LibGuides: Business Research: Legal Resources

NexisUni- formerly LexisNexis

Nexis Uni
Covers business, news, and law. It includes business news journals; company financial information; SEC filings and reports; and industry and market news; international, regional, and national newspapers; and non-English language news sources. It is also a rich resource for legal information including Canadian, US, and European case law and legislation, legal news, law reviews etc.

CanLII
Free source for Canadian case law, statutes, regulations across jurisdictions
Criminal Code of Canada
Downloadable and web accessible. Act current to last legislative session. See coming into force provision and notes, where applicable.
Supreme Court of Canada Decisions
Free access to Court decisions since 1967
Employment Standards Legislation in Canada
This documentation deals with private sector minimum employment standards in Canada. These documents are not intended to be a substitute for the relevant statutes themselves; this information is prepared for convenience only.

Findlaw International - Countries
FindLaw International is a free resource that includes online case law, statutes, regulations, directory information for most countries

Starting a Business - Government of Canada Resource
Information on the steps to consider before operating a business in Canada.
BizPal
BizPaL helps find the permits and licences required when starting and/or operating your business. Filter permits based on your location, industry, and business activities and save the ones that apply to your situation.
Guide to Starting a Business in Canada - BDC
Step-by-step roadmap from great idea to operating a company in Canada. Resources include information on business structures, how to register as a corporation, and more. Created by the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Doing Business in Canada - The World Bank (Archive Content)
Provides statistics and other measures of business regulations and their enforcement in Canada.
International Comparative Legal Guides - Canada
Describes the law in 41 practice areas relevant to doing business in Canada - including employment law, tax, cartels, arbitration, finance and dispute resolution. (Open Access content)
Lex Mundi's Guide to Doing Business in Canada
Includes a guide to Canada as a whole, and separate guides for 9 provinces. Lex Mundi Guides to Doing Business provides up-to-date general information about legal and business infrastructures in jurisdictions around the world. Lex Mundi is a network of independent law firms(Open Access Content).