This guide provides key resources related to Impaired Driving Offences in Canada. It also includes materials dealing with non-criminal impaired driving offences within the legislation of the province of Alberta. Topics in this guide include:
- Defences
- Evidentiary issues
- Impaired driving devices
- Sentencing/Penalties
Other related subject guides include:
- Constitutional Law & Charter of Rights & Freedoms
- Criminal Law – Drug Offences
- Criminal Procedure
- Criminal Law – Sentencing
For more information on finding cases see our research guide : Finding and researching cases A collection of the judgments of the Alberta Courts is available from CanLII. The official version of the reasons for judgment is the signed original or handwritten endorsement in the court file. If there is a question about the content of a judgment, the original court file takes precedence. E-Resources The Canadian Abridgment available on: WestlawNext Canada All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw® Print Resources
Statutes *Especially s 253 to s 261 Regulated Regulations under the Criminal Code Federal Acts and Regulations can be found electronically at:
Statutes Search for “impaired”, “alcohol” or “drugs” Related Regulations under the Traffic Safety Act To access or purchase the official version, go to: Alberta Queen’s Printer
Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western) Sections related to Impaired Driving include: The CED provides discussion of these areas of law with annotations to legislation and case law. Additional information may be found by searching the indexes or database using the keywords “impaired driving,” “driving while impaired,” “breathalyzer,” “breath sample,” “blood sample,” etc. Also available electronically through: WestlawNext Canada Halsbury’s laws of Canada is a multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. Also available electronically through: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw® Titles related to Impaired Driving include: Additional information may be found under other topical headings.
Alberta Federal
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Available in Alberta Law Libraries
Annotated Legislation
Case Law
E-Resources
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Alberta Court Judgments
Digests
Legislation
Federal
Provincial
Encyclopedias
Canadian Encyclopedic Digest
Halsbury's Laws of Canada
Journals
E-Resources
Print
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