Immigration

• Annotated Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada by Henry M. Goslett & Barbara Jo Caruso
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• Canadian Immigration & Refugee Law & Practice by Lorne Waldman
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• Immigration by Legal Education Society of Alberta
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• Immigration Law, 2nd ed. by Jamie Chai Yun Liew, Donald Galloway
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  Also available as an e-text

• Immigration Law & Practice, 2nd ed. by Lorne Waldman
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• Refugee Law, 2nd ed. by Sasha Baglay & Martin Jones.
  Table of Contents. Also available as an e-text

The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) is the official law reform agency for the province of Alberta. It provides independent comprehensive advice to the Government of Alberta and other agencies to ensure that the law and administration of justice are kept up to date and serve Albertans to the best extent possible. Many of ALRI’s publications are available for free online.

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• Immigration Law Reporter (Imm.L.R.)

• ICLR
• Immigration and Refugee Board Decisions
• Lexis Advance® Quicklaw®
• vLex Justis
• WestlawNext 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 – Provincial Court judgments
• CanLII – Court of Queen’s Bench judgments
• CanLII – Court of Appeal judgments

E-Resources

The Canadian Abridgment available on: WestlawNext 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)

• Business Corporations Act, RSA 2000, c B-9
• Companies Act, RSA 2000, c C-21
• Cooperatives Act, SA 2001, c 28.1
• Fair Trading Act, RSA 2000, c F-2
• Franchises Act, RSA 2000, c F-23
• Partnership Act, RSA 2000, c P-3
• Sales 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 Queen’s Printer

• Canadian encyclopedic digest (C.E.D.) (Western), 4th ed.

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

Titles related to Immigration Law include:
Immigration and Refugees. Volume 32, Title 82
Citizenship. Volume 10, Title 26

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

Also available electronically through: WestlawNext 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.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Glossary
• Help Centre

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada

• Health Canada – Information for Immigrants
• Human Services Alberta – Newcomer Services
• Service Alberta – Immigration to Alberta

• ​Canadian Law Blog List – Immigration