In this guide, you will find information, resources and links about Criminal Procedure. This includes some of the following subjects:
- Jurisdiction
- Search & Seizure
- Apprehension, Bail and Compelling Appearance
- Pleas
- Pre-trial and Trial Procedure
- Convictions
- Appeals
- Extraordinary Remedies
Texts
- Anatomy of criminal procedure : a visual guide to the law (available online) by Stephen Coughlan & Alex Gorlewski. Table of Contents.
- Annual review of criminal law. (available online) Table of Contents.
- Canadian criminal procedure (available online), 6th ed. by Roger E. Salhany Table of Contents.
- Criminal appeals : a practitioner’s handbook (available online) by Mark Halfyard, Michael Dineen & Jonathan Dawe. Table of Contents.
- Criminal law (available online), 8th ed. by Kent Roach Table of Contents.
- Criminal law and procedure for Alberta legal professionals by Ashley Stasiewich & Paul Moreau Table of Contents.
- Criminal law and procedure : cases and materials, 12th ed. by Ken Roach et al. Table of Contents.
- Criminal law, evidence, practice and procedure (available online) by John L. Gibson Table of Contents.
- Criminal pleadings and practice in Canada (available online), 3rd ed. by Eugene G. Ewaschuk Table of Contents.
- Criminal practice manual : a practical guide to handling criminal cases (available online) by Christopher Bentley. Table of Contents.
- Criminal procedure (available online), 4th ed. by Stephen Coughlan Table of Contents.
- Criminal procedure in Canada, 3rd ed. by Steven Penney, Vincenzo Rondinelli & James Stribopoulos Table of Contents.
- Criminal procedure : cases and materials by Christopher Sherrin, Dale Ives & Alexandre Bien-Aime Table of Contents.
- Criminal trial rules in provincial courts in Canada, fully annotated by Rick Libman Table of Contents.
- Criminal procedure in Canada (available online), 2nd ed. by Tim Quigley Table of Contents.
- Learning Canadian criminal procedure, 14th ed. by Don Stuart & Tim Quigley Table of Contents.
- Mack’s criminal law trial book by Dallas Mack & Miriam Fahim Table of Contents.
- Search and seizure (available online) by Robert Diab & Chris D.L. Hunt Table of Contents.
Last revised Feb. 20, 2025
- Practitioner’s criminal precedents, 7th ed. by Alan D. Gold. Table of Contents.
- Criminal law precedents (available online), 2nd ed. by David Watt Table of Contents.
Last revised Apr. 24, 2025
Case Law
For more information on finding cases see our research guide: Finding and Researching Cases.
- Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII) – Free full-text access to Canadian case law.
- ICLR
- Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
- vLex Justis
- Westlaw Edge
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.
The Canadian Abridgment is available on: Westlaw Edge. All Canadian Summaries, Canadian case summaries and Canada digest are available on: LexisAdvance® Quicklaw®
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.
Journals
- Canadian journal of criminology and criminal justice (available online)
- Criminal law quarterly (available online)
- For the defence (available online) – Criminal Lawyers’ Association newsletter
Indexes
- The Canadian abridgment : index to Canadian legal literature (ICLL) (available online)
- Current index to legal periodicals (CILP) (available online)
Additional full-text articles are available electronically through:
- Canlii – commentary – contains books, articles and reports.
- HeinOnline – provides full-text access to Canadian and international law reviews and legal journals.
- Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
- vLex Justis
- Westlaw Edge – contains a collection of Canadian journals and law reviews, as well as all articles and case comments appearing in Carswell law reports.
Encyclopedias
Available online through: Westlaw Edge
- Halsbury’s laws of Canada This multi-volume set which includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. Also available online through: Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
This encyclopedia explains the procedural rules that support the implementation and enforcement of criminal law, allowing you to quickly locate, contextualize and apply the basic elements of the law. Titles related to Criminal Procedure include:
Additional information may be found under other topical headings.
Websites of interest
- Parole and Probation 2023 (SLS)
- Provincial criminal court process step-by-step 2022 (SLS)
- Running a criminal trial in Provincial Court 2018 (SLS)
- Representing yourself in court Canadian Judicial Council
- Criminal law handbook
Last revised June 6, 2025
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