Research guides: Public policy: key government resources: Ontario & provinces

Provinces and Ontario: General

Library Publications (Ontario Legislative Library and Research Services)
- Provincial Affairs Briefings
- Research Papers
- Current Issue Papers (1984 - 1997)
- Research Review (1984 -1986)
- Ontario Legislative Library catalogue
Ontario policy information from the law-making process (video)
- full text of the bill in all published versions
- information on the status of the bill
- debates
- major speeches at second reading which include sponsor's and response speeches
- clause by clause study of the bill from an appointed committee
- stakeholders' and experts' opinion located in witness testimonies and submissions

GALLOP Portal This link opens in a new window
- full text and/or citations to electronic legislative and government publications held in libraries of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada.

Provinces and Territories (Government of Canada)
- Provides links to the official web pages of the provinces and territories
Canadian Public Policy Collection (Scholars Portal Ebrary)
- select "Canadian Public Policy Collection" from the "Select Collection" drop down menu
- enter the search terms in the search box and search
- google the title, in quotes, for full text if it is available
Google Canadian Government Documents
- searches over 775 core domains at the Federal, Provincial and Municipal levels of government

Canadian Research Index This link opens in a new window
- indexes Canadian government publications, federal, provincial and selected municipal. Searches on abstracts as well as author, title, subject, etc.
- Tip: search government bodies under the Company/org heading.
- useful as a starting point or when other searches (library catalogue, web) produce disappointing results.
- titles found here must then be manually searched in the library catalogue and/or web in order to locate them. tems not found there can be located searching LibrarySearch or Canadian Research Index. Individual fiche are available via request through LibrarySearch or email gov.info@utoronto.ca for help

Google Advanced Search
- Search within a site or domain
Trade and Investment Series: Provinces / Territories (Parliament of Canada)

Legislative

Provincial Legislative Publications
- print and electronic access of the provincial parliamentary material including debates, bills, journals, statutes, regulations, Gazette and etc.

CanLII This link opens in a new window
Provides access to court judgments from all Canadian courts, decisions from many tribunals nationally. Also contains consolidated statutes and regulations of every jurisdiction in Canada. Provides access to court judgments from all Canadian courts, decisions from many tribunals nationally. Also contains consolidated statutes and regulations of every jurisdiction in Canada." (video 3:49)

Throne Speeches

Canadian Provinces Throne Speeches
- contains the Throne Speeches of the Canadian provinces since 1960.

Government finance

Auditor Generals Reports - Provinces

Auditor Generals Reports - Provinces

Elections

Canadian Election Atlas
Canadian Federal and Provincial Election Results
Electronic Manifestos Canadian Provinces
- contains past platforms from all Canadian provinces
Ontario Election and By-election Results for each Poll, for Ontario, 1867-1971
Ontario Riding Profiles (Ontario Legislative Library)
- "these profiles provide demographic and statistical information about each Ontario riding. Specifically they offer boundary maps, 2016 Census and historical data, recent provincial election results, and background information on each Member"

2014 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

2011 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

2007 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

2003 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

1999 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

1995 Ontario General Election

All sources archived & hosted by the Ontario Legislative Library unless otherwise stated

News Releases and Speeches

Provincial and Territorial News

Statistics

Ontario

Ontario Government website
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
- Bills (Sept. 26, 1995+): full text of the bill (current and previous version), status of the bill, links to debates and background information.
- Debates
  - House Hansard Search (from Oct. 28, 1975+)
  - House Hansard index (from Nov. 28, 2007+)
- Committee materials
- Sessional Papers index (current only)
e-Laws and Regulations (Ontario)
- includes legislative history and period-in-time Law
Education and training
- Ministry of Education
  - Early years and child care; Elementary and secondary school; Agencies, boards and commissions; Legislation
  - Popular topics
  - Policy/Program Memoranda
- Ontario Government Education Documents and Curricula (Internet Archives)
- Early childhood education policy
- The Ontario curriculum: 1997+
- Educational law and legislation
Environment and energy
- Environmental assessments (current)
- Environmental impact analysis: 1994+
- Environmental Commissioner of Ontario
Government Finance
- Budget, estimates, Public accounts and economic outlook (Ontario Ministry of Finance)
- Budget highlights
Health care in Ontario
- Ministry of Health
  - Agencies, boards and commissions; Legislation
- Public Health Ontario
  - Health topics, diseases & conditions, laboratory services, data & analysis
- Cancer Care Ontario
- Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)
Women's issues
Annual Reports
- Arranged by ministry of the Ontario Government
- Check under "publications" on individual ministry website or the Gallop Portal for previous annual reports
Audit Reports (Office of the Auditor General of Ontario)
- 1997+
Green / White Papers ( Ontario Legislative Library)
- Enter green paper or white paper in the "search for"" box
- Select notes under the "search in" box and hit search
- Click to the entry and click to the url if full text is available
Ontario Gazette
- 2000+
- Paper copy from 1945+
- includes regulations
Royal Commissions of Ontario (Internet Archive)
Ontario Gov. Docs Portal (OurDigitalWorld)
- Access over 24,000 government documents from the collection of the Ontario Legislative Library, with new documents being added quarterly.
News Releases (Office of the Premier)
News by Ministry (Government of Ontario)
News Room (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care)
- News releases, speeches and Bulletin (background information)

Research Guides

Public policy: key government resources

Provinces and Ontario: General

Legislative

Throne Speeches

Government finance

Auditor Generals Reports - Provinces

Elections

2014 Ontario General Election

2011 Ontario General Election

2007 Ontario General Election

2003 Ontario General Election

1999 Ontario General Election

1995 Ontario General Election

News Releases and Speeches

Statistics

Ontario

Other provinces

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