Case Law

Electronic Access to Case Law:

CanLII (Canadian Legal Information Institute )
Free internet access to Canadian legislation & case law via uniform search interface; Scope of Databases
Case Law

Print Access to Case Law:

Canadian Abridgment
Call Number: Reference Room (level 2): KE 173
or via Westlaw Edge Canada
• Canada’s most comprehensive case digest service
• Covers virtually every case reported in Canada since the earliest times (1803), and unreported cases since 1986, with the exception of Quebec civil law cases

To find cases by subject, use either the Key & Research Guide, which provides a detailed table of contents, or the General Index volume. Locate case digests in the relevant bound volume; for more recent case summaries, see the soft cover supplement and monthly issues of Canadian Current Law
To find cases by case name or to locate parallel citations, use the Canadian Abridgment's Consolidated Table of Cases, located in the Reference Room at KE173.C36