1. Using Online Sources by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS
Researching Statutes
Using Online Sources by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS
Associate Dean, Law Library and Legal Research Services

2. Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.
Federal
Annual Statutes
-Citation
Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.

3. Source Print/Online Official/Unofficial
Federal
Annual Statutes
-Sources
Source
Print/Online
Official/Unofficial
Statutes of Canada
print
official
Canada Gazette Part Three
print and online
Justice Laws
(Annual Statutes)
online
unofficial
SC on Hein Online
(Session Laws Library)
Scanned copy of the official.

4. Federal
Annual Statutes
-Sources

10. Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.
Federal
Annual Statutes
-Citation
Transboundary Waters Protection Act, SC 2013, c 12.

15. Revised Statutes and Consolidated Statutes

16. Federal
Statute
Amendments
1.  Section 1 of the Human Rights Code is amended by adding “gender identity, gender expression” after “sexual orientation”. From: Toby’s Act (Right to be Free from Discrimination and Harassment Because of Gender Identity or Gender Expression), 2012, SO 2012, c 7, s 1.

17. Federal
Statute
Amendments
Human Rights Code, section 1, Before: 1.  Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family status or disability. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1; 1999, c. 6, s. 28 (1); 2001, c. 32, s. 27 (1); 2005, c. 5, s. 32 (1). After 1.  Every person has a right to equal treatment with respect to services, goods and facilities, without discrimination because of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 1; 1999, c. 6, s. 28 (1); 2001, c. 32, s. 27 (1); 2005, c. 5, s. 32 (1); 2012, c 7, s 1.

18. Federal
Statute
Amendments
1. The amending act (ie. Toby’s Act) When the amendment came into force (CIF) The statute being amended (ie. Human Rights Code) as it looked: before the amendment (prior version) today (current consolidation)

19. Federal
Revised Statutes
To compile the RSC 1985, the Statute Review Commission: 1. Started with RSC Removed all acts that had been repealed. 3. Removed all sections that had been repealed. 4. Inserted all new substantive acts that had been enacted. 5. Organized the set in alphabetical order by statute title, and assigned a chapter number to each statute. 6. Inserted all amendments into the whole set.

20. Access To Information Act, RSC 1985, c A-1.
Federal
Revised Statutes
-citation
Access To Information Act, RSC 1985, c A-1.

21. Current Consolidation
A current consolidated statutes collection includes:
-all acts on substantive legal topics currently in force
-all amendments to these substantive Acts
A current consolidated statutes collection DOES NOT include:
-amending Acts (found only in an Annual Statutes Collection)

22. Source Print/Online Official/Unofficial
Federal
Revised and Consolidated Statutes
-Sources
Source
Print/Online
Official/Unofficial
Revised Statutes of Canada
print
official
RSC on Hein Online
(Session Laws Library)
online
Scanned copy of the official.
Justice Laws
(Consolidated Acts)
Quicklaw
(Canada Statutes)
unofficial
Westlaw
CanLII

26. Consolidated Statute Citations
1. Statutes cited to RSC 1985.
were included in the RSC 1985
have not yet been repealed
Note that you can use RSC 1985 citation to find the statute in two places: in the actual RSC 1985 the way it looked back then; and in the Consolidated Acts collection here to see what the act looks like today.

27. Consolidated Statute Citation
A citation to SC.
substantive statutes enacted after 1985;
have not been repealed;
Note that you can then use this citation to find these acts in two places: you can use the SC citation to find the original act in the annual Statutes of Canada, or you can use the citation to find the consolidated version of the act in this collection.

28. Ontario Statutes

29. Source Print/Online Official/Unofficial
Ontario
Annual Statutes
-Sources
Source
Print/Online
Official/Unofficial
Statutes of Ontario
print
official
E-Laws
(Source Law)
online
Quicklaw
(Ontario Annual Statutes)
unofficial
Osgoode Digital Commons
Scanned copy of the official.
SO 1970 – 1999
LLMC Digital
Scanned copy of the official SO

30. Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013, SO 2013, c 4.
Ontario
Annual Statute
-Citation
Financial Accountability Officer Act, 2013, SO 2013, c 4.

33. Ontario Revised and Consolidated Statutes

34. Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, s 4 (2)(7).
Ontario
Revised Statutes
-Citation
Family Law Act, RSO 1990, c F.3, s 4 (2)(7).

35. Revised Statutes of Ontario
Revised and Consolidated Statutes
-Sources
Source
Print/Online
Official/Unofficial
Revised Statutes of Ontario
print and online
official
E-Laws
Consolidated Acts
online
CanLII
unofficial
Quicklaw
(Ontario Statutes)
Westlaw

39. Noting Up Legislation

52. http://www.uwindsor.ca/law/library by Annette Demers BA LLB MLIS
Associate Dean, Law Library and Legal Research Services