The ''Statutes of Canada'' (SC) compiles, by year, all the laws passed by the

Parliament of Canada The Parliament of Canada () is the Canadian federalism, federal legislature of Canada. The Monarchy of Canada, Crown, along with two chambers: the Senate of Canada, Senate and the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, form the Bicameral ...

since Confederation in 1867. They are organized by alphabetical order and are updated and amended by the Government of Canada from time to time. The Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC) consolidates current federal laws in force, incorporating amendments into acts, adding new substantive acts enacted since the last revision and deleting rescinded acts.

Publication of statutes

At the time that the ''Interpretation Act'' (1867) was passed, the ''Statutes of Canada'' were required to be distributed and published at the end of each session of parliament. This was changed in 1984, with the volumes of the ''Statutes of Canada'' being required to be distributed and published at the end of each calendar year. Acts in the ''Statutes'' volumes are referred to as "Annual Statutes." After public acts are passed but before they are compiled in the ''Statutes'', they are published in Part III of the ''

Canada Gazette The ''Canada Gazette'' () is the official government gazette of the Government of Canada. It was first published on October 2, 1841. While it originally published all acts of the Parliament of Canada, it later also published treaties, hearing an ...

'' every three months.

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Consolidated Statutes of Canada
from CanLII
Acts of the Parliament of Canada = Lois du Parlement du Canada.
from Publications Canada *Main {{Legal codes by country

Publication of statutes

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