Reference Internet Resources

Subject Reference

Government — Canada

Canadian Legislative Information

www.ontla.on.ca/library/leginfo/clihome.htm

From the Library of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, a gateway to parliamentary information available for Canadian federal, provincial and territorial jurisdictions. Includes links to legislative documents, budgets and throne speeches, election information, statutes and regulations. Quick Links Table provides quick access to current sessional documents from Canadian jurisdictions.

LEGISINFO

www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Lang=E

Research tool for finding information on recent legislation. Provides electronic access to information about individual bills: the text of the bill at various stages; government press releases and backgrounders; legislative summaries from the Parliamentary Research Branch; important speeches at second reading; votes; and coming into force data.

Library and Archives Canada - Canadian Government Information

www.collectionscanada.ca/services/005-1110-e.html

A selective collection of links to Canadian government sites including key federal documents on the web, provincial governments and legislatures, and provincial legislation on the web. Includes a page of links to the news release pages of individual federal government departments.

Library and Archives Canada: Government of Canada Files

www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020105_e.html

The database contains over a million descriptions of files created by departments and agencies of the Federal Government of Canada including over 50,000 digital images. Useful for anyone interested in the federal government records held by Library and Archives Canada. Orders-in-Council database provides access to Orders-in-Council from 1867 through subsequent decades.

Library and Archives Canada - Politics and Government

www.collectionscanada.ca/politics-government/index-e.html

This page offers a selection of Library and Archives Canada resources on the topic of politics and government.

Parliament of Canada

www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

The Chamber Business section provides access to the Debates, Journal, Indexes, Order Paper, Status of House Business, Progress of Legislation. The Comittee Business section provides lists of Committees, links to individual Commmittee sites and links to committee proceedings. The Substantive Reports of Committees page lists substantive committee reports from 1980 to the current Parliament. LEGISINFO provides information on legislation currently before Parliament. The Senators and Members section provides current and historical information on Members of Cabinet, Senators, M.P.s. The About Parliament section with a helpful A to Z Index links to extensive fact sheets on all aspects of Parliament. The Virtual Library section provides access to full-text reference material such as How Canadians Govern Themselves by Sen. Eugene Forsey and Parliamentary Research Branch Publications.

Structure of the Government of Canada

http://canada.gc.ca/howgoc/glance_e.html

Helpful page on the main Government of Canada Internet site linking to a wide range of government information: Parliament, Senate, House of Commons, Cabinet, the Judiciary, Acts and Regulations, the Canada Gazette, Orders in Concil.

Subject Reference

Government — Canada — Government Publications

Canadian Research Index = Index de Recherche du Canada (access limited to LAC on-site users)

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?RQT=306&DBId;=19941#sform

Index to publications of Canadian federal, provincial and municipal governments. LAC subscribes to Microlog, the microfiche collection of documents indexed in the Canadian Research Index (CRI). Documents from this microfiche collection can be retrieved through the OPAC using AMICUS No. 1340473 and providing the specific Microlog fiche number found in the record CRI record. Coverage: 1982 - .

Depository Services Program

http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/index-e.html

DSP site provide access to their searchable Catalogue, Electronic Publications, Library of Parliament publications, Guides to Government Information including links to provincial Queen's Printers, a searchable directory of Depository Libraries, and a listing of Canadian federal government databases accessible through the Internet.

Government of Canada Site - Search Page

http://search-recherche.gc.ca/cgi-bin/query?mss=canada/en/simple.html

Search facility to find documents on Government of Canada web sites. Helpful in locating electronic versions of federal government publications as well as departmental information available only on their web sites. Other Search Facilities button links to list of individual department's search pages.

Government of Canada Web Archive - Library and Archives Canada (access limited to LAC on-site users)

http://web-archives-web.lac-bac.gc.ca/webarchive/

Provides access by keyword searching, department name and URL to 1,489 Federal Government web sites harvested during the time period of December 22, 2005 and March 24th, 2006. This repository is currently operating in pilot mode only and client comment and feed-back is requested.

Index to Federal Royal Commissions

www.collectionscanada.ca/indexcommissions/index-e.html

Contains author and keyword access to materials pertaining to more than 200 Canadian federal royal commissions since Confederation. There are approximately 6800 items in the index that includes commission reports, briefs, submissions, evidence, working papers and other documents. Most materials cited in this index are held in the Canadian Official Publications collection of Library and Archives Canada.

Key Federal Documents on the Web

www.collectionscanada.ca/services/005-1114-e.html

A pathfinder to key federal government publications available on the web such as the Budget, Estimates, Public Accounts, Auditor General's Report, Canada Gazette, Statutes and Regulations, Parliamentary Papers, Court reports.

Library and Archives Canada Electronic Collection

www.collectionscanada.ca/electroniccollection/003008-200-e.html

The Electronic Collection includes parliamentary and government documents in electronic form. N.B: Access to these electronic documents is also available by searching the National Library Collection in Amicus Web and clicking on the hot-linked URLs within the cataloguing records.

Orders-in-Council - Library and Archives Canada

www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020157_e.html

This tool provides access to digitized images of Orders-in-Council from 1867 through subsequent decades. Regular updates will extend the temporal range of these records through to the mid-20th century.

Orders in Council - Privy Council Office

www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/oic-ddc/OIC-DDC.asp?lang=EN

Database search options include: keywords, act, department, P.C. number. Search results provide the P.C. number, the registration number for the Canada Gazette, Part II, the sponsoring department and a brief description of the OIC. The Help section provides information about obtaining texts of Orders in Council. Coverage: 1990 - .

Parliament of Canada

www.parl.gc.ca/common/index.asp?Language=E

Provides access to electronic versions of parliamentary papers: Chamber Business (Senate and House of Commons Debates, Journals, Order Paper and Notice Paper), Bills of the Senate and House of Commons, and Committee Business (Minutes of Proceedings, Evidence and Reports). The Substantive Reports of Committees page lists substantive committee reports from 1980 to the current Parliament.

Public Opinion Research Reports - Government of Canada

http://www.porr-rrop.gc.ca/index-e.html

The Communications Policy of the Government of Canada requires all federal departments and agencies to deposit with Library and Archives Canada the final reports of all public opinion research contracted since August 1, 2006. Information about these reports can be accessed through searching by department/agency, contractor, year and key words in the title.