Government Information by Region
Canada - Federal Government
- Canadian Government Information - selective collection of links to government sites and key federal documents from the LAC
- Federal News Releases - links to the news releases of individual departments from the LAC
- Public opinion research reports - "The Communications Policy of the Government of Canada requires all federal departments and agencies to deposit with Library and Archives Canada the final reports of all public opinion research contracted since August 1, 2006. Information about these reports can be accessed through searching by department/agency, contractor, year and key words in the title."
Canada - Library and Archives
Canada - Parliamentary
- Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire - provides access to the full text of the Debates (Hansard), Journals, Bills, Minutes and Proceedings and Evidence of Committees
- LEGISinfo - An essential research tool for House of Commons and Senate Bills, including the text of bills, background information, legislative summaries and important speeches. Begins with the 37th Parliament, 1st Session (January 2001).
- Virtual Library (Parliamentary Library)
- Library of Parliament Publications - full text of the "Current Issues Reviews" (CIR), "Backgrounders", "Legislative Summaries" and other series
- The Hill Times - Canada's Parliamentary Newspaper
Canada - Legislative
Canada - Constitutional
Canada - frequently requested documents
Québec
- Government of Québec
- CUBIQ - collective catalogue of the Québec government libraries
- Services Québec - Citizens - search for information on programs, services and forms for citizens
- Iris - multimedia catalogue of the National Library of Québec, searchable in English or French
- Investissement Québec - gateway for foreign and domestic investors, with information by industry sectors
- Legislative Information
- Statutes and Regulations of Québec
- Civil code of Québec
- éducaloi - "Windows on the law. Your rights and obligations explained" [English; Français]
- SOQUIJ - Société québécoise d'information juridique
- Ministère de l'éducation, loisir et sport - English portal to the Ministère
- Publications
- Publications gourvernementales du Québec en ligne - Search the full text of Québec government publications submitted to the Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec by legal deposit since 2001. More than 10,000 documents available online. Two search options available.
- Government Report Research Guide - Searchable database to locate full text reports of committees, commissions, royal commissions, task forces as well as green and white papers issued by the Government of Québec.
- Publications Québec
- Bill no. 99 (S.Q., 2000, c.46) - an Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives of the Québec people and the Québec State.
Other Provinces & Territories
GALLOPP Portal - Access to online government publications and select legislative materials found in Canadian legislative and parliamentary libraries
City of Montréal
- Ville de Montréal - Le Portail Officiel/Official Portal
- Archives de Montréal - Le guide des archives for a description of archival materials.
- Montréal en statistiques Includes Profils socio-économiques 2001 for Montréal and the boroughs, excerpts from Le répertoire des établissements et de l'emploi à Montréal (2000), links to available English documents, and more
- Droit et Réglementation - information on permits, municipal by-laws and by-laws relating to urbanism in the City of Montréal or its boroughs
- L'Office municipal d'habitation de Montréal - the OMHM is a non-profit organization responsible for managing low-rent housing in the City of Montréal
- Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal - administrative, statistical, studies, planning documents, and press releases, in French and selectively in English
- Montreal International
- Direction de santé publique de Montréal - English Content - regional information on public health
- Statistiques - statistics in the forms of tables, graphs or maps, by geographical areas and themes
- Portail gouvernemental / Région de Montréal - by the Governement of Québec
- City Contract Montreal 2003-2007 - contracts between the City of Montreal and the Government of Quebec
- Montréal. Municipalité et Métropole - 1920 - 1960 - Digital collection of 310 photographs.
United States
- MetaLib - MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online
- USA.gov - The US Government’s Official Web Portal.
- U.S. Government Information – {Yale University}access to sites by both subject and agency; includes descriptions for some of the links
- Library of Congress - access to LC catalogues, THOMAS legislative info, etc.
- THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet - full text access to Congressional documents, such as The Congressional Record, Senate and House Bills, and to historical documents
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs - Information provided by the U.S. State Department
- Open CRS - congressional Research Reports for the People - citizens' access to CRS Reports already in the public domain
- Debates of Congress - includes Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe and Congressional Record
- Government Printing Office: FDSys - Government Information Databases (full text), tools to locate government information and much more
- Foreign Relations of the United States - Online - the online series presents the official documentary historical record of major U.S. foreign policy decisions and significant diplomatic activity from 1945 to 1972
- SearchGov.com - reference links to executive agencies, independent agencies, and state & local agencies
- Yahoo! U.S. Government
Foreign Governments
International Governmental Organizations
- Access is Restricted to Concordia Users
European Union
United Nations
- United Nations Scholars' Workstation at Yale University
A collection of digitized texts, finding aids, data sets, maps, and pointers to print and electronic information. Subject coverage includes disarmament, economic and social development, environment, human rights, international relations, international trade, peacekeeping, and population and demography. The site is organized into three main sections: (1) Academic information about "UN Studies at Yale University"; (2) "Research tools to locate UN information" (some restricted to Yale-affiliated users) and on the Internet; (3) "Research approaches to UN information" that allows searches by United Nations organizational structure, research topic, geographical area, etc.
Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
- OECD Online - this is the OECD public portal; it includes news releases, a selection of statistics, publications and documents, free access to the the OECD Observer and information on member countries, including Canada
OECD iLibrary - a major source of international economic information, this subscription service comprises full text access to OECD publications, which are studies, periodicals (19 titles) and statistical databases; Titles include: OECD Economic Surveys, OECD Economic Outlook, OECD Economic Studies, etc. Users can access materials in PDF format or download statistical data viewable in Excel or the Beyond 20/20 browser. Access is available off campus.
Other international governmental organizations
page last updated on: Wednesday 13 February 2013