for Ontario) Provides access to consolidated versions of most of Ontario's public statutes and regulations.
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LabourSource (Westlaw Canada) This link opens in a new window
(Thomson Reuters / Carswell) Labour and employment law court and tribunal decisions, legislation, and commentary. Includes online access to Labour Arbitration Cases (LAC) case reports and Brown and Beatty's Canadian Labour Arbitration text.
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LawSource (Westlaw Canada) This link opens in a new window
(Thomson Reuters / Carswell) Contains the text of, and noting-up functionality for, Canadian legal decisions and legislation, as well as the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, law report and journal articles, the Canadian Abridgment Case Digests, and Words & Phrases Judicially Defined.
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Lexis Advance Quicklaw This link opens in a new window
(LexisNexis) Access to Canadian court and tribunal case decisions, full-text legal journal articles, rules of court, statutes and regulations, and legal dictionaries and glossaries.

- Sessions may time-out automatically after 60 minutes. To restart your session, do not click the "Sign In" button that appears in the Lexis platform. You must close your browser window and then come back through Seneca Libraries' website.
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Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
(LexisNexis) A large multi-tiered database of thousands of sources including newspapers, journals, wire services, newsletters, company reports and SEC filings, case law, government documents, transcripts of broadcasts, and selected reference works.
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O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms (Westlaw Canada) This link opens in a new window
(Thomson Reuters) Downloadable and editable forms covering corporate law, leases, wills and trusts, Ontario Family Law proceedings, and Ontario Court proceedings.

- Please note that we do not subscribe to the commercial, labour, municipal, and computer/information technology Divisions/volumes of this publication (Divisions I, VII, IX, and X, respectively), only the Divisions/volumes on corporations, leases, wills and trusts, Ontario Family Law, and Ontario Court Forms (Divisions II, IV, V, VI, and VIII, respectively).
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Using O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms
A Seneca Libraries tutorial on accessing and navigating O'Brien's new platform.

Canadian Legislation and Case Law Websites

Bills - Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Ontario bills from current session of Parliament and detailed information about previous bills since 1995.
Bills - Parliament of Canada
Canada Senate and House of Commons bills, current and past, progress of legislation etc.
Justice Laws Website
Federal statutes and regulations. Consolidated Index of Statutory Instruments. Constitution, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Table of public statues and responsible ministers.
Law Society of Ontario
Created by an act of the Legislative Assembly in 1797, the Law Society of Ontario governs Ontario’s lawyers and paralegals in the public interest by ensuring that the people of Ontario are served by lawyers and paralegals who meet high standards of learning, competence and professional conduct.
Ontario Ministry of Labour
Your Guide to Employment Standards Act
Ontario - Ministry of the Attorney General
Ontario Weekly Reports
Weekly issues of the Ontario Reports
Case Law; Classified; Careers
Parlinfo
Learn about the important events and people that have shaped Canada's Parliament from 1867 to today. Explore this resource using the drop-down menus above or search by subject below. Create and customize exportable reports to suit your needs. Discover the roles and responsibilities of past and current parliamentarians, speeches from the Throne and federal budget statements. View the history of federal ridings, election results and much more.
Supreme Court of Canada Judgments
Canadian federal and provincial law. Cases from all Canadian courts. International law.

International Law

HG.org Legal Resources
Comprehensive law and government portal. Worldwide legal directories.
World Legal Information Institute
Global legal research.
International Court of Justice
Web page and cases of the principal judicial organ of United Nations - UN