Depository Libraries

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There are Depository Libraries of Canadian government information throughout Canada and around the world.

Canada

Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Newfoundland & Labrador | Nova Scotia
Northwest Territories | Nunavut | Ontario | Québec | Prince Edward Island | Saskatchewan | Yukon

Outside Canada

United States | United Kingdom | Europe & the Middle East
Latin America & the Caribbean | Asia & South Pacific | Africa

Full Depository Libraries only | Depository Library Web Sites only

Please see also:

• Canadian library web sites and catalogues (maintained by the Interlibrary Loan Division, National Library of Canada)
• The Canadian Library Index (compiled by Peter Scott, Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd.)

Full depository status is granted to Canadian libraries that are nominated and approved by a Committee consisting of representatives of the National Library of Canada and the Depository Services Program. This status is granted as either English, or French, or bilingual, depending on the clientele of the library in question. Full Depository Libraries automatically receive a shipment of all publications listed for distribution by the Program in the Weekly Checklist of Canadian government publications for that week. There are forty-eight full depositories in Canada and one each in England, Germany, Japan and the United States.

All other depositories have the status of selective depository. Selective depository libraries use the Weekly Checklist to choose those items they are entitled to order. Selective depository status is granted to Canadian public libraries and libraries of Canadian educational institutions which are open to the general public or clientele at least twenty hours per week and have at least one full-time employee.