Annotated Language Laws of Canada — Constitutional, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Laws

Annotated Language Laws of Canada — Constitutional, Federal, Provincial and Territorial Laws is an open dataset from Department of Justice Canada with 68 files (HTML, PDF, PDF/A-1); catalogue record updated 2026-08-06. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

The Annotated Language Laws of Canada is a comprehensive and evergreen legal reference tool. It inventories all constitutional, federal, provincial and territorial legislation relating, in whole or in part, to the use of language(s) within government institutions and in commercial and/or private activities. The publication covers a variety of legislative and regulatory provisions and relevant case law excerpts relating to the official languages of Canada, aboriginal languages and the rights of Canadians who speak languages other than French or English. Web accessibility (HTML version): JAWS-tested (July 2017); NVDA-tested (October 2017)

Publisher

Department of Justice Canada

Resources

68

Catalogue metadata updated

2026-08-06