Law & Government
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Immigration and Settlement
This guide is for people who need information about immigrating to and settling in Canada, for themselves, or for family members or friends.
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Justice Laws Website
The online source for Canadian consolidated acts and regulations. These consolidations are generally updated every two weeks.
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Laws and Legislation
This guide will help with finding library books, journals, and online resources for federal, provincial, and municipal legislation.
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Learning English
Please see our detailed ESL and Literacy Resources guide for English-language learning information and resources.
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Legal Information
This guide will help with finding library books, journals, and online resources about various branches of Canadian law, with a particular emphasis on the law in British Columbia.
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LexisNexis
Large database of publications on legal, corporate, tax, government, academic and non-profit organizations.
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Louis Riel
Louis Riel helped to lead two resistance movements against the Canadian government; the Red River Rebellion and the North-West Rebellion. This guide has information on him and the rebellions.
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O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms
Canada's most comprehensive collection of legal forms and precedents.
In-person access to Division I, Commercial and General is available online at the Central and Mount Pleasant branch locations. -
Quicklaw
An online legal information database providing Canadian court and tribunal decisions, federal and provincial legislation, law journals and newsletters.
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Red Book Online (211 British Columbia)
Directory of agencies and social services for the Lower Mainland.