Research Guides: Government Information: Canada: Government of Canada

Canada Starting Points

The following resources are good places to start your search for Government of Canada information depending on the type of information you are looking for.

Access to certain Government of Canada publications may also be found using multi-jurisdictional resources.

Government of Canada Publications
The official source for publications of the Government of Canada in digital format. Over 400,000 electronic publications in total, including those born digitally and a growing number of digitized historical publications.
Statistics Canada
The federal department tasked with collecting and reporting on data relating to Canada and Canadians. Their website provides access to publications, data and reference materials related to hundreds of data collection programs, including the Census of Canada.
LEGISinfo
One stop shopping for documentation of the federal legislative process, including bills, debates and committee proceedings of the House of Commons and the Senate from 2001 onwards.
Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources
Searchable access to digitized versions of the published bills, journals, debates, and committee proceedings of the House of Commons and Senate of Canada back to 1867.
Canada's Open Government Portal
Information collected through the Government of Canada's Open Government initiative, but created and managed by various federal government departments. Search data and information sources together, or select one using the "Portal Type" filter.
Canada.ca
The official website of the Government of Canada. This top-level site is also a portal to content that may be hosted on other departmental sites.
Government of Canada Departments and Agencies
Lists the different departments and agencies of the Government of Canada and links to their websites or departmental sections of Canada.ca.
Treasury Board of Canada Policy Suite
Includes policies, directives, standards and guidelines that govern the management of the federal public service in Canada.

Canadian Government Publications Catalogue
Call Number: CA1 SA2 C12

Not every official publication of the Government of Canada will be easy to find, especially historical publications not commonly held in libraries and not yet digitized. This catalogue provides the details about a wide scope of the published output of the federal government to aid in more comprehensive research.

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