In this guide, you will find information and resources about Business Law. This includes some of the following subjects:
Corporate
- Creation and Termination of Business Structures
- Partnerships/Joint Ventures
- Non-profit
- Corporations
- Contract Law
- Governance/Directors’ Liability
- Reorganizations, Mergers and Acquisitions
- Shareholders Agreements/Remedies
Commercial
- Sale of Goods
- Consumer Protection
- Product Liability
- Negotiable Instruments
- Debt/Securities
Texts
- Annotated Alberta Business Corporations Act.
- Alberta business law practice manual (available online) by Legal Education Society of Alberta.
- The annotated Business Corporations Act of Alberta, 3rd ed. (available online) by Brenda-Jean Currie.
- Business corporations in Canada : legal and practical aspects (available online), by Paul Martel.
- Canadian business corporations law, 4th ed. (available online) by Kevin McGuinness.
- Canada business corporations manual, 2nd ed. (available online) by Jack J. Quinn.
- Corporate and practice manual for charities and not-for-profit corporations (available online), by Jane Burke-Robertson.
- Riley on business interruption insurance, 11th ed. editors Damian Glynn & Toby Rogers.
- Sale of a Business, 15th ed. by Jason Sernoskie.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
Corporate
Joint Ventures
Directors’ Liability
Remedies
- Agency and partnership law primer, 6th ed. by Cameron Harvey & Darcy MacPherson.
- Law of partnerships and corporations, 4th ed. (available online) by J. Anthony VanDuzer.
- Lindley & Banks on partnership, 21st ed. by Roderick l’Anson Banks.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
- Chitty on contracts, 36th ed. by Joseph Chitty.
- Damages for breach of contract, 2nd ed. (available online) by Harvin Pitch & Ronald Snyder.
- Discharge of contractual obligations by Jordan English.
- Introduction to contracts, 5th ed. by Bruce MacDougall.
- Fridman’s the law of contract in Canada, 7th ed. by Jason W. Neyers et al.
- Good faith in Canadian contract law by Brandon Kain.
- The law of contracts, 8th ed. by S. M. Waddams.
- The law of contract, 16th ed. by Edwin Peel.
Last revised September 2026
- Directors and officers: a Canadian legal manual, rev. ed. by Hillel Neuer & Lazar Sarna.
- Directors and officers in Canada : law and practice, (available online) by Carol Hansell.
- Directors’ duties in Canada, 7th ed. by Barry Reiter.
- The Director’s handbook by Hartley R. Nathan and Ira Stuchberry.
- Directors’ liability in Canada, by E. Edward Siemens.
Last revised September 2026
- Business organizations : practice, theory, and emerging challenges, 2nd ed., by Robert Yalden.
- Business succession guide, 3rd ed. by Paul Mahaffy.
- Mergers, acquisitions and other changes of corporate control, 3rd ed. (available online) by Christopher Nicholls.
- Mergers and acquisitions : a legal manual, rev. ed. by Lazar Sarna.
- Outsourcing transactions : a practical guide (available online), by Ian Kyer & John Beardwood. (eds.).
- Private M&A in Canada : transactions and litigation by Paul Blyschak.
Last revised September 2026
- Drafting shareholder agreements, 2nd ed. by Ricky Ewasiuk.
- Shareholder remedies in Canada, 2nd ed. by Dennis Peterson.
- Shareholders agreements : an annotated guide, 2nd ed. by Aird & Berlis LLP.
- Shareholder disputes, by Legal Education Society of Alberta.
- Unanimous shareholder agreement disputes, by Legal Education Society of Alberta.
Last revised September 2026
Commercial
- Atiyah and Adams’ sale of goods, 14th ed. by Christian Twigg-Flesner & Rick Canavan.
- Benjamin’s sale of goods, 12th ed. by M. Bridge ed.
- Sale of goods in Canada, 6th ed. by G.H.L. Fridman.
- Sale and supply of goods, 2nd ed. by Kevin P. McGuinness.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
- Advertising and marketing law in Canada, 6th ed. by Brenda Pritchard, Susan Vogt & Daniel Cole.
- Canadian advertising and marketing law (available online) by David M.W. Young & Brian R.F. Fraser.
- Consumer protection online, by Michael Deturbide.
