Immigration

• Annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada, by Henry M. Goslett & Barbara Jo Caruso Table of Contents
• Canadian Immigration & Refugee Law Practice, by Lorne Waldman Table of Contents
• Canadian Immigration & Refugee Law for Legal Professionals, 5th ed. by Lynn Fournier-Ruggles Table of Contents
• Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law: a Practitioner’s Handbook, 4th ed. by Cathryn Sawicki, Chantal Desloges Table of Contents
• Canadian Refugee Protection Law Guide by David Matas Table of Contents
• Citizenship Law in Canada: Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship and Citizens’ Rights and Obligations by Yves Le Douthillier & Delphine Nakache Table of Contents
• Immigration Law, 2nd ed. by Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Donald Galloway Table of Contents
  Also available as an e-text
• Immigration Law & Practice, 2nd ed. by Lorne Waldman Table of Contents
• Judicial Review of Immigration Decisions, by Lorne Waldman Table of Contents
• Refugee Law, 2nd ed. by Sasha Baglay & Martin Jones Table of Contents Also available as an e-text.

Last revised Jan. 25, 2024

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• Immigration Law Reporter (Imm.L.R.)

• ICLR
• Immigration and Refugee Board Decisions
• Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
• vLex Justis
• Westlaw Canada

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.

• CanLII – Alberta Court of Justice
• CanLII – Court of King’s Bench
• CanLII – Court of Appeal

E-Resources

The Canadian Abridgment available on: Westlaw Canada

All Canadian Summaries, Canadian Case Summaries and Canada Digest are available on: Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®

• Canadian Bill of Rights, SC 1960, c 44
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
• Citizenship Act RSC 1985, c C-29
• Constitution Act, 1867 to 1982
• Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, SC 2000, c 24
• Extradition Act, SC 1999, c 18
• Federal Courts Immigration and Refugee Protection Rules, SOR/93-22
• Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106
• Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, SC 2001, c 27
• Immigration Appeal Division Rules, SOR/2002-230
• Immigration Division Rules, SOR/2002-229
• Immigration Guidelines, SI/80-125
• Immigration Investigation Regulations, SOR/80-686
• Refugee Protection Division Rules, SOR/2012-256

Federal Acts and Regulations can be found electronically at:

• Justice Laws Website
• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII)

• Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed.

Includes coverage of Federal, Provincial (4 Western provinces) and Territorial legislation.

Sections related to Immigration Law include:

• Immigration and Refugees
• Citizenship

The CED provides discussion of these areas of law with annotations to legislation and case law.

Available electronically through: Westlaw Canada

• Halsbury’s Laws of Canada

This multi-volume set includes coverage of Federal, Provincial & Territorial legislation. Also available electronically through: Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®

This encyclopedia explains the legislation and cases which govern immigration law issues in every jurisdiction in Canada, allowing you to quickly locate, contextualize and apply the basic elements of the law.

Titles related to Immigration Law include: 

• Immigration and Citizenship (HIM)

Additional information may be found under other topical headings.