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Legal Citation with the 10th edition of the McGill Guide

This guide provides an introduction to legal citation in Canada.

Citing Statutes, Regulations, and Indigenous Legislative Documents

Chapter 2 of the McGill Guide covers the citation of legislative documents such as statutes, regulations, and Indigenous legislative documents. This chapter of our libguide will give an introduction to the citation of these common documents. However, you will need to refer to the McGill Guide for further information.

In Chapter 2, the McGill Guide also provides specific guidance on Constitutional Statutes (2.2), Indigenous Constitutions (2.2), Codes (2.3), Bills (2.4), Gazettes (2.6), Municipal By-laws (2.7), Rules of Court (2.8), and Securities Commission documents (2.9).