- Digital commerce in Canada by Michael Deturbide & Teresa Scassa.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
- Product liability law in Canada by John Mather, Michael Robson.
- Product liability : Canadian law and practice by Lawrence G. Theall, et. al.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
- Annotated Bills of Exchange Act, by Leora Aster & Lazar Sarna.
- Byles on bills of exchange and cheques, 30th ed.
- Chalmers and guest on bills of exchange and cheques,19th ed. by S. J. Gleeson.
- The law of banking and payment in Canada (available online), by Bradley Crawford.
Last revised Sept. 15, 2026
- Canadian securities law reporter.
- Canadian securities regulation, 6th ed. (available online) by The Right Honourable David Johnston, Kathleen Rockwell & Laura Levine.
- Duties of securities brokers in Canada by Jeffrey G. MacIntosh & Christopher C. Nicholls.
- Securities law, 3rd ed., (available online) by Christopher C. Nicholls.
- Securities law in Canada : cases and commentaries, 3rd ed. by Mary G. Condon et al.
Last revised Sept. 16, 2026
Forms and Precedents
- Annotated business agreements, by Gregory Harrington Harris & Paul Richard.
- Bennett on bankruptcy precedents, 3rd ed. by Frank Bennett.
- Canadian business contracts handbook, by Nishan Swais.
- Canadian forms & precedents : sale, distribution & transport of goods, (available online), by Edward Levitt, Kevin McGuiness & Catherine Pawluch.
- Canadian forms & precedents : sale and operation of a business, 2nd ed. (available online), by John Abraham & Jennifer Babe.
- Canadian legal guide for small business, 2nd ed. by Nishan Swais.
- Corporate precedents, by Gilles Thibault
- Drafting shareholder agreements, 2nd ed. by Ricky Ewasiuk.
- Standard legal forms and agreements for Canadian business, 2nd ed. by Stephen Sanderson.
Last revised Sept. 16, 2026
Case Law
For more information on finding cases see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases.
E-Resources
Digests
- The Canadian Abridgment available on Westlaw Edge Canada
- All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on Lexis+™ Canada
Legislation
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, RSC 1985, c B-3
- Canada Business Corporations Act, RSC 1985, c C-44
- Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, RSC 1985, c C-36
- Competition Act, RSC 1985, c C-34
Federal Acts and Regulations can also be found electronically at:
- Business Corporations Act, RSA 2000, c B-9
- Companies Act, RSA 2000, c C-21
- Cooperatives Act, SA 2001, c C-28.1
- Consumer Protection Act, RSA 2000, c C-26.3
- Franchises Act, RSA 2000, c F-23
- Partnership Act, RSA 2000, c P-3
- Sale of Goods Act, RSA 2000, c S-2
- Securities Act, RSA 2000, c S-4
- Societies Act, RSA 2000, c S-14
To access or purchase the official version, go to: Alberta King’s Printer
Websites of interest
Encyclopedias
Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed. (available online)
Sections related to Business Law include:
- Banking.
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency.
- Bills of Exchange.
- Business corporations.
- Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.
- Contracts.
- Co-operatives.
- Debtor and creditor.
- Partnership.
- Sale of goods.
- Secured Transactions in Personal Property.
- Securities and Stock Exchanges.
Halsbury’s Laws of Canada (available online)
This multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. This encyclopedia explains the legislation and cases which govern business law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada.
Titles related to Business Law include:
- Business Corporations – HBC (I & II)
- Charities, Associations and Not-for-Profit Organizations (HCH)
- Commercial Law (II) – HSG : Sale of Goods.
- Commercial Law (II) – HBE : Bills of Exchange.
- Contracts (HCO)
- Debtor and Creditor (HDC)
- Partnerships (HPJ)
- Personal Property and Secured Transactions (HPS)
- Securities (HSC)
Last revised Sept. 16, 2026
Journals
Indexes
- Index to Canadian legal literature (ICLL) (available online)
- Current index to legal periodicals (CILP) (available online)
Additional full-text articles are available online through:
- Canlii – commentary – contains books, articles and reports.
- HeinOnline – provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.
- Lexis+™ Canada
- vLex Justis
- Westlaw Edge Canada – contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.
For more information on looking for journal articles see our research guide Finding journal articles, conference materials & theses
Last revised Sept. 16, 2026
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