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Canadian History: Government Publications

A guide to library and Internet resources that provide information about Canadilan history

Canadian Government Publications

BC Sessional Papers
Cabinet Conclusions 1944-1979
Summaries of federal Cabinet meetings
Canada - Federal (Law Library Microform Consortium)
Canada - Provinces & Territories (Law Library Microform Consortium)
Canada Gazette
The official newspaper of the government of Canada
Canada in the Making: Primary Sources
Canadian Constitutional Documents: A Legal History
Canadian Government Publications Portal (Internet Archive)
Canadian Hansard Dataset 1901-present
Canadian House of Commons debates
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources
Includes the debates and journals 1867-1995
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Documents on Canadian External Relations 1946-1963
Includes the Documents on Canadian External Relations 1946-1963 plus The Arctic 1874-1949
Documents on External Canadian Relations 1967-2006
Gallop Portal
Full text recent Canadian government publications
Global Affairs Canada: Treaties
Government Information -- Canada
Includes a search engine for Canadian government documents
Historical Information about Parliament
Historical Statistics of Canada
Indian Affairs Annual Reports 1864-1990
Orders-in-Council
The orders are indexed 1867-1924 and are full text 1867-1916

Government of Canada Publications Database

Government of Canada Publications
A search engine for Canadian government documents, including those that are full text on the Internet.

Canadian Government Documents Google Search

Canadian Government Documents
This custom Google search looks for Canadian government documents that are available on the Internet.

How to Cite Canadian Government Documents

Brief Guide to Citing Canadian Government Documents
From Queen's University
How Do I Cite Government Publications?
From McMaster University