Government Documents and Information Canada

"This guide is intended to provide a general overview of how to cite Canadian government publications. Citations for any government publications should be consistent with the style used for other sources in your paper (i.e., APA or MLA Style of Citation)."

This guide will help you with legal citation for the most common types of Canadian Federal and Provincial government documents.

In order to receive the greatest benefit from this guide, read it in its entirety before attempting to
construct any citations.

APA guide created by Mount Saint Vincent University to assist with citing government documents.

Guide created by McMaster University to provide general citation examples for different types of government publications.

APA guide created by Simon Fraser University to assist with citing government documents.

MLA guide created by Simon Fraser University to assist with citing government documents.

This guide is designed to provide some help for students and faculty who need to cite statistical data obtained from Statistics Canada's Web site, the PCensus database, E-Stat, or from CANSIM via the University of Toronto's CHASS site.

Government documents section of a broader APA citation guide created by Douglas College Library.

This electronic product shows how to cite all standard products offered by Statistics Canada. In addition to books, articles, analytical studies and periodicals, this work covers non-traditional products such as data files, tables, maps, databases and other Statistics Canada data products

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.

A variety of citation styles. Created by the Information Literacy department of the Patrick Power Library.