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Government & Law
Online Databases - Resources Requiring Login (Library card and password)
BC Codes Online - Available at all GVPL locations. Includes the BC Building Code, Fire Code, and Plumbing Services. Describes minimum construction requirements for safe buildings in BC. [How To Use]
BC STATS: Library Access Site - Available at all GVPL locations. Current statistical information on the state of the BC economy.
QP LegalEze - Available at all GVPL locations. British Columbia's laws, statutes, regulations and other provincial publications and registries.
Subject Guides - Open Resources (no login required)
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Municipal & Regional Government
Capital Regional District - The Capital Regional District (CRD) is the regional government for the 13 municipalities and three electoral areas that are located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island.
Capital Regional District Document Library - Links to agenda, bylaws, minutes and reports.
Municipal & Regional Government: Agenda & Minutes
City of Victoria Agenda & Minutes
Central Saanich Agenda & Minutes
Provincial Government
B.C. Government publications online - Electronic versions of the many Government of British Columbia publications.
Federal Government
DSP E-Collection (Federal Government Publications) - Electronic publications from departments of the Government of Canada. [How to use]
International Government
UBC's Government Information on the Web
United Nations - Information on the UN’s organization, agencies, resolutions and documents
British Columbia Law
The Revised Statutes and Consolidated Regulations of British Columbia
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia - Includes Bills, Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard), Votes and Proceedings, etc.
MLA Lookup - Members of the Legislative Assembly.
Canadian Law
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Intellectual Property - Copyright, trademark, patent and other intellectual property legislation and regulations. Includes ‘how to’ guides, on patents, copyrights, trade-marks, and industrial designs. Links to appropriate legislation.
LawCentral Canada - Links to Canadian justice and legal information and services (formerly Access to Justice Network).
Parliament of Canada - Information on Parliament, the House of Commons, the Senate as well as programs. Includes Bills, progress of legislation, and Debates (Hansard).
Canada Gazette - The official newspaper of the Government of Canada. Includes public notices, official appointments, proposed regulations, orders in council, and public act enactment proclamations.
Statutes and Regulations - Federal laws.
Law Courts
Court Services Ministry of the Attorney General - Includes the B.C.Supreme Court Civil Rules, Supreme Court Rules and Forms and links to Small Claims Court and the Provincial Court of B.C.
Supreme Court of Canada - Includes the Act and Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, judgments and information on cases.
Supreme Court of Canada - Judgments - A full-text searchable database of judgments published in the Supreme Court Reports.
B.C. Superior Courts - Includes a Compendium of Law and Judges and an introduction to the laws and courts in B.C.
Legal Directories
Canadian Law List - Contact information for lawyers, judges and court officials Canada-wide.
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Locator - Law firms and lawyers worldwide.
Legal Research
Doing Legal Research in Canada
Best Guide to Canadian Legal Research
Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) - Canadian legal information including federal and provincial case law.
Clicklaw - Legal information, education and help for British Columbians
Duhaime’s Canadian Legal Information Centre - Canadian and B.C. legal information. Legal dictionary and links to pages on Canadian and international law.
Guide to Legal Research - An overview of Canadian, British and American legal resources and has links to Canadian and International legal websites.
People’s Law School - Provides information services and public legal education to the people of BC.
UBC Law Student’s Advice Manual (LSLAP) - Provides practical information about all aspects of law.
British Columbia Courthouse Library Society - Legal information services to the legal community and the general public in BC.
Guide to Law Online - U.S. Library of Congress’ annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online. International in scope.
Statistics
Official Statistical Agencies & Societies
Directory of StatsCan & Free Canadian Statistics
